[ecrea] Silent Film Sound: History, Theory & Practice

The Department of New German Literature and Media Studies at Kiel 
University presents
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"Silent Film Sound: History, Theory & Practice"*
International Conference, February 22 - 23, 2013

This conference is dedicated to gather international scholars in the 
field of musicology, film studies and related disciplines to promote the 
discourse on the history, the theory and the practice of silent film 
music and sound, with special regard to national and regional 
idiosyncrasies and commonalities in the wide spectrum of sonic methods 
and performative manifestations inherent in silent film exhibition 
practices.

The conference is carried out in collaboration with /Kiel Society for 
Film Music Research/ (http://www.filmmusik.uni-kiel.de/index.php) and is 
part of the ongoing FWF project /The Sounds of Silents/ -- Sound & Music 
in Viennese Cinemas 1895 -- 1930, http://soundofsilents.wordpress.com/

The conference will take place at IBZ (Internationales 
Begegnungszentrum) of Kiel University, Kiellinie 5, 24105, starting from 
9 am on Friday, February 22nd and Saturday, February 23rd, with parallel 
sessions being held throughout the two days. All lectures presented at 
the conference are free and open to the public.

The conference program also features a screening of the silent film 
"Broken Blossoms" (D.W. Griffith, USA 1919) with live musical 
accompaniment by renowned American silent film pianist Martin M. Marks. 
The screening will take place on Friday, 22nd at 6 pm at the local 
cinema /Die Pumpe/ (http://www.diepumpe.de/).

For updates and contact information, please visit
https://silentfilmsound.wordpress.com/

If you have any other questions or concerns, please get in touch!

Conference Organizers:
Tarek Krohn
Willem Strank
Claus Tieber
Anna Katharina Windisch