In this experimental two-hour workshop, which is aimed at BA/MA students in musicology and media studies, we will approach transcribing and arranging game music as a reflective practice within a Creative Humanities framework. Aside from teaching basic skills to engage practically with the subject matter we will be reflecting on the epistemic implications of our…

Ter gelegenheid van het 150-jarig bestaan organiseert de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis het internationale congres Musicological Societies as Intermediaries between Society, Musical Life and Academia, dat plaatsvindt van 22 tot en met 24 november 2018 in Paushuize te Utrecht. Mede door inspanningen van de KVNM, de oudste musicologische vereniging ter wereld, werd in 1930 in Utrecht de eerste Nederlandse leerstoel muziekwetenschap opgericht. Hoewel…

In recent years, there has been exciting cross-disciplinary work between art historians and musicologists, exploring the visual presentation of music in medieval devotional aids. Acting as visual cues for interior listening, reminders of sonic distraction or prompts towards a ‘sounding performance of prayer’, imagined or symbolic signs of sound have been usefully integrated into our…