Hartt Music History Forum Welcomes Dr. Jeannette Jones Today

The next meeting of the Hartt Music History Forum is Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 12:15 p.m. in Fuller 410/412.

We are pleased to welcome musicologist Dr. Jeannette Di Bernardo Jones (College of the Holy Cross) for her talk: "Taking a Sad Song and Making it Better: Laments, Poets, and Musicians in Renaissance France."

The 1497 death of the foremost singer & composer in fifteenth-century France Jean de Okeghem inspired numerous eulogies, such as Jean Molinet's Nymphes de bois, famously set by Josquin des Prez, and Guillaume Crétin's Déploration sur le trépas de Jean Okeghem. These poems outline a network of people connected through French language and music, and by acting as historical documents, illuminate changing ideas of the artist around 1500.

Dr. Jones completed her PhD in Historical Musicology at Boston University in May 2019, with a dissertation focusing on networks of poets and musicians in fifteenth-century France. She is also a specialist in music and disability studies, especially on d/Deaf culture.

All events are free and open to the public! We look forward to seeing you there. For any questions, please contact Karen Cook (kacook at hartford.edu).