1st International Congress of Musicology

In collaboration with the Athens Goethe Institute

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The Value of Music Today

Music between Humanism and Commercialization

Athens Goethe Institute, 25-27 February 2002

Detailed Congress Program

MONDAY, 25.2.2002
Opening Session
16:30 – 17:00 Arrival of participants
17:00 – 17:10 Opening speech by professor Olympia Psychopedis-Frangou, establisher and editor-in-chief of Musicology (Musicologia). Opening of the congress

Papers
Chair: Olympia Psychopedis-Frangou, Ion Zottos
17:10 – 17:40 Constantin Floros:
Music’s Humane Predestination. Dangers of Music’s Dissociation with Man, Today [Abstract]
17:40 – 17:50 Evangelos Moutsopoulos:
Music as a Cultural Factor of Social Life, Today [Abstract]
17:50 – 18:10 Markos Dragoumis:
Memories from my Studies with Egon Wellesz [Abstract]
18:10 – 18:30 Christoph Stroux:
Some Observations on the Issue of National Schools in the Music of the 19th and the 20th Centuries [Abstract]

18:30 – 19:00

Break

19:00 – 19:30

Christoph Flamm:
The Sound of Dictatorships. The Problem of a Distinct Type of “Despised” Music [Abstract]
19:30 – 20:00 Iouri Semenov:
New Music in Ukraine. The Road to Self-Identification [Abstract]
20:00 – 20:30 Günter Mayer:
Reality, Perception-Dimension Aesthetics? Towards a Diversification of the Theory of the Aesthetic Praxis [Abstract]
20:30 – 21:10 Discussion

TUESDAY, 26.2.2002
Morning Session
Chair: Ion Zottos
11:00 – 11:20 Panos Vlagopoulos:
Empathy and Individuality: Value Judgements and Analytical Choices in the Historiography of Early Music [Abstract]
11:20 – 11:40 Anastasios Hapsulas:
The Value of Comparative Musicology [Abstract]
11:40 – 12:00 Katy Romanou:
Music’s Value and the Development of Music Historiography [Abstract]

12:00 – 12:30

Break

12:30 – 12:50

George Fitsioris:
Speaking about Music; A Humanistic Demand [Abstract]
12:50 – 13:10 George Zervos:
Evaluation Criteria of 20th Century Music, Today [Abstract]
13:10 – 14:00 Discussion

Afternoon Session
Chair: Katy Romanou
17:00 – 17:20 Byron Fidetzis:
Greek Music Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea [Abstract]
17:20 – 17:40 Nikos Dontas:
Discography as a Factor in the Formation of Criteria regarding Musical Life. From the Offer of the Best Viable to the “Best Than True” [Abstract]
17:40 – 18:00 Ion Zottos:
The Worth and the Value of English Opera ca. 1702 [Abstract]

18:00 – 18:30

Break

18:30 – 18:50

Alexandros Baltzis:
Musical Life and Commodity Relations [Abstract]
18:50 – 19:10 Nikos Tsouchlos:
Contemporary Questions regarding the Public and Private Support of Musical Life in Western Europe. From the Cult of Institutions to the Cult of the Event [Abstract]
19:10 – 19:40 Peter Pachl:
Festive Manifestations, Festivals, “Event”. Humanistic Ideal or Marketing, Possibilities and Experiences [Abstract]
19:40 – 20:10 Discussion

WEDNESDAY, 27.2.2002
Morning Session
Chair: Katy Romanou
11:00 – 11:20 Michalis Patseas:
The Value and Place of Music in the Education and Society of Hungary after 1950 [Abstract]
11:20 – 11:40 Nikos Christodoulou:
Skalkottas’ Work Today [Abstract]
11:40 – 12:00 Kostas Kakavelakis:
Music and Poetry in the Post-Human World. An Ambiguous Perspective [Abstract]
12:00 – 12:20 Minas Alexiadis:
The Social Dimensions of Jazz and its Relations to the Commercial and “Easy Listening” Music [Abstract]
12:20 – 13:00 Discussion

Afternoon Session
Chair: Günter Mayer
17:00 – 17:20 Markos Tsetsos:
Towards a Theory of the Values of Music Today [Abstract]
17:20 – 17:50 Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf:
New Music / Human Picture [Abstract]

17:50 – 18:20

Break

18:20 – 18:40

Olympia Psychopedis-Frangou:
Commercialisation and Music Aesthetics; the Question of the Frankfurt School of Criticism [Abstract]
18:40 – 19:10 Ludwig Finscher:
The Musical Work of Art within the Present State of Music in Germany [Abstract]
19:10 – 20:00 Discussion and Conclusion of the Congress

Concert
(Wednesday, 27.2.2002 at 20:30)

George Zervos (1947)
Sonata for viola and piano (1999)

Ion Zottos (1944)
Five Graves (on C. Kavafis verse), for tenor and piano (1982)

Evangelos Moutsopoulos (1935)
Intermezzo in b minor, opus 32, No. 3

Dimitris Dragatakis (1914-2001)
Trio for violin, viola and violoncello (1966)

Break

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969)
Im Park, on Georg Trakls verse, opus 5, No. 1, for voice and piano

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (1962)
Chamber piece for piano (1995)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Sonata for viola, opus 25, No. 1 (1922)

Richard Strauß (1864-1949)
Three songs, from opus 10 and 27

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969)
A selection from the 7 French folk songs for voice and piano (1925-1939)


The Works are performed by:
P. Anastasiadis – viola
E. Theodorakis – piano
N. Kaloutsa – soprano / M. Tsetsos – piano
V. Lykos – violoncello
S. Nastasa – violin
P. St. Pierre – tenor
A. Papageorgakopoulou – piano
 
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