Mathias Spohr

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Mathias Spohr (born May 11, 1960 in Vienna ) is a Swiss music and media scholar. From 2005 to 2007 he was head of the theater course at the Bern University of the Arts for the Bachelor / Master degree .

Life

Mathias Spohr received his doctorate from the University of Zurich in literary criticism on French literature. Spohr worked, among other things, after journalistic (theater critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung ) and practical theater (including started but not finished acting training in Zurich, director, theater musician) activities at the Research Institute for Music Theater at the University of Bayreuth , where he also completed his habilitation. At the universities of Bayreuth , Bern and Vienna he teaches, among other things, popular theater and media.

He has also worked as an actor at various theaters and in touring productions, including the Heddy Maria Wettstein Theater in Zurich, Theater Tuchlaube Aarau , Theater mbH Vienna .

Mathias Spohr is also active as an author of theater texts (for example Mnemosia, premiered in 2005 in the Blue Hall, Zurich ) and composer and arranger of concert, stage, film and circus music. For example, he created the score for the fairy tale film The Devil and His Two Daughters . He also writes orchestral arrangements for music publishers and CD recordings. Larger stage compositions by Spohr have already been performed at the Zurich Opera House (1990) and at the Ústí nad Labem City Theater (2001).

Fonts

  • The creative is self-reflecting. Considerations on Diderot's Le neveu de Rameau (= European university publications . Series 13: French language and literature. Vol. 121). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1987, ISBN 3-261-03727-X (At the same time: Zurich, University, dissertation, 1987).
  • as editor: History and media of “upscale popular music”. Chronos, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-905313-39-1 .
  • as editor and editor: Nestroy-Bühnenmusik. 5 volumes. Theater-Verlag Eirich, Vienna 1991–1998, (piano reductions).
  • The common measure. Approaches to a general media theory (= in context. 20). Mueller-Speiser, Anif 2003, ISBN 3-85145-081-7 .
  • Dance of signs. 200 years of François Delsarte , (= special issue Kodikas / Code, Ars semeiotica , vol. 35, H. 3/4), Narr, Tübingen 2013.
  • Swiss Film Music Anthology 1923–2012 , Chronos, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1265-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Spohr, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss music and media scientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna