Cardiff French Music Research (CFMR)

Internationally recognised for its research excellence in French Music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Cardiff University School of Music has established a centre for French Music Research (CFMR) to promote the study of music in France from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.

Embracing a wide range of composers, repertories and contexts, research interests cover the whole of the French musical milieux to reflect the well-established cosmopolitanism and transnationalism of the Francophone musical world.

Our approach is broad and inclusive, and incorporates archival, historical, critical, analytical and reception perspectives as well as performance-practice research, music editing and intersections with literary and ethnomusical studies.

CFMR aims to cultivate links between Cardiff University and external organisations and has already mounted symposia, talks and concerts in collaboration with:

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC Proms
Philharmonia Orchestra
Welsh National Opera
Royal Northern College of Music
Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP)
Institut Français
Berlioz Society
France: Musiques-Cultures, 1789-1918

We also seek to provide a forum for scholars to share their research through lectures, study days, symposia and international conferences.

We welcome proposals for PhD research.

Aims

to foster collegial musical enquiry at the highest scholarly level
to act as a forum for investigation of French music and music in France
to work with other organisations to develop collaborative partnerships
to mount talks, symposia and international conferences

Our research includes the following:

French composer studies (17^th-21^st centuries)
analysis and critical investigation of music in France
sketch and archival studies
reception studies
international interactions and musical exchange
historical performance practice relating to French repertories
French national and transnational identities
French cultural milieu: musical institutions politics, war, religion, propaganda etc
interdisciplinary connections with opera, literature, ballet, press cultures, etc