Milton Babbitt Symposium

I'd like to extend an invitation to all of you tuners to attend a
symposium in honor of Milton Babbitt to be held at the Library of Congress
on Saturday, May 2. It's not likely that there will be much heated
discussion of 12TET vs 22TET, but I think most of you will find some
interesting papers relating to Mr. Babbitt's work, remembering that he was
one of the pioneers in electronic music. Please drop me a line if you
plan to attend. I hope to see you on May 2!

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**** MILTON BABBITT SYMPOSIUM ****

On Saturday, May 2, 1998 the Music Division of the Library of Congress
will be sponsoring a symposium in honor of Milton Babbitt. Mr. Babbitt is
donating his papers to the Library, and this symposium is being planned to
celebrate that gift as well as his close association with the Music
Division for the past 30 years.

**** PROGRAM ****

(Times are subject to change)

10:00 am "Babbitt, Stravinsky, and the Serial 'Tyranny' of the 1950s
and 1960s."
Joseph Straus, Queens College and Graduate
School, City University of New York

10:40 am "What's the Use of the Twelve-Tone System?"
Joseph Dubiel, Columbia University

11:40 am "Rigors of Subjectivity."
Marion Guck, University of Michigan

12:20 pm "Milton Babbitt's 'Three Theatrical Songs' in Perspective."
Allen Forte, Yale University
with Richard Lalli, Yale University, baritone

2:20 pm "Listening to Milton Babbitt's Electronic Music: the Medium
and the Message."
Robert Morris, Eastman School of Music

3:00 pm Performance -- Reflections (1974); for piano and
synthesized tape, by Milton Babbitt.
Robert Taub, Institute for Advanced Studies,
Princeton University

3:40 pm "Still Being an American Composer--Milton Babbitt at 80."
Andrew Mead, University of Michigan

4:20 pm Response
Milton Babbitt, Princeton University and
The Juilliard School of Music

The symposium will be held in the Coolidge Auditorium where several of Mr.
Babbitt's works have been premiered. The Auditorium is located in the
Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress across from the Capitol
Building in Washington, DC. Since the symposium is being underwritten by
a grant from the Krasnoff Gift Fund, there will be no attendance fee.

Please contact Stephen Soderberg, Symposium Coordinator, if you plan to
attend (contact information below). We would like to know as soon as
possible how many participants to plan for.


**** TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATIONS ****

BE SURE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SINCE SPRING IS THE
BEGINNING OF TOURIST SEASON HERE.

Travel: The Library is located one block from the Capitol South Metrorail
station and six blocks from Union Station. From National Airport you may
wish to take the Metrorail, about a 20 minute ride. Shuttle
service is available from Dulles Airport and Baltimore-Washington
Airport. Limited on-street parking is available on weekends.

Accomodations: Rates and locations of some hotels are listed on the
Library's website: http://lcweb.loc.gov (click on General Information;
About the Library; Visiting the Library; How to get to the Library and
Where to Stay). For a copy of "Inexpensive Hotels & Housing in the
Washington, D.C. Area" contact Stephen Soderberg. Due to a very
convenient and efficient Metrorail, most area hotels/motels are an easy
commute to Capitol Hill.


Stephen Soderberg email: ssod@loc.gov
Symposium Coordinator phone: 202-707-1051
fax: 202-707-0621
Music Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540


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