A special feature of the project is that the types of text included will expand the boundaries of the usual canon represented in lexicons and encyclopedias, insofar as such works address problems relevant to the aesthetics or philosophy of music. These lesser-known writings emerge from the belletristic realm, and from the world of compositional instruction, instrumental schools and manuals for singing; we will also include texts by composers aimed at artistic self-assurance as well as some connected to religious rites and sovereign representation. Attention is paid to texts that have only played a role in marginalized discourses but that seem suitable for expanding the corpus of central musical writings, affording new discoveries and interpretations.
Alongside the book project, there will be—as the outcome of a second step—a digital edition of the little-known or unknown texts commented on in the lexicon.
You will find a list of the texts discussed in the lexicon here (Status of vol 3 only preliminary)
Publications
Editorial management: Michaela Kaufmann
Editorial assistance: Janine Wiesecke, Alexis Ruccius, Alexandru Bulucz, Daniel Fleisch, Lukas Kretzschmar, Julia Nebl
Editorial management: Janine Wiesecke, Annette van Dyck-Hemming (ab 2022)
Editorial assistance: Flavia Hennig, Maren Hochgesand, Iris Sophie Simon, Anna Lahusen, Taren Ackermann, Daniel Fleisch, Alexis Ruccius, Jan Eggert
Volume 3 (in preparation):
Musikästhetik in globaler Perspektive / Music aesthetics from a global perspective, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Felix Wörner and Carmel Raz (eds.), Kassel: Bärenreiter/Metzler
Editorial management: Annette van Dyck-Hemming
Editorial assistance: Carl Then, Jovana Perovic und Selamawit Russom
Researchers
