Dominik Mitterer
| Biography | Dominik Ralph Mitterer studied Musicology and Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilian's University Munich, University College Dublin, and the University of Manchester. He completed his M.Mus postgraduate studies with distinction at the University of Manchester in December 2019. Since 2021 he has been a PhD student and postgraduate teaching assistant at Durham University. Funded by the 'Cusanuswerk' doctoral fellowship and supervised by Prof Julian Horton and Prof Katherine Hambridge Dominik's PhD project focuses on the politics of form in violin concerti composed in Vormärz Leipzig. His research brings the fields of analysis and the new Formenlehre, music & politics, and philosophy & aesthetics into a cross-disciplinary dialogue. Dominik works as Doctoral Research Assistant for Prof. Julian Horton (Durham University) and Prof. Peter Smith (Notre Dame University) on the Typology of Romantic Violin Concerti, a project funded by the 'Durham-Notre Dame Seedcorn Fund.' In the past, he has held assistant positions in the field of critical editing of music for the 'Gesellschaft für Bayerische Musikgeschichte e. V.' and for the aural history project 'Recording Forgotten Voices of former NAPOLA Pupils' supporting the historian Dr Helen Roche (Durham University). Beside his doctoral training, he holds the position as secretary of the Royal Musical Association's 'Music & Philosophy Study Group.' |
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| Research Interests | 19th Century Music and Vormärz Germany New Formenlehre and Violin Concerto Form Virtuosity and Virtuoso Repertoire Music, Politics & Political Philosophy Aesthetic Theory and the history of Aesthetics from Enlightenment to Romanticism, especially German Idealism. |
| Teaching and Learning | Seminars and Tutorials in Music Analysis I (2021-22) Seminars in Music Analysis I (2022-23) Formative Marking in Music & Politics (2022-23) Seminars and Formative Marking in Music Analysis I (2023-24) |