Publications
2024
Cells and sounds.
Spitzer, M. (2024). Cells and sounds.. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 186, 28-32. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.11.004
2022
Background music and cognitive task performance: systematic review dataset
Cheah, Y., Wong, H. K., Spitzer, M., & Coutinho, E. (2022). Background music and cognitive task performance: systematic review dataset. Zenodo. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6301061
The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth - a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
Spitzer, M. (2022). The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth - a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Let's Talk about Emotion
Spitzer, M. (2022). Let's Talk about Emotion. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC, 19(1), 5-12. doi:10.1017/S1478570621000324
Background Music and Cognitive Task Performance: A Systematic Review of Task, Music, and Population Impact
Cheah, Y., Wong, H. K., Spitzer, M., & Coutinho, E. (2022). Background Music and Cognitive Task Performance: A Systematic Review of Task, Music, and Population Impact. Music & Science, 5. doi:10.1177/20592043221134392
2021
CARYL CLARK AND SARAH DAY-O'CONNELL, EDS THE CAMBRIDGE HAYDN ENCYCLOPEDIA Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019 pp. xxxviii + 486, <scp>isbn</scp> 978 1 107 12901 6
SPITZER, M. (2021). CARYL CLARK AND SARAH DAY-O'CONNELL, EDS THE CAMBRIDGE HAYDN ENCYCLOPEDIA Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019 pp. xxxviii + 486, <scp>isbn</scp> 978 1 107 12901 6. Eighteenth Century Music, 18(2), 302-305. doi:10.1017/s1478570621000051
2020
A History of Emotion in Western Music: A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop
Spitzer, M. (2020). A History of Emotion in Western Music: A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://global.oup.com/
Emotions
Spitzer, M. (2020). Emotions. In P. Watt, S. Collins, & M. Allis (Eds.), Unknown Book (pp. 434-458). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190616922.013.19
The impact of background music on cognitive task performance: a systematic review protocol.
Cheah, Y., Spitzer, M., & Coutinho, E. (2020). The impact of background music on cognitive task performance: a systematic review protocol.: The impact of background music on cognitive task performance: a systematic review protocol. (CRD42020207193). UK: PROSPERO - International prospective register of systematic reviews. Retrieved from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020207193
Beethoven as Sentimentalist
Spitzer, M. (2020). Beethoven as Sentimentalist. In Beethoven Studies 4 (pp. 82-102). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108552813.005
2019
Commentary on Lahdelma and Eerola
Spitzer, M. (2019). Commentary on Lahdelma and Eerola. EMPIRICAL MUSICOLOGY REVIEW, 14(1-2), 87-88. doi:10.18061/emr.v14i1-2.5100
2018
Hearing Postmemory: Anne Frank in Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Spitzer, M. (2018). Hearing Postmemory: Anne Frank in Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane over the Sea. In C. Scotto, K. M. Smith, & J. Brackett (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Popular Music Analysis: Expanding Approaches. Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.taylorfrancis.com/
REPRESENTING INTERIORITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY OPERA UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 11-12 SEPTEMBER 2017
Spitzer, M. (2018). REPRESENTING INTERIORITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY OPERA UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 11-12 SEPTEMBER 2017. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC, 15(2), 268-270. doi:10.1017/S1478570618000180
Conceptual blending and musical emotion
Spitzer, M. (2018). Conceptual blending and musical emotion. Musicae Scientiae: the journal of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 22(1), 24-37. doi:10.1177/1029864917714302
2017
The Topic of Emotion
Spitzer, M. (2017). The Topic of Emotion. In Music Semiotics: A Network of Significations (pp. 211-224). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315090801-17
Moving Past the Feeling: Emotion and Form in Arcade Fire's 'Funeral'
Spitzer, M. (2017). Moving Past the Feeling: Emotion and Form in Arcade Fire's 'Funeral'. Popular Music, 36(2), 252-282. doi:10.1017/S0261143017000046
2016
Expressiveness in Music Performance: Empirical Approaches across Styles and Cultures
Spitzer, M. (2016). Expressiveness in Music Performance: Empirical Approaches across Styles and Cultures. MUSIC & LETTERS, 97(4), 677-680. doi:10.1093/ml/gcw105
Axial Lyric Space in Two Late Songs: 'Im Freien' and 'Der Winterabend'
Spitzer, M. (2016). Axial Lyric Space in Two Late Songs: 'Im Freien' and 'Der Winterabend'. In J. Horton, & L. Byrne Bodley (Eds.), Rethinking Schubert. New York: Oxford University Press.
