Activities

Activities

Sound cities. Conferences on urban musicology. Image: William Hogarth. The Enraged Musician (1741)

Sound cities. Conferences on urban musicology

The conferences allow members of the FONURMED project to share their results with remarkable researchers in the field of urban musicology, in the Valencian and Spanish sphere. The key issues...[Read more]

Ferran Escrivà Llorca during the congress

FonUrMed participates in the international congress “The Historical Ear: What is Auditory History?”

From 18 to 21 March 2026, the FonUrMed project took part in the international congress “The Historical Ear: What is Auditory History?” hosted in Paris, in the framework of the opening meeting of the...[Read more]

FonUrMed holds a work reunion focused on the project’s sources, urban comparison and database

FonUrMed holds a work reunion focused on the project’s sources, urban comparison and database

23 and 24 April 2026, FonUrMed project team. Sound Cities.[Read more]

Seminar “Music criticism and phonosphere”. Discursive thread and performative event in the Elizabethan Spain

Seminar “Music criticism and phonosphere”. Discursive thread and performative event in the Elizabethan Spain

Inside the seminars of the project Sound Cities. Urban Phonospheres of the Mediterranean (1500-1900) (FonUrMed), we will hold a session for the reconstruction of the 19th century sound experience on...[Read more]

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Conference held: "Soundscapes and the Origins of Valencian Wind Bands (1790–1830)"

On December 4, at the “Joaquín Rodrigo” Higher Conservatory of Music in València, Salvador Astruells Moreno delivered the lecture Soundscapes and the Origins of Valencian Wind Bands (1790–1830), as...[Read more]

Festivities for the birth of Delfín (1729) and their urban phonosphere – keys from the FonUrMed seminar

Festivities for the birth of Delfín (1729) and their urban phonosphere – keys from the FonUrMed seminar

On 24 and 25 November, we held a new seminar of the FonUrMed – Sound cities. Urban Phonospheres of the Mediterranean (1500-1900) project at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication.[Read more]

Conference “Sounds of the nation – centenary celebrations and sound imaginaries in the unified Italy”

Conference “Sounds of the nation – centenary celebrations and sound imaginaries in the unified Italy”

Elena Oliva (Link Campus University – Rome). Date: Friday, 21 November, 12:00am. Place: Boardroom of the Faculty of Geography and History.[Read more]

‘Cities in celebration for the Dauphin. Comparative method to test the sources’

Seminar: ‘Cities in celebration for the Dauphin. Comparative method to test the sources’

Next 24 and 25 November a new seminar of the project Sound Cities will be held at the Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication. Urban Phonospheres of the Mediterranean (1500-1900)...[Read more]

Autumn Seminar with Dr Michela Berti: devotion, identity and representation – sound itineraries of the French monarchy in early modern Rome

Autumn Seminar with Dr Michela Berti: devotion, identity and representation – sound itineraries of the French monarchy in early modern Rome

On 30 and 31 October, the Urban Phonospheres of the Mediterranean (FonUrMed) project welcomed Dr Michela Berti (Conservatory “Francesco Morlacchi”, Perugia), expert in cultural and musical history of...[Read more]

Illustration for the Monarchy Phonospheres Cycle. From the Old Regime to Liberalism (FonUrMed)

Coming seminar on sound itineraries about French monarchy in the 18th century Rome

We will welcome Dr. Michela Berti with the FonUrMed Autumn Seminar on 30 and 31 October. Her research will bring the sound itineraries of the French monarchy in the modern Rome, with relegious...[Read more]

Andrea Bombi (FonUrMed UV Project) and David San Narciso (UCM) in the coference.

New conference for the cycle 'The ceremonial universe of Liberalism', participating David San Narciso

Universitat de València Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication welcomed the conference 'El "hambre popular" de la Corona' ('The Crown's "Pupular Hunger"') by Complutense...[Read more]

Cycle of seminars and conferences Sound citiess in the project FonUrMed

Cycle of seminars and conferences Sound cities in the project FonUrMed

Monarchy’s phonospheres Series. From the Ancient Regime to Liberalism. It includes: "The ceremonial universe of Liberalism" and "audible Footage of the French monarchy". Project: Sound cities. Urban...[Read more]

Moment from IMS 2025

FonUrMed presents “Emissaries of Power” at the IMS Intercongressional Symposium

On July 9, 2025, the FonUrMed project presented at the IMS Intercongressional Symposium – “Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial Music Histories (16th–20th centuries)” a Study Session entitled...[Read more]

Cartell Congrés Internacional IMS 2025

The project researches the urban phonospheres of the Mediterranean in the IMS 2025 International Congress

Many members of the research project participated actively in the international symposium Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial Music Historias (16th–20th centuries), organised by the International...[Read more]

Concert

Revolution sound landscapes: the urban phonosphere as the key for historic interpretation

Universitat de València Botanical Garden welcomed the 'Vents de revolució: música i política a l'Espanya del segle XIX' ('Revolutionary winds: music and politics of Spain in the 19th Century') act on...[Read more]

Andrea Bombi i David R. M. Irving a la Facultat de Geografia i Història UV.

Great welcome for musicologist David R. M. Irving's new book 'The Making of European Music in the Long Eighteenth Century'

Universitat de València Faculty of Geography and History Conference Room welcomed the book presentation of 'The Making of European Music in the Long Eighteenth Century' by renowned musicologist David...[Read more]

portada del llibre

Presentation of the book 'The Making of European Music in the Long Eighteenth Century'

Presenation of the book by David Irving about colonial and ideological origins of the concept of 'European music'.[Read more]

Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication

Seminar 'Emissary of Power: Inmaculate in Naples in the 17th Century'

Friday 9 May 2025. Participating the project members. Guest researcher: Dr. David Irving (ICREA / Milà i Fontanals Institution, Barcelona).[Read more]

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