Michael Spitzer is a British musicologist and academic.

Early life

Michael Spitzer was born in 1966 in Nigeria. He was raised in Israel and, in 1973, emigrated to the UK. He was a refugee of the Yom Kippur War.[1]

He completed his undergraduate studies at Merton College, Oxford, and his doctorate at the University of Southampton (awarded in 1993).

Career

He taught at Durham University, where he was appointed to a readership in 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 and chair of the Society for Music Analysis editorial board.[2][3][4][5][6]

According to his university profile, he is a specialist in Beethoven "with interests in aesthetics and critical theory, cognitive metaphor, and music and affect."[3]

He inaugurated the International Conferences on Music and Emotion series at Durham in 2009.[2] He co-organized the International Conference on the Analysis of Popular Music (Liverpool, 2013).[2] His publications explore the intersections between music theory, philosophy, and psychology.[2]

Works

Spitzer's book Metaphor and Musical Thought (2004) is among the first two book-length music theory publications on metaphor and music analysis. It distinguishes itself by synthesizing literary metaphor with cognitive-science approaches to metaphor.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Michael Spitzer". Shenington and Alkerton Music & Literature Festival. Shenington with Alkerton. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "MichaelSpitzer-bio" (PDF). umass.edu. 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Michael Spitzer", University of Liverpool. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Professor Michael Spitzer", University of Liverpool, as archived on 3 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Ambiguity and paradox in Beethoven's late style", EThOS (British Library). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. ^ "THE MUSICAL HUMAN". Kirkus Reviews. January 21, 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  8. ^ Lyons, Mathew. "Symphony of a Thousand Millennia". Literary Review. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

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