André Doehring (born in 1973) is a German
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
, who is active in
pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describe ...
and
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
research.
Work
Born in
Uelzen
Uelzen (; officially the ''Hanseatic Town of Uelzen'', German: ''Hansestadt Uelzen'', , Low German ''Ülz’n'') is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a ...
, Doehring studied musicology and sociology. Since 2005 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Musicology and Music Pedagogy at the
University of Gießen
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...
, where he earned his
doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...
in 2010 with a thesis on pop music journalism. After a teaching assignment in Vienna, he was appointed professor for jazz and popular music research at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, also known as Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) is an Austrian university. Its roots can be traced back to the music school of the '' Akademischer Musikverein'' founded in 1816, making it the oldest u ...
in 2016. There he heads the Institute for Jazz Research.
His research interests include topics in popular music,
sociomusicology
Sociomusicology (from Latin: ''socius'', "companion"; from Old French ''musique''; and the suffix ''-ology'', "the study of", from Old Greek λόγος, ''lógos'' : "discourse"), also called music sociology or the sociology of music, refers to bo ...
and musical analysis.
He is also on the Scientific Advisory Board of the and the International Society for Jazz Research. He is co-editor of ''samples.de'' and from 2017 of the two series published in Graz ''Beiträge zur Jazzforschung / Studies In Jazz Research'' as well as ''Jazzforschung / Jazz Research''.
Publications
* ''Musikkommunikatoren: Berufsrollen, Organisationsstrukturen und Handlungsspielräume im Popmusikjournalismus'' Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag 2011;
* Ralf von Appen, André Doehring, Dietrich Helms, Allan F. Moore (edits.) ''Song Interpretation in 21st-Century Pop Music.'' London, New York: Routledge 2015;
* Ralf von Appen / André Doehring (edits.) ''Pop weiter denken: Neue Anstöße aus Jazz Studies, Philosophie, Musiktheorie und Geschichte.'' Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag 2018;
*
The Shape of Jazz Studies to Come? Überlegungen zu Anforderungen, Inhalten und Zielen der Ausbildung von JazzforscherInnen'' In , Wolf-Georg Zaddach (edit.): ''Jazzforschung heute. Themen, Methoden, Perspektiven.''
''Jazzforschung heute : Themen, Methoden, Perspektiven''
on WorldCat Berlin: Edition Emvas 2019,
References
External links
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* ttps://www.meinbezirk.at/event/graz/c-workshop-seminar-infoveranstaltung/populismus-und-pop-musik-andr-doehring-vortrag_e341097 André Doehring: Populismus und Pop-Musik (Vortrag)
Interview zum Verhältnis von Jazz- und Popmusikforschung
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21st-century German musicologists
1973 births
Living people
People from Uelzen
University of Giessen alumni
Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz