Sound Heritage

在18世纪和19世纪，音乐创作是英国乡村别墅生活中不可或缺的一部分，但遗产财产的响亮历史在今天基本上是沉默的。传统的培训往往让音乐学家和早期音乐表演研究人员缺乏应对国内曲目的能力，而且他们往往缺乏对乡村别墅历史的更广泛了解。相反，乡村住宅历史学家和遗产专业人士往往缺乏必要的知识来解释历史财产中的音乐收藏，或者在缺乏音乐收藏的情况下重建住宅的音乐历史。近年来，国内音乐创作受到了越来越多的学术关注，策展人、文物保护人员和游客体验顾问越来越意识到，对音乐的关注如何能够增进对房屋历史的了解，并刺激当今游客的参与。然而，到目前为止，研究涉及一系列独立的项目，每个项目都有其自身的价值，但必然只提供部分观点。这个研究网络将把历史、历史音乐学和了解历史知识的表演实践的学者与遗产管理、保护和游客体验方面的专业人员聚集在一起，进行更广泛的合作，以更丰富地了解音乐在乡村别墅中的作用方式。活动将包括三个学习日，每个学习日侧重于乡村小屋音乐制作这一更广泛主题的不同方面。三个学习日将讨论遗产财产中的历史音乐研究面临的挑战；历史建筑中音乐收藏的研究管理中的问题；以及今天用于遗产的音乐的解释方法。该网络旨在汇集和扩展现有知识，并改善学术界和遗产部门研究人员之间的交流和伙伴关系。一个更强大的研究基础将反过来刺激创新想法的发展，以便在遗产财产中实际部署音乐研究。

Music making was integral to life in English country houses during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet the sounding history of heritage properties is largely silent today. Conventional training often leaves musicologists and early music performance researchers poorly equipped to deal with domestic repertoires, and they frequently lack broader understanding of country house history. Conversely, country house historians and heritage professionals often lack the knowledge necessary to interpret musical holdings in historic properties, or to reconstruct a house's musical history when music collections are lacking. Domestic music making has received increased scholarly attention in recent years, and curators, conservators and visitor experience consultants have become increasingly aware of how attention to music can enhance understanding of a house's history and stimulate engagement from today's visitors. Research to date has involved a series of discrete projects, however, each valuable in its own right but necessarily offering only partial perspectives. This research network will bring together scholars of history, historical musicology, and historically informed performance practice with heritage professionals in curation, conservation and visitor experience in a broader collaborative effort to gain a richer understanding of the way that music functioned in the country house. Activities will include three study days, each focussing on a different strand of the broader theme of country house music making. The three study days will address challenges to historical music research in heritage properties; issues in the research management of music collections in historic houses; and interpretive approaches to music for use in heritage today. The network aims to pool and extend existing knowledge and to improve communication and partnership between academics and heritage sector researchers. A stronger research base will in turn stimulate development of innovative ideas for the practical deployment of musical research in heritage properties.