Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. PhDr. Marcus Zagorski, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Zagorski
I.2 - Name
Marcus
I.3 - Degrees
Doc. Dr., Ph.D.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor of musicology
I.8 - E-mail address
marcus.zagorski@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/22289
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
musicology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-0029-813X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Michigan State University, USA
II.b - Year
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
Composition and Music Theory
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
McGill University, Canada
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Composition
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Stanford University, USA
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Musicology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Musicology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
teaching assistant McGill University, Canada 1995-1997
teaching assistant Stanford University, USA 1999-2001
Lecturer University College Cork, Ireland 2004-2010
Assistant Professor Bowling Green State University, USA 2010-2014
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Comenius University Bratislava 2014-2025

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Faculty Fellow, Mannes Institute for Advanced Scholarship in Music University of Chicago, USA 2010
German-English translation Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Austria 2017-2022

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Counterpoint 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
20th-century music history 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Composition techniques (20th-century analysis) 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Music analysis 1 (tonal harmony) 0288 musicology II Theory and History of Art and Culture
Music analysis 2 (tonal harmony) 0288 musicology II Theory and History of Art and Culture
Basic composition 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Fin de siecle Vienna 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
English-language musicology 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
musicology II Theory and History of Art and Culture
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
12
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Counterpoint 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
20th century music history 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Composition techniques (20th-century analysis) 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Analysis 1 (tonal harmony) 0288 musicology II Theory and History of Art and Culture
Analysis 2 (tonal harmony) 0288 musicology II Theory and History of Art and Culture
Composition 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
Fin de siecle Vienna 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture
English-language musicology 0288 musicology I Theory and History of Art and Culture

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
39
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
71
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
24
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
?
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
34
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

[AAA] Adorno and the Aesthetics of Postwar Serial Music, Wolke: Hofheim, 2020. ISBN 978-3-95593-124-7

2

[ADC] "Carl Dahlhaus and the Aesthetics of the Experiment," Acta Musicologica 87/2 (2015), 249-264.

3

[ADC] "Material and History in the Aesthetics of 'serielle Musik'," Journal of the Royal Musical Association 134/2 (2009), 271-317.

4

[ADC] "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.

5

[ADC] "Hearing Beethoven, Truth, and 'New Music'," International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 44/1 (2013), 49-56.

6

V3 "The Sacred Soundscapes of Mountain Wilderness," Religions 14:992 (2023).

7

V2 "The Aesthetics of Serialism," The Cambridge Companion to Serialism, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 20-36.

8

O1 book translation of: Arnold Schönberg and Composition with 12 Tones, by Eike Feß, Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien, 2023, 221 pages.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

[AAA] Adorno and the Aesthetics of Postwar Serial Music, Hofheim: Wolke, 2020. ISBN 978-3-95593-124-7

2

V2 "The Aesthetics of Serialism," The Cambridge Companion to Serialism, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 20-36.

3

O1 book translation of: Arnold Schönberg and Composition with 12 Tones, by Eike Feß, Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien, 2023, 221 pages.

4

V3 "The Sacred Soundscapes of Mountain Wilderness," Religions 14:992 (2023).

5

“Sound, Silence, and Sacred Experience in the Mountains,” International Symposium “Heilige Berge – Berge und das Heilige, ed. Thomas Steppan and Monika Fink, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner (forthcoming 2025).

6

“Stockhausen’s Nature, Deep Ecology, and a Nod to Mahler’s Third,” Nature in Musical Modernism Since Mahler, ed. Thomas Peattie and Angelo Pinto, Innsbruck: University of Innsbruck Press (March 2025).

7

“Water Sounds: Four Essays,” Ecomusicology Review 7 (2019). Available online at https://ecomusicology.info/water-sounds-four-essays/

8

“Postwar Musical Modernism in East and West,” Musicologica 1/2019.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

[o1] 2015 - Edwards, P. - In: Music and letters, roč. 96, č. 2, 2015 ; s. 258 ; SCOPUS ; AHCI (Marcus Zagorski, "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.)

2

[o1] 2015 - Wlodarski, A.L. - In: Musical witness and holocaust representation . - Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2015 ; S. 235 ; SCOPUS (Marcus Zagorski, "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.)

3

[o1] 2012 - Philips, W. - In: Twentieth-century music, roč. 9, č. 1-2, 2015 ; s. 99 ; SCOPUS (Marcus Zagorski, "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.)

4

[o1] 2011 - Iddon, M. - In: New music at darmstadt: Nono, stockhausen, cage, and boulez . - Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2011 ; S. 327 ; SCOPUS (Marcus Zagorski, "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.)

5

[o1] 2010 - Bauer, A. - In: Journal of music theory, roč. 54, č. 1, 2010 ; s. 89 ; SCOPUS (Marcus Zagorski, "'Nach dem Weltuntergang': Adorno's Engagement with Postwar Music," Journal of Musicology 22/4 (2005), 680-701.)

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA V-1/0016, 2023-2026, Hudobná, kritická a štýlová interpretácia jazzu, rocku, európskej hudby 20. storočia a súčasnosti (co-investigator).

2

VEGA 1/0015/19, 2019-2022, Kompozícia v kontextoch jazzu, rocku, európskej hudby 20. storočia a súčasnosti/Composition in context of jazz, rock, european classical music of the 20th century and contemporary time (co-investigator).   

3

HORIZON 2020, 2016–2019, COURAGE – Cultural Opposition: Understanding the Cultural Heritage ofDissent in the Former Socialist Countries (co-investigator).

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
member University Academic Counsel, University College Cork, Ireland 2009-2010
member Graduate Council, Bowling Green State University, USA 2010-2013
member Graduate Curriculum and Degree Programs, BGSU, USA 2010-2012
member Graduate Academic Policies and Standards, BGSU, USA 2012-2013
interim coordinator Doctroal Degree in Contemporary Music, BGSU, USA 2011-2012

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria May-June 2022 Visiting Professor
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria May-June 2024 Lehrauftrag

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-25