Music machines in 17th century Rome

March 1, 4 pm, room 412. Free and open to the public.

Part of the Musicology/Ethnomusicology Student Association's Colloquium Series.

Dr. Bonnie Gordon of the University of Virginia will present a talk entitled "Music Machines in Seventeenth Century Rome" on Thursday, March 1 at 4 pm in room 412 of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

Gordon's research interests include Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), castrati, early modern Italy, gender and sexuality, and the history of science. She is the author of Monteverdi's Unruly Women (2004) and co-editor of The Courtesans Arts (2006), an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural volume of essays about courtesans. Her newest project is Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds.

This talk is presented as part of the Musicology/Ethnomusicology Student Association’s Colloquium Series, and made possible in part by a Department-Invited Lecturer Grant from the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.