An international conference in affiliation with the project German Operetta in London, New York and Warsaw, 1906–1939 (GOLNY), funded by the European Research Council. In 1903, in an early attempt to write a critical history of operetta, Erich Urban perceived a common thread linking international manifestations of operetta. He was optimistic about its future, insisting...
Derek B. Scott, “A Forgotten Transcultural Entertainment Industry.” European Research Music Conference, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 12 Jun. 2018.
‘Gaiety, Glitz and Glamour: Reawakening the “Silver Age” of twentieth-century Operetta’ A Royal Musical Association – Institute for Musical Research Study Day In affiliation with the German Operetta in London and New York, 1907–1939: Cultural Transfer and Transformation (GOLNY) project, funded by the European Research Council Download the programme Download the Call for Papers Programme...
As part of the ERC=Science² project, a series of public lectures will showcase cutting edge research at the University of Leeds funded by the highly presitigous European Research Council. From atmospheric chemists to musical historians, ERC grant-holders have secured millions of euros of competitive EU funding to undertake frontier research and make groundbreaking discoveries here...
Silver-Age Operetta Workshop This study day is part of GOLNY (German Operetta in London, New York, and Warsaw: 1906-1938: Cultural Transfer and Transformation), a research project undertaken by Dr Anastasia Belina (RCM) and Professor Derek B Scott (University of Leeds), funded by the European Research Council. 14.00-14.45 Silver-Age Operetta: The Power of an Early Twentieth-Century Transcultural Entertainment Industry, Professor...
Derek B. Scott, “Silver-Age Operetta: The Power of an Early 20th Century Transcultural Entertainment Industry.” Popular Music and Power, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 23–25 June 2016.
Operetta Workshop This workshop will introduce GOLNY (German Operetta in London and New York: 1905-1937: Cultural Transfer and Transformation), a research project undertaken by Dr Anastasia Belina (RCM) and Professor Derek B Scott (University of Leeds), funded by the European Research Council. In the beginning of the nineteenth-century operetta was one of the most extravagant theatrical attractions,...
Derek B. Scott, “J. Strauss Jr & 19th-Century Operetta as Intermedial Art World.” (Keynote) Symposium: Worlds Within Works of Art. Helsinki, Finland, 28–29 January 2016.