Educational seminars in HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF MUSIC CULTURES
Wednesday 16/10/2024 – 14.30-18.30 pm
Aula dottorato 3° piano di palazzo Giusso
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali
Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
Largo San Giovanni Maggiore, 30
80134 Napoli
16/10/2024 ore 14,30-18,30
The affectivity of music is a confused field. An evasive subjectivity is involved too a very high degree, so if we add a historical dimension, everything becomes even more complicated. Period instruments can be used in historically informed interpretations, old playing techniques can be re-established – but the affectivity of the past seems to be out of reach for the modern mind. At this seminar, I shall discuss the problematical aspects of any return to past affectivities and subjectivities, but also see if these problems can turn into possibilities or even promises.