Mozart interpretations in sound recordings up to 1950
(Location: Mozart Sound and Film Collection) Sound recording and playback fundamentally changed listening and music-making habits, performance practice and the social structure of the musical world; music-making became repeatable and comparable in a whole new way.
The invention of sound recording and reproduction fundamentally changed listening and music-making habits, performance practices and the social structure of the musical world. Music-making became repeatable and comparable in a whole new way.
The concept of interpretation as a practical activity, which was established in the 19th century, only gained significance and legitimacy later on with the advent of the gramophone record. Among the earliest recorded pieces of music are Mozart’s compositions, and numerous important performers have appeared on gramophone records or piano rolls performing his works.
This symposium will focus on the musical, social, economic, technical, and archival issues relating to these early Mozart recordings, which are of particular importance in the current debate. There will be an international exchange of findings and research results from renowned experts in the fields of research on musical interpretation and Mozart research.
With lectures by Klaus Aringer ● Julian Caskel ● Ioana Geanta ● Thomas Glaser ● Sarah Haslinger ● Katarzyna Maria Hatalak ● Kateryna Ielysieieva ● Mateusz Pawel Kawa ● Lars-Edvard Laubhold ● Ulrich Leisinger ● Agata Katarzyna Meissner ● Elisabeth Reisinger ● Peter Revers ● Rainer J. Schwob ● Dominik Šedivý ● László Stachó ● Frithjof Vollmer ● Thomas Wozonig ● Pietro Zappalà ● Karina Zybina