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Location Room BX A1.34, Regensburger Allee 16 - Viale Ratisbona, 16, 39042 Brixen-Bressanone

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Contact Johann Drumbl und Renata Zanin - 0472 014 111
Johann.Drumbl@unibz.it, Renata.Zanin@unibz.it

26 Jul - 28 Jul 2018

Revisiting the Codex Buranus: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

International experts from a range of disciplines come together in Brixen to re-assess one of the best known, but least understood manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

Location Room BX A1.34, Regensburger Allee 16 - Viale Ratisbona, 16, 39042 Brixen-Bressanone

Departments Press and Events

Contact Johann Drumbl und Renata Zanin - 0472 014 111
Johann.Drumbl@unibz.it, Renata.Zanin@unibz.it

Arguably one of the best known, most studied, yet least understood manuscripts of the Middle Ages, the Codex Buranus (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4660/4660a) sits uncomfortably within the institutionalised context of the modern academy. Of interest to scholars of Latin, French, and German lyric, to historians of music and theatre, to those concerned with processes of cultural transfer and modern reception, the thirteenth-century songbook has found much attention within a range of individual disciplines but has failed to generate sustained scholarly exchange across these fields — notwithstanding the detailed, comprehensive commentary provided in the editions of Wilhelm Meyer, Alfons Hilka and Otto Schumann, Bernhard Bischoff, Benedikt Konrad Vollmann, and David A. Traill. Revisiting the Codex Buranus seeks to bridge the gap between the well-established discourses that surround the Codex Buranus, its songs and plays. An international team of leading scholars will gather at the University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Education in Brixen-Bressanone between 26 and 28 July 2018 in order to engage in dialogue across such disciplinary boundaries, seeking to distil current scholarly opinion on the manuscript and to point out new avenues for further research. Papers will cover the broad range of (song) genres contained in the Codex Buranus, its organising principles and contexts of composition, as well as issues of notation, plurilingualism, contrafacture, and reception. Johann Drumbl (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) Henry Hope (University of Bern)

  • 26.07.2018, 13.00 - 18.00 Uhr 
  • 27.07.2018, 9.30 - 13.00 Uhr - 15.00 - 18.00 - 20.00 - 22.00 
  • 28.07.2018, 9.30 - 13.00 Uhr

https://henryhopemusicology.wordpress.com/revisiting-the-codex-buranus/

Konzert in der Hofburg, Brixen 27. Juli 2018, 20.00 Uhr 
"Sounding out the Codex Buranus: Thirteenth-Century Songs" from Brixen 

Rumorum: 
  • Grace Newcombe, voice 
  • Félix Verry, fiddel 
  • Mara Winter, flute 

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