Past conferences
Since its inception in 1997, the WMA has organized conferences biennially, on a broad range of topics and in many different countries of the world.
2023
2019
2017
2015
2013
2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
Munich (Germany)
Repetition/Variation in Literature and Music
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Graz (Austria)
Retro Forms and Styles in Literature and Music
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Stockholm (Sweden)
Fragments, Drafts, Revisions in Words and Music
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New York, NY (USA)
Music, Narrative, and the Moving Image
London (UK)
Silence, Absence and Ellipsis in Literature and Music
Santa Fe, NM (USA)
Voice in Words and Music
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Vienna (Austria)
Performativity in Literature and Music
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Edinburgh (UK)
Self-Reference in Literature and Music
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Santa Barbara, CA (USA)
Word/Music Adaptation
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Berlin (Germany)
Music and the Spoken Word
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Sydney (Australia)
Cultural Identity and the Musical Stage
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Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
The Song Cycle
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Graz (Austria)
Defining the Field