International Symposium on Louise Hanson-Dyer Music MS. 244 (LHD 244)
The University of Melbourne University Library
29 May 2015

The University of Melbourne University Library will hold a one-day international symposium “Challenges and conundrums: New research on a little known music theory manuscript at the University of Melbourne”, 29 May 2015.

Manuscript LHD 244, despite its diminutive size, comprises more than 20 theoretical texts on musical rudiments and performance from the late 14th to early 17th centuries.  Its oldest texts are a compilation of well-known and otherwise totally unknown treatises from the late 14th and 15th centuries.  The many later additions include psalm-tones, prayers and more unknown treatises, on composition and organ playing.

Speakers include Denis Collins (University of Queensland); Linda Page Cummins (University of Alabama); Jan Herlinger (University of Alabama; Louisiana State University); Jason Stoessel (University of New England); and Carol Williams (Monash University). Kerry Murphy and Richard Excell (University of Melbourne) will briefly place LHD 244 in the context of the Louise Hanson-Dyer Collection. The afternoon will comprise a round table: “Placing LHD 244: Answers and Future Tasks”.

If you are interested in receiving formal notification of this symposium, please e-mail Tim Daly at absum@netspace.net.au. The symposium will be held in the University Library, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. A full program will be available and registrations open in early May.