2022
The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth - a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' (Book)
Spitzer, M. (2022). The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth - a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'. Bloomsbury Publishing.
2020
A History of Emotion in Western Music: A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop (Book)
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/
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
2018
Hearing Postmemory: Anne Frank in Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane over the Sea (Chapter)
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/
Conceptual blending and musical emotion (Journal article)
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:10.1177/1029864917714302DOI: 10.1177/1029864917714302
2017
The Topic of Emotion (Chapter)
Spitzer, M. (2017). The Topic of Emotion. In Music Semiotics: A Network of Significations (pp. 211-224). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315090801-17DOI: 10.4324/9781315090801-17
Spitzer, M. (2017). Moving Past the Feeling: Emotion and Form in Arcade Fire's 'Funeral'. Popular Music, 36(2), 252-282. doi:10.1017/S0261143017000046DOI: 10.1017/S0261143017000046
2016
Axial Lyric Space in Two Late Songs: 'Im Freien' and 'Der Winterabend' (Chapter)
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.
2015
Beethoven (Book)
Spitzer, M. (Ed.) (2015). Beethoven (Vol. 1). Aldershot: Ashgate.
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). (Journal article)
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/pmu0000036DOI: 10.1037/pmu0000036
Music Analysis and Affective Shapes: Bach's Sonata in G minor for Unaccompanied Violin (Chapter)
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 (Chapter)
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' (Chapter)
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
Of Telescopes and Lenses, Blindness and Insight (Journal article)
Spitzer, M. (2013). Of Telescopes and Lenses, Blindness and Insight. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 138(2), 415-429.
Sad Flowers: Affective Trajectory in Schubert's Trockne Blumen (Chapter)
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 (Chapter)
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.
Six Great Early Symphonists (Chapter)
Spitzer, M. (2013). Six Great Early Symphonists. In J. Horton (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony (pp. 133-154). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2012
Introduction (Chapter)
Spitzer, M. (2012). Introduction. In Music in German Philosophy (pp. 17-43). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
2011
Editorial: The Emotion Issue (Journal article)
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 (Journal article)
Spitzer, M. (2011). Mapping the Human Heart: A Holistic Analysis of Fear in Schubert. Music Analysis, 29(1-2-3), 149-213.
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> (Journal article)
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.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00329.x
2009
Haydn's<i>Creation</i>as Late Style: Parataxis, Pastoral, and the Retreat from Humanism (Journal article)
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:10.1080/01411890902913149DOI: 10.1080/01411890902913149
Emotions and Meaning in Music (Journal article)
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 (Chapter)
Spitzer, M. (2008). A Metaphoric Model of Sonata Form: Two Expositions By Mozart. In D. Mirka, & K. Agawu (Eds.), Communication in Eighteenth-Century Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
