Translation as Music, Music as Translation
In conjunction with the Women, Language(s) and Translation in the Italian Traditionconference (Clare College, Riley Auditorium, Cambridge on 7-8 November 2018), there will be a pre-conference event on Tuesday 6th November, which is open to the general public. The event is free, but advance registration is required as spaces are limited.
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Translation as Music, Music as Translation
When: Tuesday 6th November 2018, from 4.15 pm
Where: Clare College, Old Court, Latimer Room, and Clare College Chapel
Details:
This event will explore the relationship between solo voice and accompaniment, with the accompanist acting as translator, facilitating and enabling the reception of the soloist’s performance. There will be a talk followed by a concert.
Clare College, Old Court, Latimer Room, 4.15 for 4.30 to 5.30 pm
Pre-performance talk by Professor Jane Tylus (Yale University): Translation as Accompaniment
How might we think about music – supposedly a universal language – in terms of translation? This talk will consider the translator as a kind of accompanist – engaged in playful dialogue with the lead author – and the accompanist as a kind of translator, who facilitates and enables the reception of the soloist’s performance. The discussion will focus on the relationship between language and music, between notions of single authorship and collaboration, between reading and performance. These considerations will draw on recent work in translation studies and music history, citing examples from Renaissance poetry as well as Beethoven’s cello sonatas and other musical form
Clare College Chapel, 6-7pm
Concert: Music as Translation
Concert Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach, ‘Chaconne’ from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. for cello by Joy Lisney)
Frédéric Chopin, Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, Third Movement
Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2, First Movement
Performers
Caroline Grint, clarinet
Joy Lisney, cello
Naomi Woo, piano
Concert organisers:
Anna-Luise Wagner
Naomi Woo
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Public talk by Prof. Peter Burke, FBA (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) on Translation
In conjunction with the Women, Language(s) and Translation in the Italian Tradition conference (Clare College, Riley Auditorium, Cambridge on 7-8 November 2018), there will be a talk by Prof. Peter Burke, FBA (Emmanuel College) on Cultural Translation in Theory and Practice.
The talk will be on Wednesday 7th November 2018, at 5.30 pm, in Clare College, Gillespie Centre, Riley Auditorium.
The event is free, but advance registration is required as spaces are limited. To register for this event, send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Cultural Translation in Theory and Practice
This contribution, from the perspective of a cultural historian, offers reflections on the history of the ideas of translation and translatability – between languages, between media, and especially between cultures, together with the problems raised by these practices. It discusses related concepts, from 'accommodation' to 're-employment', and the work not only of translators in the literal sense but also that of missionaries, anthropologists and historians.
