NMK2004AUGUST 11 – 14, 2004The 14th Nordic Musicological Congress (NMK2004) was held on 11–14 August 2004 at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. The NMK congress has served as an important forum for scientific discussion among music researchers in the Nordic countries since 1948. The two preceding congresses took place in Aarhus (2000) and Lund (1996). The purpose of the Helsinki Congress was to widen the scope of music scholarship and to broaden the conceptions of Nordic music research. We were happy to welcome music researchers and others interested in the field from all over the world; 240 participants from 22 countries attended NMK2004. The congress was graced by four prominent and internationally acknowledged keynote speakers: Carl Schachter, Richard Middleton, Estelle Jorgensen and Hermann Danuser. Panel speakers from the Scandinavian countries were invited to meet the challenge of discussing the themes of the lectures. Furthermore, there were 160 parallel sessions with presenters reporting on their current research. Each of the tightly packed congress days was divided into a morning and an afternoon session. The day started with a keynote lecture and panel discussion in the Sibelius Academy Concert Hall. The afternoons were devoted to individual presentations, divided into five or six parallel strands. The NMK2004 very much appreciate the support given by the Ministry of Education of Finland, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Wihuri foundation, the Academy of Finland, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation, and the Sibelius Academy's Rector's Foundation. The
organizing committee thanks you for participating the NMK2004. Pirre
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