17 and 18 October 2024

Conference on provenance research on musical instruments

Since July 2023, the HMB has been researching the provenance of selected musical instruments from the collection with generous support from the Federal Office of Culture and the City of Basel. At the end of the project, the HMB is organising a conference.

On 17 and 18 October 2024, more than 15 contributions will be presented on the topic of provenance research on musical instruments. Insights into the diverse research projects on the topic will be provided and the results of the Basel project will be presented.

The registration window is open

You can now register for the conference. The number of seats on site is limited. Please register as soon as possible using the registration form below. You can register for one day, for both days or for the live stream.

The registration window is open until 31 August 2024. We will send you additional information and an invoice for payment of the conference fee by e-mail after registration. Your registration is only complete once the conference fee has been paid.

Conference fee

Day ticket: CHF 30
Entitles the holder to participate on one of the days (Thursday or Friday)

Two-day ticket: CHF 60
Entitles the holder to participate on both days (Thursday and Friday)

Online participation: free of charge
We will send you the participation link in advance of the conference.

The conference fee includes catering on the respective day.

Registration form

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Select the day on which you would like to attend. Select "Thursday and Friday" if you would like to be there on both days. If you only want to receive the link for the stream and are not attending on site, select "Online"

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The programme

Below you will find the conference programme.

Programme Thursday, 17 October 2024

9.30 - 10.00
Registration
Coffee and croissants

Panel 1: Ausgangslage zur Provenienzforschung an Musikinstrumenten

10.00
Welcome by Marc Zehntner, Director of the Basel Historical Museum

10.10 – 11.00
Pascale Bernheim
Tracing looted instruments and music material: the emergence of new field of investigation
CV / Abstract

11.00 – 11.30
Nathalie Neumann:
Der andere Max Friedländer und Wilibald Gurlitt
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

11.30 – 12.00
Renato Moser:
Vernetztes Arbeiten bei Provenienzrecherche an Musikinstrumenten am Historischen Museum Basel
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

Lunch break

13.30 – 14.45
Free tour of the music museum
Guided tour with Isabel Münzner, curator of musical instruments (in german)
or
Guided tour with Eva-Maria Hamberger (in english)

Break

Panel 2: Projektpräsentation

15.00 – 15.30
Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Monika Löscher
Provenienzforschung in der Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente in Wien
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

15.30 – 16.00
Dr. Silke Reuther, Olaf Kirsch
Die Sammlung Musikinstrumente im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Ergebnisse und Desiderate der Provenienzforschung.
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

16.00 – 16.30
Mag. Dr. Anita Mayer-Hirzberger, Dr. Fritz Trümpi, Mag. Dr. Severin Matiasovits
Vorhaben zur Provenienzforschung an der mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

16.30
End

Programme Friday, 18 October 2024

9.00 - 9.30
Coffee and croissants

Panel 3: Netzwerke, Aufarbeitung von Daten / Archive

9.30 – 10.00
Silvia Bühler
«Warum, wie, Werro» : Der Umgang mit privaten Nachlässen im Staatsarchiv Bern am Beispiel der Geigenbauerfamilie Werro (Language: German)
CV / Abstract

10.00 – 10.30
Fanny Lebreton
Using Digital Technologies to reconstitute Provenance of musical instruments from dealers’ stock books: assessments of a method
CV / Abstract

10.30 – 11.00
Richard Sutcliffe
An archivistic approach to Provenance Research
CV / Abstract

11.00 – 11.15
Pause

Panel 4: Zugang zur Provenienzforschung an den Instrumenten

11.15 - 11.45
Kathrin Melanie Menzel
Provenienz und Nachlässe – Herausforderungen, Chancen und Erwartungen
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

11.45 – 12.15
Olivier Krieger
Provenienzforschung in der beruflichen Ausbildung Geigenbau – Herausforderungen, Nutzen, Methodik
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

12.15 – 12.45
Stella Smith
On Labels that Lie: two case studies in caution and connection
CV / Abstract

Lunch break

Panel 5: Provenienzforschung im Geigenbau und im Handel

14.00 – 14.30
Roland Baumgartner
Provenienzforschung bei Musikinstrumenten
(Language: German)
CV / Abstract

14.30 – 15.00
Carla Shapreau, Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford
Musical Instruments, Provenance Evidence and Public Access
CV / Abstract

15.00 – 15.15
Pause

Conclusion

15.15 - 16.15
Concert Lecture
Playing the Gagliano violin

16.30 - 17.30
Discussion, final round, outlook

17.30
End

Organisational details

The conference will take place on 17 and 18 October 2024 at the Musikmuseum. The Musikmuseum Basel is centrally located in Basel's city centre in the Lohnhof. It is part of the Basel Historical Museum. With over 3,300 objects, it has the largest collection of musical instruments in Switzerland.

Basel Music Museum
Im Lohnhof 9
4051 Basel

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