Nils Holger Petersen
Associate professor emeritus
Section of Church History
Karen Blixens Plads 16
2300 København S
Denmark
Current research
Current projects:
- Mozart's Music and the Concept of the Sublime
- 'Liturgical Drama' in the Middle Ages
- Bible Reception in Music (in connection with the EBR)
- The reception of medieval saints' cults after the Reformation
Selected publications
- Published
Resonances: Historical essays on Continuity and Change
Bücker, A. (ed.), Østrem, E. (ed.) & Petersen, Nils Holger (ed.), 2011, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Academic Publishers. 266 p. (Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations, Vol. 5).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
- Published
Medieval Resurfacings, Old and New
Petersen, Nils Holger, 2011, In: Studies in Medievalism. XX, p. 35-42 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
Quotation and Framing: Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels
Petersen, Nils Holger, 2010, In: Contemporary Music Review. 29, 3, p. 309-21 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 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/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
- Published
Commonplaces in Religious Upbringing in Sixteenth-Century Italian Youth Confraternities: Iacopo Ansaldi and the Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Raffaello
Petersen, Nils Holger, 2011, Commonplace Culture in Western Europe in the Early Modern Period: Reformation, Counter-Reformation and Revolt. Cowling, D. & Bruun, M. B. (eds.). Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, Vol. I. p. 187-208 22 p. (Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, Vol. XXXIX).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
- 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 journal › Journal article › Research
- 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research
- Published
Biblical Reception, Representational Ritual, and the Question of 'Liturgical Drama'
Petersen, Nils Holger, 2009, Sapientia et Eloquentia: Meaning and Function in Liturgical Poetry, Music, Drama, and Biblical Commentary in the Middle Ages. Iversen, G. & Bell, N. (eds.). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, p. 163-201 39 p. (Disputatio, Vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
- 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. 329-60Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Selected activities
Introduction to "Clamavit Ihesus magna voce: Lost Voices of the Passion"
Petersen, Nils Holger (Lecturer)
17 Jun 2011Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Music Drama and the Bible in the Middle Ages and Beyond
Petersen, Nils Holger (Lecturer)
21 Feb 2011Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Symbolic Identity, Cohesion, and Cultural Memory: Saints' Cults between Regional and Trans-Regional Impulses
Petersen, Nils Holger (Lecturer)
15 Nov 2010Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Cultural Memory: Medieval Eucharistic Devotion and Thought
Petersen, Nils Holger (Lecturer)
28 Jun 2011Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Humanities and Modern Society: Mutual Challenges
Petersen, Nils Holger (Lecturer)
12 Nov 2010Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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A Musical Fight between Soul and Body in 1600
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Sacred Space and Sublime Sacramental Piety: The Devotion of the Forty Hours and W.A. Mozart's Two Sacramental Litanies (Salzburg 1772 and 1776)
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Il Doge and the Liturgical Drama in Late Medieval Venice
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