THE SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE, VOLUME I: THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SYMPHONY
Spitzer, M. (2016). THE SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE, VOLUME I: THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SYMPHONY. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC, 13(2), 311-314. doi:10.1017/S1478570616000105
Sound Unseen: Acousmatic Sound in Theory and Practice
Spitzer, M. (2016). Sound Unseen: Acousmatic Sound in Theory and Practice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 69(2), 579-584. doi:10.1525/jams.2016.69.2.579
2015
Beethoven
Spitzer, M. (Ed.) (2015). Beethoven (Vol. 1). Aldershot: Ashgate.
Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Music Identity
Spitzer, M. (2015). Wagner's Melodies: Aesthetics and Materialism in German Music Identity. NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW, 12(1), 161-165. doi:10.1017/S1479409814000561
2014
The Effects of Expert Musical Training on the Perception of Emotions in Bach’s Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin No. 1 in G Minor (BWV 1001).
Spitzer, M., & Coutinho, E. (2014). The Effects of Expert Musical Training on the Perception of Emotions in Bach’s Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin No. 1 in G Minor (BWV 1001).. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain, 24(1), 35-57. doi:10.1037/pmu0000036
Music Analysis and Affective Shapes: Bach's Sonata in G minor for Unaccompanied Violin
Spitzer, M. (2014). Music Analysis and Affective Shapes: Bach's Sonata in G minor for Unaccompanied Violin. In D. Leech-Wilkinson, & H. Prior (Eds.), Music and Shape (pp. xx). New York: Oxford University Press.
Rethinking Beethoven's Late Style
Spitzer, M. (2014). Rethinking Beethoven's Late Style. In G. McMullan, & S. Smiles (Eds.), Late Style and its Discontents: Essays in Art, Literature, and Music. (pp. xx). New York: Oxford University Press.
The Dialectic of Form and Expression in Classical Metre and Rhythm'
Spitzer, M. (2014). The Dialectic of Form and Expression in Classical Metre and Rhythm'. In A. Hamilton, & M. Paddison (Eds.), The Aesthetics of Rhythm (pp. xx). New York: Oxford University Press.
2013
"But Emotion Is the Problem ... !": Response to James O. Young
Spitzer, M. (2013). "But Emotion Is the Problem ... !": Response to James O. Young. The Opera Quarterly, 29(3-4), 302-306. doi:10.1093/oq/kbt025
Six great early symphonists
Spitzer, M. (2013). Six great early symphonists. In The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony (pp. 133-154). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cco9781139021425.008
Of Telescopes and Lenses, Blindness and Insight
Spitzer, M. (2013). Of Telescopes and Lenses, Blindness and Insight. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 138(2), 415-429. doi:10.1080/02690403.2013.830489
Sad Flowers: Affective Trajectory in Schubert's Trockne Blumen
Spitzer, M. (2013). Sad Flowers: Affective Trajectory in Schubert's Trockne Blumen. In T. Cochrane, B. Fantini, & K. Scherer (Eds.), The Emotional Power of Music (pp. xx). New York: Oxford University Press.
Scruton's Theory of 'Hearing as' and Musical Emotion
Spitzer, M. (2013). Scruton's Theory of 'Hearing as' and Musical Emotion. In A. Hamilton, & N. Zangwill (Eds.), Scruton's Aesthetics (pp. 27-45). London: Palgrave.
