British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Mozart 2006: Classical music and the modern world

The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

Saturday 28 January 2006

A conference convened by Professor Nick Cook, FBA, Royal Holloway, University of London

Conference fee £10 (£5 concessions)

ABOUT THIS EVENT  | PROGRAMME

If anybody epitomizes classical music, it is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the 250th anniversary of whose birth falls on the day before this one-day conference. A group of distinguished British and American speakers will address different dimensions of Mozart's continuing presence in the modern world, ranging from the writing of music history through recorded performances to popular culture and the media. The aim will be not only to bring modern perspectives to bear upon this most archetypal of composers, but also to use Mozart as a starting point for exploring key aspects of the modern world: the role of yesterday's classics today, the relationship of elite and popular culture, the idea of genius.