Magnar Breivik
About
About Magnar Breivik:
– Academic degrees in piano and musicology from The Norwegian Academy of Music, the University of Oslo, and the University of Trondheim/Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Master classes in piano and research visits to Yale University, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York, Deutsche Filminstitut, Frankfurt am Main and Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin.
– Teaching activities cover music history, film music, music aesthetics, and musical analysis.
– Current research interests include Kurt Weill, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, music from 1890 to WWI, music in exile, music in the Weimar Republic and in Nazi Germany, musical theatre, and film music.
– Guest lecturer at academic institutions such as Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universidad de Valladolid, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
– 2005-2009: Head of the Department of Music.
Select publications
"Compulsions of Wildness: On Grieg's Trolls in Lang's M", Wild: Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered, London etc.: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
"Musikk og politikk i film. Perspektiver på The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)", Musik och politik, Göteborg etc.: Makadam förlag, 2019.
"Opfer und Einverständnis. Religiøse perspektiver på Brecht og Weills skoleopera Der Jasager", (GEN)KLANGE, Essays tilegnet Nils Holger Petersen, Københavns Universitet, 2016.
"Hindemith: From Vision to Form", Hindemith-Jahrbuch. Annales Hindemith 2013/XLII. Mainz etc.: Schott, 2014.
"From Surabaya to Ellis Island. On two versions of Kurt Weill's 'Surabaya-Johnny', The Impact of Nazism on Twentieth-Century Music, Wien etc.: Böhlau Verlag, 2014.
"Den umulige og opprørende dissonans: En siesta med Alexander Kielland og musikken", Studia Musicologica Norvegica 37, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2011.
Musical Functionalism: The Musical Thoughts of Arnold Schoenberg and Paul Hindemith, Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2011.
"‘The Lord enlighten our children that they may know the Way that leads to Prosperity': The Seven Deadly Sins AD 1933", Negotiating Heritage: Memories of the Middle Ages, Turnhout/Belgia: Brepols Publishers, 2008.
"'Driven out of Paradise': Schoenberg on Creation and Construction", Creations: Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Concept of Creation, Rites et Artes: Traditions and Transformations, Turnhout/Belgia: Brepols Publishers, 2007.
"From Operatic ‘Urform' to a ‘New Opera': On Kurt Weill and Musical Theatre", Changing Borders: Contemporary Positions in Intermediality. Lund: Intermedia Studies Press, 2007.
"'Ein heaven mit Stars statt richtiger Sterne': Paul Hindemith i USA", La livets kilde rinne, Oslo: Norsk Musikforlag A/S, 2007
"Weill and Brecht's Das Berliner Requiem: A Secular Work in a Sacred Tradition", The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals: Genre and Ritual, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2005.
"A Twentieth-Century musica instrumentalis: Boethius and Augustine in the Musical Thought of Paul Hindemith", Signs of Change: Transformations of Christian Traditions and their Representation in the Arts, 1000-2000, Amsterdam/New York: Editions Rodopi, 2004.
"Musikk og fabrikk", Fabrikken, Oslo: Scandinavian Academy Press/Spartacus Forlag AS, 2004.
"Contexts of Hindemith's Frau Musica", The Arts and the Cultural Heritage of Martin Luther, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003.
"The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith", Medievalism: The Year's Work for 2001, Bozeman/Montana: Studies in Medievalism, 2002. "'Die Oper: Wohin?': On Kurt Weill's Contributions to a New Opera", Musikklidenskapelig: Årbok 2001, Trondheim: NTNU, Musikkvitenskapelig institutt, 2002.
"A Sermon for Fishes in a Secular Age: On the Scherzo Movement of Mahler's Second Symphony", Voicing the Ineffable: Musical Representations of Religious Experience, New York: Pendragon Press, 2002.
"Fra Jonny til Jeremia: Ernst Krenek, språket og tidens gang", Studia Musicologica Norvegica/26, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 2000.
"Materiale, form og funksjon: Perspektiver på musikken i det 20. århundre", Og bakom larmer fabrikkene: Nr. 2 i Skriftserie fra forskningsprosjektet "Fabrikken", Trondheim: NTNU, 2000.
"The Representation of Sleep and Death in Berg's Piano Songs, op. 2", Encrypted Messages in Alban Berg's Music, New York/London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998.
"Arnold Schönberg og Paul Hindemith: Individualister på funksjonalistisk grunn", Svenskt tidskrift för musikforskning/78, Göteborg: Svenska samfundet för musikforskning, 1996.
"'Besser als Musik hören ist Musik machen': Fra 'hören' til 'machen' i Paul Hindemiths musikktenkning", Studia musicologia Norvegica/21, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1995.
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Publications
2023
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2023)
Porgy and Bess.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2023)
George Gershwin.
Encyclopedia chapter
2022
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Cyril Scott.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Compulsions of Wildness: On Grieg's Trolls in Lang's M.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Maurice Ravel.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Ernest Bloch.
Encyclopedia chapter
2021
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
William Grant Still.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
Tolvskillingsoperaen.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
Amy Beach.
Encyclopedia chapter
2020
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2020)
Neoklassisisme musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2020)
Ekspresjonisme musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
2019
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2019)
Musikk og politikk i film. Perspektiver på 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938).
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2019)
Modernisme – musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
2016
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
Anmeldelse av Siglind Bruhns 'Arnold Schoenberg's Journey from Tone Poems to Kaleidoscopic Sound Colors'.
Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Book review
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
'Opfer' og 'Einverständnis': Religiöse perspektiver på Brecht og Weills skoleopera 'Der Jasager'.
Popular science chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
'Der Jasager': Den Norske Opera og Ballett, Oslo.
Kurt Weill Newsletter
Book review
2014
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2014)
Hindemith: From Vision to Form.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2014)
From Surabaya to Ellis Island. On two versions of Kurt Weill's Surabaya-Johnny'.
Academic chapter
2011
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2011)
Musical functionalism : the musical thoughts of Arnold Schoenberg and Paul Hindemith.
Pendragon Press
Academic monograph
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2011)
Den umulige og opprørende dissonans: En siesta med Alexander Kielland og musikken.
Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Academic article
2008
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2008)
"The Lord enlighten our children that they may know the Way that leads to Prosperity": The Seven Deadly Sins, AD 1933.
Academic chapter
2007
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
"Ein heaven mit stars statt richtiger Sterne": Paul Hindemith i USA.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
'Driven out of Paradise': Schoenberg on Creation and Construction.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
From Operatic 'Urform' to a 'New Opera': On Kurt Weill and Musical Theatre.
Academic chapter
2005
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2005)
Weill and Brecht's Das Berliner Requiem: A Secular Work in a Sacred Tradition.
Transfiguration: Nordisk tidsskrift for kunst og kristendom
Academic article
2004
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2004)
Musikk og fabrikk.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2004)
A Twentieth-Century musica instrumentalis: Boethius and Augustine in the Musical Thought of Paul Hindemith.
Academic chapter
2002
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
Contexts of Hindemith's Frau Musica.
Transfiguration: Nordisk tidsskrift for kunst og kristendom
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith.
Medievalism : The Year's Work
Academic article
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
"Die Oper � wohin?": On Kurt Weill's Contributions to a New Opera.
Academic chapter
2000
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2000)
Materiale, form og funksjon: Perspektiver på musikken i det 20. århundre.
Skriftserie fra prosjektet Fabrikken
Academic article
1999
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Breivik, Magnar.
(1999)
Arnold Schönberg, tonaliteten og musikkhistorien.
Academic chapter
1998
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Breivik, Magnar.
(1998)
The Representation of Sleep and Death in Berg's Piano Songs, op. 2.
Academic chapter
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Breivik, Magnar.
(1998)
Musikalsk funksjonalisme � En studie i Arnold Schönbergs og Paul Hindemiths musikktenkning.
NTNU Trondheim � Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universit et
Doctoral thesis
Journal publications
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
Anmeldelse av Siglind Bruhns 'Arnold Schoenberg's Journey from Tone Poems to Kaleidoscopic Sound Colors'.
Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Book review
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2005)
Weill and Brecht's Das Berliner Requiem: A Secular Work in a Sacred Tradition.
Transfiguration: Nordisk tidsskrift for kunst og kristendom
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
Contexts of Hindemith's Frau Musica.
Transfiguration: Nordisk tidsskrift for kunst og kristendom
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith.
Medievalism : The Year's Work
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2000)
Materiale, form og funksjon: Perspektiver på musikken i det 20. århundre.
Skriftserie fra prosjektet Fabrikken
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2011)
Den umulige og opprørende dissonans: En siesta med Alexander Kielland og musikken.
Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Academic article
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
'Der Jasager': Den Norske Opera og Ballett, Oslo.
Kurt Weill Newsletter
Book review
Books
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2011)
Musical functionalism : the musical thoughts of Arnold Schoenberg and Paul Hindemith.
Pendragon Press
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
"Ein heaven mit stars statt richtiger Sterne": Paul Hindemith i USA.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
'Driven out of Paradise': Schoenberg on Creation and Construction.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Cyril Scott.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Compulsions of Wildness: On Grieg's Trolls in Lang's M.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Maurice Ravel.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2007)
From Operatic 'Urform' to a 'New Opera': On Kurt Weill and Musical Theatre.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2020)
Neoklassisisme musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2020)
Ekspresjonisme musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(1998)
The Representation of Sleep and Death in Berg's Piano Songs, op. 2.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2019)
Musikk og politikk i film. Perspektiver på 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938).
