Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial music histories (16th-20th centuries). IMS Intercongressional Symposium

Session

Musical iconography from art to industry

FP5

9 Jul 2025, 10:30

Aula 8

Conveners

Musical iconography from art to industry

• John Griffiths (University of Melbourne - Australia)

94. A New Book on Qājār Music and Art in Iran: ʿAmalajāt-i Ṭarab-i Ḵāṣa (Exclusive Royal Musicians)

09/07/2025, 10:30

Free paper

This presentation explores my book’s content, research process, and the historical significance of two Qājār-era paintings depicting musicians.

The book ʿAmalajāt-i Ṭarab-i Ḵāṣa (Exclusive Royal Musicians) examines two paintings related to music from the Qājār period (1794–1925), during the reign of Nāser-al-Din Šāh (r. 1848–1896). The first painting, ʿAlī-Akbar Farāhānī va Šāgerdānaš...

149. Exploring Early Modern Spanish Musical Imagery through Digital Tools

09/07/2025, 10:50

Free paper

This presentation outlines the initial developments of In-Music: Interactive Tools for the Study and the Enhancement of Music Iconography, a project supported by a 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Post-Doctoral Fellowship and hosted by the DIDPATRI research group at the University of Barcelona.
Bridging historical musicology, music iconology, and digital humanities, In-Music aims to...

167. Musical iconography in nineteenth-century Brazilian illustrated periodicals: the first phase of the Revista Illustrada (Rio de Janeiro, 1876-1889) (remote)

09/07/2025, 11:10

Free paper

This paper presents a survey of images (lithographs) related to music that were published in the issues of the Brazilian illustrated periodical Revista Illustrada. Based in Rio de Janeiro, this periodical had a notable activity, existing for over two decades and having a record breaking circulation in Latin America. Its first phase ranges from its founding in 1876 by the Italian-Brazilian...