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‘Polyphonic Singing and Communities of Music Writing in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c. 1150 to c. 1350’, an ERC Consolidator Grant project @MaynoothUni (PI: Prof. Karen Desmond) ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong

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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We are very pleased to announce the two-day conference ‘Fragmented Musical Cultures c.1150–c.1350: International Conference of the European Research Council Project BROKENSONG’ (Maynooth University, 15-16 May 2026). @muahi.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/i...
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
CFP!! Come to beautiful @maynoothuniversity.ie for the #BROKENSONG conference! 14-16 May 2026: 'Fragmented Musical Cultures c.1150–c.1350'. CFP deadline 30 Sept 2025. More info and the full CFP: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/brokensong/i... @erc.europa.eu
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In early June, Karen traveled to London where #BROKENSONG convened a very productive pre-MEC workshop to move forward on encoding pre-mensural notation in MEI - thanks to all involved! She also presented a paper at the 2025 MEC conference #music-encoding ‪@music-encoding.bsky.social‬
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Later in May Karen and Johanna travelled to the amazing Centre for Manuscript Studies @uni-hamburg.de to learn multispectral imaging processing techniques and best practices. We are very excited to start the MSI processing of BROKENSONG's images!! #MSI #manuscripts
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#BROKENSONG has had a busy month. In May the team traveled to the U. of Cambridge for a joint workshop with the #ERC-BENEDICAMUS project at beautiful St John's, & several intensive meetings with experts in plainchant, palaeography, bookbinding & multispectral imaging. A productive 5 days!
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This week, the #BROKENSONG team enjoyed a very good time studying the medieval fragments and books preserved in the Worcester Cathedral Library. #medievalbluesky @erc.europa.eu @worcestercathedral.bsky.social
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Last weekend, Professor Karen Desmond attended the Leading Women in Medieval Religious Communities conference, with a paper titled 'Networks of Polyphony in 14th-Century England, and Possible Connections to Shouldham’. The event took place at the University of Notre Dame London, UK.
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Members of #BROKENSONG are in beautiful York and London this week, working at the York Minster Library, the British Library, The London Archives, and the National Archives. #medievalbluesky (literally)
York MinsterYork Minster LibraryYork MinsterSt Pancras, London
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Prof. Karen Desmond will be presenting a paper at this fabulous conference on Leading Women in Medieval Religious Communities hosted by Notre Dame London March 8-9, 2025: isla.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
PhD student on the #Brokensong project at The SMI/ICTMD-IE Postgraduate Conference! @sminews1.bsky.social On January 16th, Inês Trindade presented her research ‘The Veneration of Saint Scholastica in the British Isles: The Worcester Gradual F. 160 as Case-Study’, at @tcddublin.bsky.social
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BROKENSONG @brokensong2023.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Prof Karen Desmond (@maynoothuni.bsky.social) will give a talk tomorrow afternoon at University College Dublin @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social Research Seminar Series introducing the #brokensong project
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