Nils Holger Petersen

Nils Holger Petersen

Associate professor emeritus


  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Medievalism and Medieval Reception: A Terminological Question

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, In: Studies in Medievalism. XVII, p. 36-44

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Music Dramatic Extroversion and Contemplative Introspection: Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo Virtutum

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, In: Transfiguration: Nordisk tidsskrift for kunst og kristendom. 2009, p. 95-112 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Poetry, Truthfulness, and the 'Pity of War': The Sacrifice of Isaac, Wilfred Owen, and Benjamin Britten

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, Media Inter Media: Essays in Honor of Claus Clüver. Glaser, S. A. (ed.). Amsterdam: Brill | Rodopi, p. 143-163 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  5. Published

    Religious Judgment or Ghost Story: Modern Productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, Religion, Ritual, Theatre. Holm, B., Nielsen, B. F. & Vedel, K. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, p. 159-78 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  6. Published

    Representation in European Devotional Rituals: The Question of the Origin of Medieval Drama in Medieval Liturgy

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama. Csapo, E. & Miller, M. C. (eds.). First paperback ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 329-60 32 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  7. Published
  8. Published

    The Concept of Liturgical Drama: Charles-Edmond de Coussemaker and Charles Magnin

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, Lingua mea calamus scribæ: Mélanges offerts à madame Marie-Noël Colette. Saulnier, D., Livljanic, K. & Cazaux-Kowalski, C. (eds.). Solesmes: Abbaye Saint Pierre, Solesmes, p. 305-314 10 p. (Etudes Grégoriennes, Vol. 36).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  9. 2008
  10. Published

    A Note on the 'Medieval' Passion Liturgy in San Marco, Venice, in the Eighteenth Century

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Hortus troporum: Florilegium in honorem Gunillae Iversen. Andrée, A. & Kihlman, E. (eds.). Stockholm: Stockholms Universitet, p. 200-209 10 p. (Studia Latina Stockholmiensia, Vol. LIV).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  11. Published

    A Sublime Royal Funeral: Joseph Martin Kraus and the Exequies for Gustav III of Sweden

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, A due: Musical Essays in Honour of John D. Bergsagel & Heinrich W. Schwab. Kongsted, O., Krabbe, N., Kube, M. & Michelsen, M. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 590-602 13 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  12. Published

    Den senmiddelalderlige gudstjeneste og Luthers salmesangsreform

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Martin Luthers psalmer i de nordiska folkens liv: Ett projekt inom forskarnättverket Nordhymn. Selander, S-Å. & Hansson, K-J. (eds.). Lund: Arcus, p. 28-34 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  13. Published

    Devotion and Dramaticity in the Bordesholmer Marienklage (1476)

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Dies est leticie: Essays on Chant in Honour of Janka Szendrei. Hiley, D. & Kiss, G. (eds.). Ottawa, Canada: Institute of Mediaeval Music, p. 413-27

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  14. Published

    Medieval Ritual and Early Modern Music: The Devotional Practice of Lauda Singing in Late-Renaissance Italy

    Østrem, E. & Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 348 p. (Ritus et Artes; No. 1).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Opera og historioghrafi: F.L.Æ. Kunzens og Jens Baggesens Erik Eiegod

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Kirkehistorier: Festskrift til Martin Schwarz Lausten. Jensen, C. S. & Nielsen, L. O. (eds.). København: Eksistensen, p. 233-248 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  16. Published

    Seduction or Truth in Music? Mozart's Don Giovanni and Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, In: Kierkegaard Studies: Yearbook 2008. p. 109-128 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  17. Published

    Teologi, videnskab og sandhed: Replik

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, København

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  18. Published

    The "Scholarly" and the "Artistic" Music as Scholarship?

