Dalibor Davidović (born 3 January 1972 in

Našice Našice (; , sr-Cyrl, Нашице, , ) is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County. ...

) is a

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

and

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professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

. Davidović studied

musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...

at the Zagreb Music Academy (B.A. and M.A.) and obtained his PhD from the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public university, public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('':de:Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen, ...

. His principal areas of research are

systematic musicology Systematic musicology is an umbrella term, used mainly in Central Europe, for several subdisciplines and paradigms of musicology. "Systematic musicology has traditionally been conceived of as an interdisciplinary science, whose aim it is to explor ...

and

aesthetics of music Aesthetics of music is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics explo ...

. He published extensively on the epistemological problems of the music studies. In his book ''Identity and Music: Between Criticism and Technique'' he explores the contemporary music scholarship concerned with

identity politics Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as ethnicity, Race (human categorization), race, nationality, religion, Religious denomination, denomination, gender, sexual orientation, Socioeconomic status, social background ...

. His recent research has been focused on the notion of

anarchy Anarchy is a form of society without rulers. As a type of stateless society, it is commonly contrasted with states, which are centralized polities that claim a monopoly on violence over a permanent territory. Beyond a lack of government, it can ...

in the work of

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and Extended technique, non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one ...

, on the music ontology of Jewish philosopher Ivan Focht, and on the work of German artist

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (; born 8 December 1935) is a German film director, whose best known film is his lengthy feature ''Hitler: A Film from Germany''. Early life Born in Nossendorf, Province of Pomerania (1815–1945), Pomerania, the son of ...

. He teaches at the Department of Musicology at the Music Academy in Zagreb. From 2016 to 2018 visiting researcher at

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

. He translated into Croatian books on

aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

and on

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known Text (literary theo ...

Books

*''Istraživanja recepcije u muzikologiji i njihovi izgledi'' (Reception Research in Musicology and its Prospects), Zagreb: Croatian Musicological Society, 2002,
''Identität und Musik: Zwischen Kritik und Technik''
(Identity and Music: Between Criticism and Technique), Vienna: Mille Tre, 2006,
''Nach dem Ende der Welt''
(After the End of the World), Rostock: Altstadt-Druck, 2020,

Articles

Foucault hört hin
in: Andreas Holzer & Annegret Huber (eds.): ''Musikanalysieren im Zeichen Foucaults'' (= ''Anklaenge: Wiener Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft''), Wien: Mille Tre, 2014, pp. 55-68,
Branches
''Musicological Annual'' 51 (2015) 2, 9-25. ISSN 0580-373X (On the notion of anarchy in the work of John Cage)

Translations

* Alexander García Düttmann
Visconti: Uvidi u krvi i mesu
(

Visconti Visconti is a surname which may refer to: Italian noble families * Visconti of Milan, ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447 ** Visconti di Modrone, collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan * Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia, ruled Gallura in Sardinia from ...

: Insights into Flesh and Blood), Zagreb: Blok, 2006, * Christoph Menke
Prisutnost tragedije: Ogled o sudu i igri
(The Presence of Tragedy: An Essay on Judgement and Play), Beograd – Zagreb: Beogradski krug – Multimedijalni institut, 2008, *

Jacob Taubes Jacob Taubes (25 February 1923 – 21 March 1987) was a sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism. Taubes was born into an old rabbinical family. He was married to the writer Susan Taubes. He obtained his doctorate in 1947 f ...

: ''Zapadna eshatologija'' (Occidental Eschatology), Zagreb: Antibarbarus, 2009,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovic, Dalibor 1972 births Living people People from Našice Croatian musicologists Academy of Music, University of Zagreb alumni University of Hamburg alumni Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts