Dear Colleagues
You are kindly invited to our conference,
Listening to Disruption, Changing Acoustemologies in the Swiss Confederacy, c.1750–1815,
hosted by the University of Geneva.
Please find the conference program below. The event can be followed in person or online.
For further information, please consult the conference website at:
https://www.unige.ch/lettres/armus/unites/music/evenements/colloques/li…
Listening to Disruption: Changing Acoustemologies in the Swiss Confederacy, c.1750–1815
Entendre les bouleversements : Acoustémologies en évolution dans la Confédération suisse (env. 1750-1815)
(University of Geneva, building Philosophes, Boulevard des Philosophes 22, room PHIL 211)
Monday, 23 June 2025
Monday, 23 June 2025
- 12:00 - Registration, reception, light lunch
- 13:00 - Introductory Keynote: Inga Mai Groote (University of Zurich): “Schlachtfeyer” et “Friedensreigen”, ronde et concert: Acoustemologies sociales suisse vers 1800
- 14:00 - Break
- 14:20 - Federico Furnari (University of Milan): The Sonic Experience of the Swiss Confederacy in the Eighteenth Century in the English Travel Diaries
- 15:00 - Christoph Riedo (University of Geneva): Listening to the (Almost) Unheard: The Allure of Operatic Music in the Swiss Confederacy around 1800
- 15:40 - Break
- 16:00 - Cla Mathieu (University of Salzburg): Continuities and Ruptures: Listening to the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803)
- 16:40 - Jan-Friedrich Missfelder (University of Basel): Singing the Revolution. Vocal Politics in Late 18th Century Switzerland
- 17:20 - Break
- 17:40 - Marc H. Lerner (University of Mississippi): Performing Tell in the Atlantic Revolutions
- 18:20 - Scott Edwards (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna): Regulating Laughter: Comedy, Control, and the Sound of Public Order in Early Modern Vienna
- 19:30 - Conference Dinner
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
- 09:00 - Claudio Bacciagaluppi (Bern Academy of the Arts): Lost Items from the Sarasin Collection (Basel, ca. 1750-1800)
- 09:40 - Roberto Scoccimarro (Bern Academy of the Arts): Arias and Ensembles in Lukas Sarasin’s Music Collection: Observations on the Reception of Opera Repertoire in the Second Half of the 18th Century
- 10:20 - Irena Müller-Brozović (Bern Academy of the Arts): Music of the 18th Century as a Playful Experience: A School Workshop on the Sarasin Collection, Basel (1750–1800)
- 11:00 - Break
- 11:30 - Helen Gebhart (University of Basel): Night Watchman’s Songs and Tower Guard’s Sounds: Music, Time Keeping, and Nocturnal Authority in Basel
- 12:10 - Yannick Wey (Bern Academy of the Arts): Providing Music and Care for the Afterlife: The Music Collegium Rorschach in Its Early Period
- 12:50 - Lunch
- 14:30 - Miryam Giger (Bern Academy of the Arts): Reconstructing the Sound of a “Turkish Music” in Switzerland around 1800
- 15:10 - Adrian von Steiger (Bern Academy of the Arts): How Prominent Were Wind Instruments in Switzerland?
- 15:50 - Break
- 16:10 - Closing Commentary: James Mansell (University of Nottingham)
- 16:55 - Epilogue
- 18:15 - Conference Concert (Les Délices, 25 Rue des Délices, Geneva)
The organizing committee:
Prof. Christoph Riedo (University of Geneva)
Dr. Cla Mathieu (University of Salzburg)
Raphael Eccel, M.A. (University of Geneva)
Contact: cla.mathieu@unige.ch
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