International Musicology Symposium:Mythological Themes in 20th Century Music

25th Slovenian Music Days

International Musicological Symposium

Mythological Themes in 20th Century Music

Head of the Symposium: prof. dr. Primož Kuret
March 22-24, 2010
Križanke, Knight’s Hall


Monday, March 22, at 9.00 am

Opening Speech: Primož Kuret
Chairman: Peter Andraschke

Andrej Misson:  About Lepa Vida and other Mythological Figures and Themes in the Compositions of Slovene Composers

Franz Metz: Wendepunkt und Mythen in der südosteuropäischen Musik des 20.  Jahrhunderts / The Turning Point and Myths in the Music of Southeastern Europe in the 20th Century

Agnieszka Draus: The Myth of a Highland Robber in Polish Culture

Ruita Gaudamavičiute: The Manifestation of Myth in Lithuanian Music 


Monday, March 22, at 3.00 pm
Chairman: Ivan Florjanc

Roberto Scoccimarro: Die Oper Phèdra von Hans Werner Henze / The Opera Phaedra by Hans Werner Henze

Gabriele Jonté: Der Mythos vom "American Dream" und seine Manifestationen in der amerikanischen Musik um 1940

Miloslav Blahynka: History and Mythology in Suchoň’s Opera Svätopluk

Marijana Kokanović: Mythos und Geschichte in der serbischen Opernszene in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts – Konstruktion der nationalen Operntradition / Myth and the History of the Serbian Opera Scene in the First Decades of the 20th Century – the Construction of a National Opera Tradition


Tuesday, March 23, at 9.00 am
Chairman: Hartmut Krones

Niall O’Loughlin: The Rise of Eddy and the Fall of the Duchess: Mythical Connections in Recent British Opera

Ivan Florjanc: Fish Faronika

Luba Kyjanovska: Haidnischer Mythos von Slaven und "neue folkloristische Welle" in der ukrainischen Komponistenschule des 20. Jahrhunderts / The Pagan Myth of the Slavs and “New Folk Wave” in the Ukrainian School of Composers of the 20th Century

Helmut Loos: Felix  Mendelssohn Bartholdys Musik zu Antigone op.55 / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Music for Antigone, Op.55



Wednesday, March 24, at 9.00 am
Chairman: Franz Metz

Hartmut Krones: Zeus, Sisyphos und nackte Sirenen: Wort und Musik bei Anestis Logothetis / Zeus, Sisyphus and the Naked Sirens: the Word and Music of Anestis Logothetis

Luigi Verdi: Aleksandr Skrjabin, Prometheus, the Poem of Fire Op. 60 (1909), One Century Later

Peter Andraschke: Carl Orffs Rezeption antiker Tragödien / The Reception of the Ancient Tragedies of Carl Orff

Jana Lengova: Der legendäre slowakische Räuber und Sagenheld Juraj Jánošík und  Musik / The Legendary Slovak Outlaw and the Hero of the Saga Juraj Jánošík and Music

Regina Chłopicka: Myth of Bluebeard - from the French historical prototype and Perrault fairy tale to the Hungarian interpretation of Balazs and Bartok


Wednesday, March 24, at 3.00 pm
Chairman: Andrej Misson

Friedhelm Brusniak: Mythologische Themen in Männerchorrepertoire des frühen  20. Jahrhunderts / Mythological Themes in the Men’s Choral Repertoire of the Early 20th Century     

Frank Schneider: Antigone oder die Stadt - Motive der Antike im Schaffen ostdeutscher Komponisten / Antigone or the Place of Ancient Motives through the Creative Work of East German Composers

Matjaž Barbo: The Opera Krst pri Savici (Baptism at Savica) by Matija Tomec and the Establishment of Slovene National Mythology