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PRESENTATIONS_50: Musical heritage and identity
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2:00pm - 2:30pm
Postcolonial Perspectives in Music Collections: Showcasing musical Heritage of the former Dutch East Indies
The Hague City Archives/Netherlands Music Institute, Netherlands, The What stories do music collections tell about our colonial past—and how can they amplify voices long overlooked? The collections of the Netherlands Music Institute were originally assembled by Hague banker Daniël François Scheurleer (1855–1927), who envisioned a library and museum offering access to diverse musical cultures—not only Western classical music, but also non-Western traditions. After Scheurleer’s death, the museum and its holdings became part of the The Hague Art Museum (now Kunstmuseum), which adopted a policy of collecting music manuscripts and documentation from musicians and composers, many of whom had ties to the former Dutch colonies. Today, we critically examine these legacies. This presentation highlights how we confront traces of racism and exclusion—rethinking acquisition and cataloging practices, and how we embrace meerstemmigheid (multiplicity of voices) in our collection policies. We have digitized more than 12 meters of music and documentation, scheduled for publication through web catalogues in 2026. These materials range from 19th-century Atjeh War marching music scores and Sourabaya opera programs to autographs by Linda Bandára, Hector Marinus, Paul Seelig, as well as scrap albums of touring Dutch musicians and contemporary gamelan music scores. Together, they reveal complex narratives of power, identity, and cultural exchange. Since 2021 musicologist Dr. Philomeen Lelieveldt has served as curator of the Netherlands Music Institute Collections, consisting of a music library and archive, which from 2016 have been part of the The Hague City Archives. www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl 2:30pm - 3:00pm
The Department of Music of the Austrian National Library and its Founders' Ideological Program [DE] Die Musiksammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek und das ideologische Programm ihrer Gründerväter Austrian National Library, Austria Abstract The Department of Music of the Austrian National Library (ÖNB) is one of the most important music archives in the world. It is considered to have been founded in 1826. At that time, Moritz von Dietrichstein, as prefect of the Imperial Court Library (today ÖNB), ordered the transfer of material from the Court Music Archive to the Court Library. In the common institution’s narrative, Dietrichstein has the positive image of a preserver of valuable old music manuscripts. His ideological ideas and objectives are hardly considered in previous publications on the Department’s history. Dietrichstein’s actions must be seen in the context of the efforts of a patriotic and conservative art movement that emerged against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Alongside the music loving Dietrichstein, its supporters included the composer and music writer Ignaz von Mosel, who served as a curator of the Court Library from 1829 and played a decisive role in building up its music collection. Both saw a decline in music and considered it a patriotic duty to emulate the great composers of Austrian’s past. They saw their educational mission not only in making old holdings available to scholarship, but also in collecting and hoarding exemplary works for musical practice. French/German Abstract Die Musiksammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) zählt zu den größten und bedeutendsten Musikarchiven der Welt. Als Gründungsjahr gilt 1826. Damals ordnete Moritz von Dietrichstein als Präfekt der Hofbibliothek (heute ÖNB) die Überführung von Beständen des Hofmusikarchivs in die Hofbibliothek an. Im gängigen Narrativ der Musiksammlung hat Dietrichstein das positive Image des Retters und Bewahrers wertvoller alter Musikhandschriften. Seine ideologischen Ideen und Zielsetzungen werden in den bisherigen Publikationen zur Institutionsgeschichte, die in den meisten Fällen von Sammlungsleitern stammen, kaum berücksichtigt. Dietrichsteins Handeln steht im Kontext von Bestrebungen einer patriotisch und konservativ ausgerichteten Kunstbewegung, die vor dem Hintergrund der Napoleonischen Kriege entstanden war und sich stark von den Ideen des vom österreichischen Staatsmann Johann Philipp von Stadion geprägten Gesamtstaatspatriotismus leiten ließ. Zu ihren Anhängern gehörte neben dem musikaffinen und selbst komponierenden Dietrichstein dessen langjähriger Freund, der Komponist und Musikschriftsteller Ignaz von Mosel, der ab 1829 als 1. Kustos an der Hofbibliothek wirkte und maßgebend am Aufbau der dortigen Musiksammlung beteiligt war. Beide orteten einen Verfall der Musik und erachteten es als vaterländische Pflicht, den großen Komponisten aus der eigenen Vergangenheit nachzueifern. Ihren Bildungsauftrag sahen sie nicht nur im Erschließen alter Bestände für die Wissenschaft, sondern auch im Sammeln und Horten mustergültiger Werke für die musikalische Praxis. | ||
