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Substance, Subject, and Functional Metamorphosis: Theorising Collective Subjectivity in Ferdinand David’s Solo-Tutti Interaction (2024)
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Mitterer, D. (2024, July). Substance, Subject, and Functional Metamorphosis: Theorising Collective Subjectivity in Ferdinand David’s Solo-Tutti Interaction. Paper presented at Edinburgh Music Analysis Conference, Edinburgh

Speculation about the expressivity of the socio-political order in concertante works has persisted in the aftermath of the New Musicology (McClary 1986, Kerman 1999, and Tusa 2012), and in hermeneutic responses to the New Formenlehre (Caplin 2001, He... Read More about Substance, Subject, and Functional Metamorphosis: Theorising Collective Subjectivity in Ferdinand David’s Solo-Tutti Interaction.

"Einheit", "Freiheit", and Vormärz Aesthetics: Political ventures through formal strategies in Ferdinand David's Violin Concerti (2023)
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Mitterer, D. (2023, December). "Einheit", "Freiheit", and Vormärz Aesthetics: Political ventures through formal strategies in Ferdinand David's Violin Concerti. Paper presented at 2023 AMS Annual Meeting, Denver

The German Vormärz (1815–49) was a time of cultural reform that renegotiated the individual’s place in society through the interplay of aesthetics and politics (Garratt 2010). In this paper I ask how violin concerti from this period interrogate the p... Read More about "Einheit", "Freiheit", and Vormärz Aesthetics: Political ventures through formal strategies in Ferdinand David's Violin Concerti.

'Incomplete or Unified? Vormärz Violin Concerti and Techniques of Formal Compression, (In-)Completeness, and (Dis-)Unity' (2023)
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Mitterer, D. (2023, July). 'Incomplete or Unified? Vormärz Violin Concerti and Techniques of Formal Compression, (In-)Completeness, and (Dis-)Unity'. Paper presented at Society for Music Analysis Annual Conference (OxMAC23), Oxford University

Prevailing approaches towards theory of concerto form identify inter-movement transitions as an essential credential of Felix Mendelssohn’s musical identity in his concertante works (op. 25 [1831]; op. 40 [1837]; op. 64 [1844]). Indeed, Mendelssohn r... Read More about 'Incomplete or Unified? Vormärz Violin Concerti and Techniques of Formal Compression, (In-)Completeness, and (Dis-)Unity'.

"Virtuosity" and the Politics of Freedom: Joseph Joachim's Concerto, op. 11, "In Ungarischer Weise" in dialogue with Hegelian Philosophy (2022)
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Mitterer, D. (2022, September). "Virtuosity" and the Politics of Freedom: Joseph Joachim's Concerto, op. 11, "In Ungarischer Weise" in dialogue with Hegelian Philosophy. Paper presented at Royal Musical Association 58th Annual Conference Durham University

The reception of Hegel’s concept of ›virtuosity‹ gave rise to a discourse that is distinctive in 19th-Century Germany. Hegel construed the virtuoso as an autonomous and practically judging individual, who orientates freely within the world, which hol... Read More about "Virtuosity" and the Politics of Freedom: Joseph Joachim's Concerto, op. 11, "In Ungarischer Weise" in dialogue with Hegelian Philosophy.