Sites and Soundscapes in the Italian Renaissance

How do sounds shape communities? How does noise—manmade and natural, organized and chaotic—intersect with architecture and urban space? What role do hearing and listening play in the understanding of self and one’s place in the world? “Sites and Soundscapes in the Italian Renaissance” is a day-long symposium exploring aural experience and the built environment in Renaissance Italy. Schedule 8:30 to 9 am Coffee and Continental Breakfast 9 to 10:30 am Readers Meet Author Session A panel of scholars will deliver critiques of the new book The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life, by Niall Atkinson, University of Chicago, followed by a response from the author and a discussion among the panel and with the audience. Panelists: Jesús Escobar, Northwestern University; Alexander Fisher, University of British Columbia; and Lia Markey, The Newberry Library. 10:30 to 11 am Coffee Break 11 am to 12:30 pm Keynote Address Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge, Emerita 12:30 to 2 Lunch Break 2 to 3:15 Frottole Program by the Newberry Consort early music chamber ensemble Performance with commentary of late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Italian music by Bartolomeo Tromboncino and Franciscus Bossinensis. Violin ensemble, vocal ensemble, and lute.