Michael Spitzer
Michael Spitzer is a musicologist and academic. He completed his undergraduate studies at Merton College, Oxford, and his doctorate at the University of Southampton (awarded in 1993). He taught at Durham University, where he was appointed to a readership in the 2005; he then moved to the University of Liverpool after the 2009–10 academic year, and remains a professor of music there as of 2018. He is a past president of the Society for Music Analysis.[1][2][3][4] According to his university profile, he is a specialist in Beethoven "with interests in aesthetics and critical theory, cognitive metaphor, and music and affect."[1]
Selected publications
- Metaphor and Musical Thought (University of Chicago Press, 2004).
- Music as Philosophy: Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style (Indiana University Press, 2006).
- (Editor) Beethoven (Ashgate, 2015).
References
- ^ a b "Michael Spitzer", University of Liverpool. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ For his promotion to a readership, compare Durham University Calendar, vol. 1 (2004–05), p. 204, and Durham University Calendar, vol. 1 (2005–06), p. 206. For his movement to Liverpool, compare Durham University Calendar, vol. 1 (2009–10), p. 208, with "Durham University Calendar 2010–11: Board of Studies in Music", Durham University. All retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Professor Michael Spitzer", University of Liverpool, as archived on 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Ambiguity and paradox in Beethoven's late style", EThOS (British Library). Retrieved 29 December 2018.