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Bjørnar Utne-Reitan

Asso­ci­ate Pro­fess­or

Composition, Music Theory and Music Technology Department

Photo: Charlotte Wiig.

Areas of Expertise

  • Edvard Grieg
  • History of music theory
  • Music theory pedagogy
  • Norwegian music history
  • Music analysis

Education

  • PhD in Music Research (Music Education), Norwegian Academy of Music, 2022
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Oslo, 2019
  • MM in Music Theory, Norwegian Academy of Music, 2018
  • BA in Musicology, University of Oslo, 2016

Professional Experience

  • 01/2026–present: Associate Professor of Music History, Norwegian Academy of Music
  • 07/2025–12/2025: Senior Lecturer in Music Theory, Mälardalen University
  • 08/2024–06/2025: Lecturer in Music Theory, Mälardalen University
  • 08/2022–07/2024: Researcher and Project Manager for the Norwegian Academy of Music History Project, Norwegian Academy of Music
  • 09/2019–07/2022: Doctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian Academy of Music

Selected Publications

  • ‘On Music Theory in Eighteenth-Century Norway: Johan Daniel Berlin’s Musicaliske Elementer (1744) and the Transfer of Theory’. Eighteenth-Century Music 22/ii (2025), 199–220.
  • ‘Ernst Friedrich Richter and the Birth of Modern Music Theory Pedagogy’. Music Theory Online 30/iii (2024).
  • Høyere musikkutdanning: Historiske perspektiver (co-edited with Ø. Varkøy & E. M. Stabell). Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2023.
  • ‘Music Theory Pedagogy in the Nineteenth Century: Comparing Traditions of Three European Conservatories’. Journal of Music Theory 66/i (2022), 63–91.
  • Harmony in Conservatoire Education: A Study in the History of Music Theory in Norway (PhD dissertation, monograph). Norwegian Academy of Music, 2022.
  • ‘Schematic Deformation: Systematic Linearity in Grieg’s “Takk” and Other Lyric Pieces’. Music Analysis 40/ii (2021), 227–252.
  • ‘To symfonier og et mysterium: Om formbehandlingen i de første symfonisatsene til Grieg og Svendsen’. Studia Musicologica Norvegica 46 (2020), 41–60.
  • ‘Edvard Griegs øvelser i harmonilære og kontrapunkt’. Studia Musicologica Norvegica 44 (2018), 57–78.


Publications

  • On Aesthetic Value Judgements in Norwegian Music Theory Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Introduksjon til historieprosjektet og dets resultater Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Norges musikkhøgskoles historieprosjekt: Sluttrapport Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Music theory and value judgement: Cases from the history of music theory in Norway Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Ernst Friedrich Richter and the Birth of Modern Music Theory Pedagogy Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Music Theory in/as Musicology in Norway: Historical Reflections Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Edvard Grieg med Bjørnar Utne-Reitan Bjørnar Utne-Reitan ,  Anders Krøger 2024
  • A Piece of Poetry? Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s “Sérénade” Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • NMH50: Historieprosjektet Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2024
  • Norsk høyere musikkutdanningshistorie – en bibliografi Bjørnar Utne-Reitan 2023
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