25. May 2025 - 25. May 2035

MUSIC HISTORY
29. May 2025 - 30. May 2025
Empty Boxes? Modeling the Lost and Ephemeral in Premodern Sacred Spaces

International and interdisciplinary conference

Promoting Institutions:
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
German Historical Institute in Rome
Research Project CANTORIA – Music and Sacred Architecture
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Universität Zürich

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, Rome

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MUSIC HISTORY
04. June 2025
Musica a Villa Massimo. Prima e dopo la caduta del Muro

Marica Coppola

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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MUSIC HISTORY
16. June 2025
Tracce di improvvisazione nella musica strumentale dopo Beethoven

Conference in cooperation with the University of Pavia and the PRIN-Project "Improvvisazione/Composizione. La doppia identità della musica europea".

German Historical Institute in Rome

Contact: Elisa Novara

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MUSIC HISTORY
23. June 2025
"Sind eben nur für Musik da." Heavy-Metal-Fans in der DDR

Nikolai Okunew

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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MUSIC HISTORY
29. September 2025
Prototypisch untypisch – Sinus-Milieus, musikalischer Geschmack und die Vermessung des Alltags

Silke Borgstedt

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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MUSIC HISTORY
13. October 2025
Sociologia della musica. La costruzione sociale del suono dalle tribù al digitale

Lello Savonardo

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

18.30–20.00

Simultaneous translation Italian-German

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MUSIC HISTORY
17. November 2025
Streaming, Liveness und die Pandemie. Digitale Mediamorphosen des Musiklebens im frühen 21. Jahrhundert als Generationenphänomen

Steffen Lepa

Event as part of the lecture series "Musica/Cultura/Sociologia". Further information and upcoming dates

German Historical Institute in Rome

17.30–19.00

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