Chair person

Prof. Silke Leopold

Silke Leopold, Full Professor and Department Chair at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar of Universität Heidelberg, has studied in Hamburg and Rome, where she also held a three-year post-doc position at the German Historical Institute. She taught at Technische Universität Berlin, at Harvard and at the University of Detmold/Paderborn.
Silke Leopold has been awarded the Dent Medal. She currently serves as Vice President of Universität Heidelberg, is a Member of the Akademie für Mozartforschung, Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, and Regular Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Her research interests include history of opera, Italian music of the 16th—18th centuries, Monteverdi, Händel, Mozart, and historical performance practice. Some recent publications are Claudio Monteverdi und seine Zeit (21993), Die Oper im 17. Jahrhundert (2004) and the essay “Über die Inszenierung durch Musik. Einige grundsätzliche Überlegungen zur Interaktion von Verhaltensnormen und Personendarstellung in der Barockoper” (1999). She is the editor of Bärenreiter’s Mozart-Handbuch (2005).

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P 11 - Ritual, Performance, and Event

Chair: Prof. Silke Leopold silke.leopold@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf)
(for better readability kindly print it out)

Common activities:

Reception
On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a reception from 19.30 to 22.30

Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September:
Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann
"Magie und Ritual"

Plenary Discussion
Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin
"The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context"

Exchange meeting
Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 11:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619

Speakers (synonym for referee, panelist, active participant)

Day 3 – Wednesday, 1 October 2008

9:00-9:45 Andrea Taddei
Memory, Performance and pleasure in Greek Rituals

9:45-10:30 Anna Migliarisi

Staging ritual all’Italiana: Edipo tiranno at Vicenza (1585)

11:00-11:45 Reinhard Strohm
Memories of ancient rituals in early opera

11:45-12:30 Angela Bellia

Music and Rite. Representations of Female Figures
of Musicians in Greek Sicily (VI-III Century BC)

14:00-14:45 Kathryn Soar

Circular Dance Performances in the Prehistoric Aegean

14:45-15:30 Rachele Dubbini

Wettkämpfe in den griechischen antiken Poleis:
Zwischen Spektakel und Ritual

16:00-16:45 Michael J. Zogry

                        Playing and Praying: The Cherokee Anetso Ceremonial Complex

16:45-17:30    Heike Moser
                        Rituelles Theater versus ästhetisches Theater?
                        Der Wandel des Sanskrittheaters Kutiyattam

Day 4 – Thursday, 2 October 2008

9:00-9:45 Saskia Kersenboom
The Prose of the World

9:45-10:30      Edward Venn
                        Evoking the 'marvellous':
                        ritual in Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage

11:00-11:45    Violaine Anger

11:45-12:30 Ricardo D. Trimillos

The Poetics of Indigenous Ritual in the Roman Catholic
Philippines; music and mimesis in a folk tradition of Holy Week

14:00-14:45    Meilu Ho
                        The Migration of Medieval Temple Musical Ritual to the
                        Pre-Modern Indian Court: a Transformation and Classicization
                        of Aesthetics, form, and Style

14:45-15:30 Constanze Schuler
Rauminszenierung zwischen Festspiel und Ritual

16:00-16:45 Mårten Snickare

Experiencing Piazza San Pietro

Abstract

The subject of this panel is concerned with the relationship between Ritual and Spectacle in all aspects of culture and society. Individual Papers may address such issues as: The Staging of Rituals; Ritualistic Elements within Spectacle and Performance; The Ritual of Spectacle; Society and Event; Ritual, Aesthetics, and Reception; The Semiotics of Performance. The use of case-studies is encouraged, as are comparative studies especially from the fields of Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Cinema, and the Visual Arts.

German version

Dieses Panel befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Ritual und Spektakel in allen Aspekten von Kultur und Gesellschaft. Die einzelnen Vorträge können etwa Themen behandeln wie: Die Inszenierung von Ritualen; Rituelle Elemente in Spektakel und Aufführung; Das Ritual des Spektakels; Gesellschaft und Ereignis; Ritual, Ästhetik und Rezeption; Die Semiotik der Performanz. Dabei ist das Verwenden von Fallstudien ebenso erwünscht wie vergleichende Studien aus den Gebieten Musik, Tanz, Theater, Literatur, Film und den Darstellenden Künsten.