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Changing Borders: Contemporary Positions in Intermediality. Arvidson, J., Askander, M., Bruhn, J. & Führer, H. (eds.). Lund, Sweden: Intermedia Studies Press, p. 109-127

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  19. Published

    Truth and Representation: The Medieval Good Friday Reproaches and Modern Music

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2008, Negotiating Heritage: Memories of the Middle Ages. Bruun, M. B. & Glaser, S. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgien: Brepols Publishers, p. 353-69 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  20. 2007
  21. Published

    Creations: Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Concept of Creation

    Petersen, Nils Holger (ed.), Østrem, E. (ed.), Havsteen, Sven Rune (ed.) & Schwab, H. W. (ed.), 2007, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers. 269 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The Medieval Cathedral of Trondheim: Architectural and Ritual Constructions in their European Context

    Petersen, Nils Holger (ed.), Andås, M. S. (ed.), Ekroll, Ø. (ed.) & Haug, A. (ed.), 2007, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers. 375 p. (Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations; No. 3).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Baptismal Practices and Understanding in Medieval Nidaros

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2007, The Medieval Cathedral of Trondheim: Architectural and Ritual Constructions in their European Context. Andås, M. S., Ekroll, Ø., Haug, A. & Petersen, N. H. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, p. 291-307 (Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations; No. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  24. Published

    Introduction

    Petersen, Nils Holger, Andås, M. S., Ekroll, Ø. & Haug, A., 2007, The Medieval Cathedral of Trondheim: Architectural and Ritual Constructions in their European Context. Andås, M. S., Ekroll, Ø., Haug, A. & Petersen, N. H. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, p. 1-20 (Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations; No. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  25. Published

    Introduction

    Østrem, E. & Petersen, Nils Holger, 2007, Creations: Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Concept of Creation. Havsteen, S. R., Petersen, N. H., Østrem, E. & Schwab, H. W. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, Vol. 2. p. 1-12 12 p. (Ritus et Artes; No. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  26. Published

    Representation in European Devotional Rituals: The Question of the Origin of Medieval Drama in Medieval Liturgy

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2007, The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama. Csapo, E. & Miller, M. C. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 329-60

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  27. Published

    Ritual and Creation: Medieval Liturgy as Foreground and Background for Creation

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2007, Creations: Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Concept of Creation. Havsteen, S. R., Petersen, N. H., Schwab, H. W. & Østrem, E. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, p. 89-120 (Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations; No. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  28. Published

    Sepolcro: Musical Devotion of the Passion in 17th-18th Century Austria

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2007, Instruments of Devotion: The Practices and Objects of Religious Piety from the Late Middle Ages to the 20th Century. Laugerud, H. & Skinnebach, L. K. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 145-156

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  29. 2006
  30. Published

    Exteriority and Authenticity. A Trope on Eyolf Østrem's "Interiority and Authenticity": the author as artist and as scholar

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2006, In: Universitas: Univ. of N.I. Journal of Research,Scholarship,and Creative Activity. 2, No. 1, p. ca. 8 s.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  31. Published

    Fakta og fiktion i litteratur og historieskrivning

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2006, Fakta, fiktion og frelse. Teologer diskuterer Da Vinci Mysteriet. København: Center for Studiet af Bibelens Brug, Afdeling for Bibelsk Eksegese, p. 9-19

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  32. Published

    Kunstarternes historie som kirkehistorisk arbejdsfelt.

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2006, Reformationer. Universitetet - Kirkehistorie - Luther: Festskrift til Steffen Kjeldgaard-Pedersen. Århus: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 115-128

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  33. Published

    Lauda-sang og emancipation

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2006, Geni og apostel. Litteratur og teologi. Tilegnet Doris Ottesen på 60-års dagen. København: Eksistensen, p. 73-84

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  34. Published

    Reviewed: Berger, Anna Maria Busse: Medieval Music and the Art of Memory

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2006, In: Medieval Review. 06.02.20, 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  35. 2005
  36. Published

    "Another Visitatio Sepulchri from Scandinavia"

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, The Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages. AMS Studies in the Middle Ages, No. 26. Davidson, C. (ed.). Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA: AMS Press Inc., p. 16-24

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  37. Published

    Genre and Ritual: The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals

    Østrem, E. (ed.), Bruun, Mette Birkedal (ed.), Petersen, Nils Holger (ed.) & Fleischer, J. (ed.), 2005, København: Museum Tusculanum. 336 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Introduction

