This event is in the past.It took place on May 27, 2026 at Braun Music Center.

Voicing the Family: Mourning, Consolation and Identificatory Singing in 'O mater nostra' for Queen Anna 1
Educational Talk
Voicing the Family: Mourning, Consolation and Identificatory Singing in 'O mater nostra' for Queen Anna 2

Voicing the Family: Mourning, Consolation and Identificatory Singing in 'O mater nostra' for Queen Anna

May 27 at 12pm

At Braun Music Center

Stanford

🍽️Free lunch provided
⏱️75 minutes, perfect lunch break

Step into the soundscape of 16th-century royal grief. This lunchtime lecture explores a haunting piece written for Queen Anna's funeral, where voices become vessels for mourning and consolation. Scholar Birgit Lodes unpacks how music shaped identity and comforted a grieving court.

Academic lecture
Free lunch included
Medieval music history
Musicology talk