2012
Introduction
Spitzer, M. (2012). Introduction. In Music in German Philosophy (pp. 17-43). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
2011
Editorial: The Emotion Issue
Spitzer, M. (2011). Editorial: The Emotion Issue. Music Analysis, 29(1-2-3), 1-7.
Mapping the Human Heart: A Holistic Analysis of Fear in Schubert
Spitzer, M. (2011). Mapping the Human Heart: A Holistic Analysis of Fear in Schubert. Music Analysis, 29(1-2-3), 149-213.
2010
G<scp>uest</scp>E<scp>ditorial</scp>: T<scp>he</scp>E<scp>motion</scp>I<scp>ssue</scp>
SPITZER, M. (2010). G<scp>uest</scp>E<scp>ditorial</scp>: T<scp>he</scp>E<scp>motion</scp>I<scp>ssue</scp>. In Music Analysis Vol. 29 (pp. 1-7). Wiley. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00319.x
M<scp>apping the</scp>H<scp>uman</scp>H<scp>eart</scp>:<scp>a</scp>H<scp>olistic</scp>A<scp>nalysis of</scp>F<scp>ear in</scp>S<scp>chubert</scp>
SPITZER, M. (2010). M<scp>apping the</scp>H<scp>uman</scp>H<scp>eart</scp>:<scp>a</scp>H<scp>olistic</scp>A<scp>nalysis of</scp>F<scp>ear in</scp>S<scp>chubert</scp>. Music Analysis, 29(1-3), 149-213. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00329.x
2009
Musicology's dialogue with emotion studies: Analysing musical structure
Spitzer, M. (2009). Musicology's dialogue with emotion studies: Analysing musical structure. In 2009 3rd International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and Workshops (pp. 1-2). IEEE. doi:10.1109/acii.2009.5349502
Haydn's<i>Creation</i>as Late Style: Parataxis, Pastoral, and the Retreat from Humanism
Spitzer, M. (2009). Haydn's<i>Creation</i>as Late Style: Parataxis, Pastoral, and the Retreat from Humanism. Journal of Musicological Research, 28(2-3), 223-248. doi:10.1080/01411890902913149
Emotions and Meaning in Music
Spitzer, M. (2009). Emotions and Meaning in Music. Musica Humana, 1(2), 155-196.
2008
A metaphoric model of sonata form: two expositions by Mozart
Spitzer, M. (2008). A metaphoric model of sonata form: two expositions by Mozart. In Communication in Eighteenth-Century Music (pp. 189-229). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511481376.008
2005
Tovey's Evolutionary Metaphors
SPITZER, M. (2005). Tovey's Evolutionary Metaphors. Music Analysis, 24(3), 437-469. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2249.2006.00227.x
2003
The Metaphor of Musical Space
Spitzer, M. (2003). The Metaphor of Musical Space. Musicae Scientiae, 7(1), 101-120. doi:10.1177/102986490300700106
1998
MARX'S 'LEHRE' AND THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION: TOWARDS THE RECUPERATION OF MUSIC PEDAGOGY
SPITZER, M. (1998). MARX'S 'LEHRE' AND THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION: TOWARDS THE RECUPERATION OF MUSIC PEDAGOGY. Music and Letters, 79(4), 489-526. doi:10.1093/ml/79.4.489
1996
Creativity, Life and Music: Three Books about Beethoven
Spitzer, M., Marston, N., Kinderman, W., & Stanley, G. (1996). Creativity, Life and Music: Three Books about Beethoven. Music Analysis, 15(2/3), 343. doi:10.2307/854067
The Retransition as Sign: Listener-Orientated Approaches to Tonal Closure in Haydn's Sonata-Form Movements
Spitzer, M. (1996). The Retransition as Sign: Listener-Orientated Approaches to Tonal Closure in Haydn's Sonata-Form Movements. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 121(1), 11-45. doi:10.1093/jrma/121.1.11