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Host: University of Liège
Organizers: Michel Delville, Andrew Norris
Description:
We are especially interested in proposals dealing with the following topics:
- Zappa's experiments with sounds and vocal interaction from *Freak Out* (1966) to *Civilization Phaze III* (1994) - the poetry and lyrics of Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart - the cultural poetics of Zappa and Beefheart, especially as regards their relationship with radical poetic practice and/or traditional forms and idioms - Zappa and Beefheart's poetico-musical collaborations in *Bongo Fury* (1975) - Zappa as a writer and librettist (*Thing Fish* [1984]) - the poetics and politics of parody in Zappa and Beefheart
All methodologies are welcome but papers should deal primarily with the theoretical and practical relationships between contemporary poetry, poetics and music.
Date received: November 21, 2000
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