Michael Spitzer is Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool. Chair of the Editorial Board of Music Analysis, he is a past President of the Society for Music Analysis. His many publications explore the interactions between music theory, philosophy, and psychology. He has published two monographs: Metaphor and Musical Thought (Chicago, 2004); and Music as Philosophy: Adorno and Beethoven’s Late Style (Indiana, 2006). He inaugurated the series of International Conferences on Music and Emotion at Durham in 2009; and co-organized the International Conference on the Analysis of Popular Music (Liverpool, 2013). He is currently writing a history of emotion in Western music. His most recent publication is on Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane over the Sea.
Contact : michael.spitzer@liverpool.ac.uk
Conférence semi-plénière 11.B : Conceptual Blending and Musical Emotion