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SFB 619 Sponsors & Partners Poster Send to a Colleague Contact Imprint	Chair person Prof. Silke Leopold Silke Leopold, Full Professor and Department Chair at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar of Universität Heidelberg, has studied in Hamburg and Rome, where she also held a three-year post-doc position at the German Historical Institute. She taught at Technische Universität Berlin, at Harvard and at the University of Detmold/Paderborn. Silke Leopold has been awarded the Dent Medal. She currently serves as Vice President of Universität Heidelberg, is a Member of the Akademie für Mozartforschung, Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, and Regular Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Her research interests include history of opera, Italian music of the 16th—18th centuries, Monteverdi, Händel, Mozart, and historical performance practice. Some recent publications are Claudio Monteverdi und seine Zeit (21993), Die Oper im 17. Jahrhundert (2004) and the essay “Über die Inszenierung durch Musik. Einige grundsätzliche Überlegungen zur Interaktion von Verhaltensnormen und Personendarstellung in der Barockoper” (1999). She is the editor of Bärenreiter’s Mozart-Handbuch (2005). > Abstract > German version P 11 - Ritual, Performance, and Event Chair: Prof. Silke Leopold silke.leopold@urz.uni-heidelberg.de Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf) (for better readability kindly print it out) Common activities: Reception On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a reception from 19.30 to 22.30 Key Note Lecture Tuesday, 30 September: Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann "Magie und Ritual" Plenary Discussion Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation: Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin "The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context" Exchange meeting Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 11:00: Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619 Speakers (synonym for referee, panelist, active participant) Day 3 – Wednesday, 1 October 2008 9:00-9:45 Andrea Taddei Memory, Performance and pleasure in Greek Rituals 9:45-10:30 Anna Migliarisi Staging ritual all’Italiana: Edipo tiranno at Vicenza (1585) 11:00-11:45 Reinhard Strohm Memories of ancient rituals in early opera 11:45-12:30 Angela Bellia Music and Rite. Representations of Female Figures of Musicians in Greek Sicily (VI-III Century BC) 14:00-14:45 Kathryn Soar Circular Dance Performances in the Prehistoric Aegean 14:45-15:30 Rachele Dubbini Wettkämpfe in den griechischen antiken Poleis: Zwischen Spektakel und Ritual 16:00-16:45 Michael J. Zogry Playing and Praying: The Cherokee Anetso Ceremonial Complex 16:45-17:30 Heike Moser Rituelles Theater versus ästhetisches Theater? Der Wandel des Sanskrittheaters Kutiyattam Day 4 – Thursday, 2 October 2008 9:00-9:45 Saskia Kersenboom The Prose of the World 9:45-10:30 Edward Venn Evoking the 'marvellous': ritual in Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage 11:00-11:45 Violaine Anger 11:45-12:30 Ricardo D. Trimillos The Poetics of Indigenous Ritual in the Roman Catholic Philippines; music and mimesis in a folk tradition of Holy Week 14:00-14:45 Meilu Ho The Migration of Medieval Temple Musical Ritual to the Pre-Modern Indian Court: a Transformation and Classicization of Aesthetics, form, and Style 14:45-15:30 Constanze Schuler Rauminszenierung zwischen Festspiel und Ritual 16:00-16:45 Mårten Snickare Experiencing Piazza San Pietro Abstract The subject of this panel is concerned with the relationship between Ritual and Spectacle in all aspects of culture and society. Individual Papers may address such issues as: The Staging of Rituals; Ritualistic Elements within Spectacle and Performance; The Ritual of Spectacle; Society and Event; Ritual, Aesthetics, and Reception; The Semiotics of Performance. The use of case-studies is encouraged, as are comparative studies especially from the fields of Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Cinema, and the Visual Arts. German version Dieses Panel befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Ritual und Spektakel in allen Aspekten von Kultur und Gesellschaft. Die einzelnen Vorträge können etwa Themen behandeln wie: Die Inszenierung von Ritualen; Rituelle Elemente in Spektakel und Aufführung; Das Ritual des Spektakels; Gesellschaft und Ereignis; Ritual, Ästhetik und Rezeption; Die Semiotik der Performanz. Dabei ist das Verwenden von Fallstudien ebenso erwünscht wie vergleichende Studien aus den Gebieten Musik, Tanz, Theater, Literatur, Film und den Darstellenden Künsten.