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, Genre and Ritual. The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals. Østrem, E., Birkedal Bruun, M., Petersen, N. H. & Fleischer, J. (eds.). 2003, 1-2 ed. København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 9-26

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  39. Published

    Mozart Requiem. Originalteksten med dansk oversættelse. Baggrund og fortolkning

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, København: Det Danske Bibelselskab. 126 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  40. Published

    Music Practices around Bob Dylan, Medieval Rituals, and Modernity

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, Genre and Ritual: The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals. 2003, 1-2 ed. København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 321-330

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  41. Published

    Repræsentation og transsubstantiation. Definition og forståelse af en middelalderlig fromhedstradition

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, In: Passepartout. Skrifter for Kunsthistorie. 13, 25 , p. 68-79

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  42. Published

    The Medievalism of Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, Correspondences: Medievalism in Scholarship and the Arts. Studies in Medievalism XIV. Shippey, T. & Arnold, M. (eds.). Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, p. 110-142

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  43. Published

    The Singing of Laude and Musical Sensibilities in Early Seventeenth-Century Confraternity Devotion: Part II

    Østrem, E. & Petersen, Nils Holger, 2005, In: Journal of Religious History. Vol. 29, No. 2, p. 163-176

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 2004
  45. Published

    The Singing of Laude and Musical Sensibilities in Early Seventeenth-Century Confraternity Devotion: Part I

    Østrem, E. & Petersen, Nils Holger, Oct 2004, In: The Journal of Religious History. 28, 3, p. 276-297

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Bokomtale: Sigurd Bergmann, I begynnelsen är bilden. En befriande bild-konst-kultur-teologi, Stockholm 2003, Proprius förlag.

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, In: Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. 2, p. 121-124

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  47. Published

    Borgny Farstad Svalastog: Chords (23 monotypes from Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur); Faces

    Østrem, E. (ed.) & Petersen, Nils Holger (ed.), 2004, København: Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals, University of Copenhagen. 23 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  48. Published

    Carolingian Music, Ritual, and Theology

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, The Appearances of Medieval Rituals: The Play of Construction and Modification. Petersen, N. H., Bruun, M. B., Llewellyn, J. & Østrem, E. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 13-31

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  49. Published

    Christianity, Medieval Rituals, and the Art of Borgny Farstad Svalastog

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, Borgny Farstad Svalastog: Chords (23 monotypes from Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur); Faces. København: Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals, University of Copenhagen, p. 3-6

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  50. Published

    Händel Messias. Originalteksten med dansk oversættelse. Baggrund og fortolkning

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, København: Det Danske Bibelselskab. 92 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  51. Published

    Introduction

    Petersen, Nils Holger, Bruun, Mette Birkedal, Llewellyn, J. T. & Østrem, E., 2004, The Appearances of Medieval Rituals: The Play of Construction and Modification. Turnhout, Belgien: Brepols Publishers, p. 1-12

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Introduction. Transformations of Christian Traditions and their Representation in the Arts, 1000-2000

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, Signs of Change. Transformations of Christian Traditions and Their Representation in the Arts, 1000-2000. Amsterdam: Brill | Rodopi, p. 1-23

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  53. Published

    Liturgical Drama: New Approaches

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, Bilan et perspectives des études médiévales (1993-1998): Euroconférence (Barcelone, 8-12 juin 1999). Textes et études du moyen âge, 22. Turnhout, Belgien: Brepols Publishers, p. 625-644

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  54. Published

    Patriarker i skyttegraven. The Parable of the Old Man and the Young af Wilfred Owen (1918)

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, Det står skrevet. Essays om 2000 års bibelfortolkning. Thomsen, N. & Brandt-Pedersen, H. (eds.). København: Eksistensen, p. 61-72

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  55. Published

    Renaissance Rituals in a Florentine Lay Confraternity: Compagnia dell'arcangelo Raffaello

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, In: Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. XXX, p. 153-160

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  56. Published

    Reviewed: Maag, Karin, and John D. Witvliet, eds.: Worship in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Change and Continuity in Religious Practice

    Petersen, Nils Holger, 2004, In: The Medieval Review. 11, 13, p. 3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

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