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2022)
Ernest Bloch.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2008)
"The Lord enlighten our children that they may know the Way that leads to Prosperity": The Seven Deadly Sins, AD 1933.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2023)
Porgy and Bess.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2023)
George Gershwin.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2004)
Musikk og fabrikk.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2004)
A Twentieth-Century musica instrumentalis: Boethius and Augustine in the Musical Thought of Paul Hindemith.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
William Grant Still.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
Tolvskillingsoperaen.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2021)
Amy Beach.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2019)
Modernisme – musikk.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2014)
Hindemith: From Vision to Form.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2002)
"Die Oper � wohin?": On Kurt Weill's Contributions to a New Opera.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(1999)
Arnold Schönberg, tonaliteten og musikkhistorien.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2014)
From Surabaya to Ellis Island. On two versions of Kurt Weill's Surabaya-Johnny'.
Academic chapter
-
Breivik, Magnar.
(2016)
'Opfer' og 'Einverständnis': Religiöse perspektiver på Brecht og Weills skoleopera 'Der Jasager'.
Popular science chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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Breivik, Magnar.
(1998)
Musikalsk funksjonalisme � En studie i Arnold Schönbergs og Paul Hindemiths musikktenkning.
NTNU Trondheim � Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universit et
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2020
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Lecture
2019
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Lecture
2018
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2018) Musikk og politikk i filmen 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' 1938. Musik och politik
2017
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2017) Film music in storm and ice: On Hindemith's 'Im Kampf mit dem Berge'. Music and the Moving Image XII
2014
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Conference lecture
2009
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2009) “The Challenges of Change: On Shostakovich and Hindemith between the Wars”. Aesthetic Expression as Historical Narrative – the Interwar Period in the Soviet Union
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2009) "' Diese Musik ist weder für den Konzertsaal noch für Künstler geschriben': On Hindemith and Hausmusik". The International Edvard Grieg Society Conference 2009
2008
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2008) "'Operas without Singing': Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hollywood, and the Art of Swashbuckling". 15th Nordic Musicological Congress
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2008) "Høyttalerrevolusjon, framføringsrituale og musikkopplevelse". Estetikkens økologi
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2008) "From Surabaya to Ellis Island: On two Versions of Kurt Weill's 'Surabaya-Johnny'". The Impact of Nazism on Musical Development in the 20th Century
2005
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2005) Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Weill: Some Thoughts on Tradition, Innovation, and Norm. The Culture Heritage of Medieval Rituals
2004
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2004) "Two Dreams Come True": Kurt Weill and his American Opera. 14th Nordic Musicological Congress
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2004) "The Lord enlighten our children that they may know the Way that leads to Prosperity": The Seven Deadly Sins A.D. 1933. The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals III: Confronting the Heritage
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2004) �A heaven with Stars without a real Sterne": Paul Hindemith in the USA. Gjesteforelesning
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2004) �Ein heaven mit Stars statt richtiger Sterne": Paul Hindemith in the USA. Gjesteforelesning
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Lecture
2003
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2003) "Driven out of Paradise": Schoenberg on Creation and Construction. The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals II: Rituals and Creation
2002
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Lecture
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2002) Weill and Brecht's Das Berliner Requiem: A Secular Work in a Sacred Tradition. The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals I. Genre and Ritual: Traditions and their Modifications
2001
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Lecture
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2001) Sleep, Death, and Tonal Expansion: On the Text-Music Relationship in Berg's Piano Songs op. 2. Words, Tones and Images: Intermedial Perspectives
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2001) The Medievalism of Paul Hindemith. Sixteenth International Conference on Medievalism
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2001) Paul Hindemith and Medieval Music. Perotinus Magnus: The First "Great Composer"? Modern Appropiations of Medieval Music
2000
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2000) A Sermon for Fishes in a Secular Age: On the Scherzo Movement of Mahler's Second Symphony. 13th Nordic Musicological Congress
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (2000) "Die Oper � wohin?": On Kurt Weill's Contributions to a New Opera. Cultural Functions of Interart Poetics and Practice
1999
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureBreivik, Magnar. (1999) A 20th Century Musica Instrumentalis: Boethius and Augustine in the Musical Thought of Paul Hindemith. Moments of Change. Transformations of Christian Traditions in the West: Representation and Interpretation in the Arts 1000�2000.
1998
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Lecture
1997
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Lecture
1996
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LectureBreivik, Magnar. (1996) Hypnos og Thanatos: Forholdet mellom tekst og musikk i Alban Bergs Vier Lieder op. 2. [Mangler data]
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LectureBreivik, Magnar. (1996) Paul Hindemith's Musica Instrumentalis. ISSEI 1996: Memory, History and Critique
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Lecture