Events
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Room ST 273/274 Stewart House
9.30 Helen Chambers (St Andrews): Welcome and Introduction
9.45 John Warren (Oxford): Schubert, Bauernfeld, and the Biedermeier
10.15 Judith Beniston (London): ‘Unsinn! Höherer Blödsinn! Parodie!’ A Comic Response to Friedrich Halm’s Der Fechter aus Ravenna
10.45 Ian Roe (Reading): Comedy in Raimund’s Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind: Tradition and Innovation
11.15 Discussion
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Ritchie Robertson (Oxford): Nestroy the Realist
12.30 W.E. Yates (Exeter): Nestroy and Orpheus in der Unterwelt
13.00 Discussion
13.15 Lunch (further details)
14.45 John Warrack (Oxford): Haydn and the Sublime
15.15 E.M. Batley (London): Magic Flutes and the Mixed Blessing of Source Hunting
15.45 Tea
16.15 Alan Bance (Southampton): Looking in the Barber’s Mirror: Figaro Reflects his Times in Beaumarchais, Mozart, and Horváth
16.45 Closing Discussion
17.00 Reception and music by the ALMA QUARTET
To obtain further information and register for the conference, contact Jane Lewin (tel: 020 7862 8966). Please note the closing date for receipt of registrations is Monday, 14 September 2009.
Conference Fee
£20.00