The Tufts University Department of Music is hosting an interdisciplinary conference bringing together an international group of musicologists, literary scholars and historians to consider how poetry and music in early modern Europe creatively explored questions of living and dying well. The conference is co-organized by Julien Goeury (Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne) and Isabelle His (Université de Poitiers). The conference will culminate with a performance by Ensemble Faenza entitled “Sons et soupirs: Music of Life and Death in Early Modern France” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 in Distler Performance Hall. All events are open to the public, but advance registration is required through the event online form.