France: Musiques, Cultures,
1789-1918 is a project covering all aspects of music in France in the
long nineteenth century: music in the theatre, instrumental, military,
popular, and sacred music, historiography, pedagogy and theory. We
encourage and promote research of all types in the field: documentary,
cultural, biographical, hermeneutic, bibliographical, archival, and
analytical. We also develop work at the boundaries of musicology, dance
history, theatre, medicine, science, ideas, and jurisprudence. At
the heart of our work lies analysis of the musical press, and the press
more broadly conceived, as it relates to music. In order to link
more efficiently with partner organisations, we engage with the long
nineteenth century from 1789 to 1918.
The project encompasses:
London 2007; Paris 2008; Montréal 2009; Brussels 2010; Indianapolis 2010; Paris 2011; Paris 2012;
Paris 2013;
Paris
2014; Paris
2015;
Paris 2016;
Paris
2017; Rochester
2017; Paris
2018
For the programme for the upcoming conference in Boston, 30-31 October 2019, click <here>
The project is managed by Katharine
Ellis (University of Cambridge) and Mark
Everist (University of Southampton). Its web presence and database
are hosted by the Department
of Music, University of Southampton.
The project was initially set up as 'Francophone Music Criticism,
1789-1914' with the specific aim of exploring the role of music in the
French press in the long nineteenth century. It was funded
originally with a two-year network grant from the UK's Arts and Humanities
Research Council (2006-08), and managed by the Institute of Musical
Research at the School of Advanced Study, the University of London. Grants
from the School of Advanced Study (2006-08 and 2008-09), led
to funding from the British Academy, the University of Southampton, and
further awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The
network has since gained funding from various sources, for the creation of
the web resource. In 2017, the network agreed to broaden its focus
from press criticism to French musical culture more generally.. To
see a full list of funders, click here.