Person
Senior Lecturer, Manager of Research and Research Education, Reader
- Division of Musicology
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Office Director
- Sound Environment Centre
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail sanne_krogh.grothkultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 85 09
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I am associate professor in musicology and office director at Sound Environment Center. In addition, I am editor-in-chief of the academic section of the online journal Seismograf.
I hold a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen (2010). My dissertation was a study of the establishment of the Swedish electronic studio EMS (later published at Kehrer 2014). Since then, my research has concerned historiographic, aesthetic, political and institutional issues within the fields of contemporary music, electronic music and sound art in the 20th and 21st century. In a recent research project, I studied the changing role of performing composers in the 21st century. My present research project Java-Futurism concerns noise and experimental music in Java. The project is collaborative and trans-disciplinary, it is field work based and aims at developing anthropological-aesthetic method of research.
My newest publications are the Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art (2020) and Negotiating Noise (2021).
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Books (2)
- Groth, S. K. (2014). Politics and Aesthetics in Electronic Music : A Study of EMS - Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm, 1964-79. Kehrer Verlag.
- Groth, S. K. (2010). To musikkulturer - én institution : forskningsstrategier og text-ljud kompositioner ved det svenske elektronmusikstudie EMS i 1960'erne og 1970'erne. Studenterafdelingen Humaniora KU. Dissertation.
Editorships (12)
- Frisk, H. & Groth, S. K. (2021). (Eds.) Sounds of Science : Composition, recording and listening as laboratory practice. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Mansell, J. (2021). (Eds.) Negotiating Noise : Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines. Publications from the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University. Sound Environment Centre at Lund University.
- Groth, S. K. & Schulze, H. (2020). (Eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art. Bloomsbury Handbooks. Bloomsbury Academic.
- Groth, S. K. & Östersjö, S. (2019). (Eds.) Sonic Argumentation I. Seismograf, 22.
- Groth, S. K. & Östersjö, S. (2019). (Eds.) Sonic Argumentation II. Seismograf, 23.
- Schulze, H., Brosius, C. & Groth, S. K. (2019). (Eds.) Out of Space. Seismograf, 21.
- Groth, S. K. & Stricker, J. (2018). (Eds.) Orgel : Fortidens klang - nutidens stemme. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2017). (Ed.) Sound Art Matters. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Anderberg, S. (2016). (Eds.) AUT 50. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2016). (Eds.) Fluid Sounds. Seismograf, AUGUST 2016.
- Stricker, J. & Groth, S. K. (2016). (Eds.) Else Parie Pade. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2015). (Ed.) Nordiske Musikdage 2015. Seismograf.
Articles (20)
- Frisk, H. & Groth, S. K. (2021). Introduction: Sounds of Science : Composition, recording and listening as laboratory practice. Seismograf.
- Brosius, C., Schulze, H. & Groth, S. K. (2019). Out of Space. Seismograf, 21.
- Groth, S. K. & Östersjö, S. (2019). Sonic Argumentation 1 + 2. Seismograf, 22,23.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2019). The Audio Paper : From situated practices to affective sound encounters. Paragrana, 28, 188-196. De Gruyter.
- Groth, S. K. (2018). Noise in the Tropical Underground. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Stricker, J. (2018). Orgel : Fortidens klang - nutidens stemme. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2017). Composers on Stage : Ambiguous authorship in contemporary music performance. Contemporary Music Review, 35, 686-705. Routledge.
- Groth, S. K. (2017). Performer composer panel : Panel discussion with Kristian Hverring, Louise Alenius and Simon Steen-Andersen. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2017). Sound Art Situations. Organised Sound, 22, 101-111. Cambridge University Press.
- Groth, S. K., Vandsø, A., Schmidt, U. & Søndergaard, M. (2017). Sound Art Matters. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Anderberg, S. (2016). AUT 50. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2016). Audio Papers - a manifesto. Seismograf, AUGUST 2016.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2016). Fluid Sounds. Seismograf.
- Stricker, J. & Groth, S. K. (2016). Else Marie Pade. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2015). Nordiske Musikdage 2015. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2013). Provoking, disturbing, hacking : Media archaeology as a framework for the understanding of contemporary DIY composers’ instruments and ideas. Organised Sound, 18, 266-273. Cambridge University Press.
- Groth, S. K. (2013). Retro-utopier. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2013). Retroutopier : Transmediale og CTM 2013. Nutida Musik, 3-4, 72-77. Nutida musik.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2013). Urban sound ecologies : An analytical approach to sound art as assemblage. SoundEffects : an interdisciplinary journal of sound and sound experience, 3, 94-112. Aarhus University.
- Groth, S. K. (2012). Musik som formgivning. Louisiana Magasin, 18-26.
Book chapters (18)
- Groth, S. K. & Bubandt, N. (2023). Gamelan in Transition : When Experimental Music Is a Living-With. In Chantler, J. (Ed.) Fönstret #6 : In Tune, 6. Edition Festival for Other Music.
- Groth, S. K. (2022). Deep Situated Listening Among Hearing Heads and Affective Bodies. In O'Keeffe, L. & Nogueira, I. (Eds.) The Body in Sound, Music and Performance : Studies in Audio and Sonic Arts (pp. 51-64). Routledge.
- Groth, S. K. (2021). Conversations on noise. In Groth, S. K. & Mansell, J. (Eds.) Publications from the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University Report, Negotiating Noise : Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines (pp. 79-84), 19. Sound Environment Centre at Lund University.
- Groth, S. K. (2021). Når ånden spiller med : Komponistperformeren i det 21. århundrede. In Schauser, S. (Ed.) Musikalske aftryk : Dansk tonekunst gennem 150 år (pp. 43-61). Grønningen1.
- Groth, S. K. & Mansell, J. (2021). Introduction : Negotiating Noise Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines. In Groth, S. K. & Mansell, J. (Eds.) Sound Environment Centre at Lund University, Negotiating Noise : Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines (pp. 15-33), 19. Sound Environment Centre at Lund University.
- Groth, S. K. & Stjerna, Å. (2021). Multiröster och ljudet under vattnet. In Lundin, S., Rivano-Eckerdal, J. & Åkesson, L. (Eds.) ETN. Etnologisk Skriftserie, ETN : H2O (pp. 147-161), 10. Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Lunds universitet.
- Groth, S. K. (2020). “Diam!” (Be quiet!) : Noisy Sound Art from the Global South. In Groth, S. K. & Schulze, H. (Eds.) Bloomsbury Handbooks, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art (pp. 107-120). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Groth, S. K. & Samson, K. (2020). The Audio Paper as Affective Attunements : Thinking, Producing and Listening. In Herzogenrath, B. (Ed.) Practical Aesthetics (pp. 159-169). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Groth, S. K. & Schmidt, U. (2020). The Instrument as Theater : Instrumental reworkings in contemporary sound art. In Groth, S. K. & Schulze, H. (Eds.) Bloomsbury Handbooks, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art (pp. 401-416). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Groth, S. K. & Schulz, H. (2020). Sound Art : The First 100 Years of an Aggressively Expanding Artform. In Groth, S. K. & Schulze, H. (Eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art (pp. 1-20). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Fjeldsøe, M. & Groth, S. K. (2019). ‘Nordicness’ in Scandinavian Music : A Complex Question. In Howell, T. (Ed.) The Nature of Nordic Music (pp. 3-19). Routledge.
- Groth, S. K. (2019). Togets Stemmer. In Gustavsson, K., Hagström, C. & Idvall, M. (Eds.) ETN. Etnologisk skriftserie, ETN:TÅG (pp. 106-111), 9. Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Lunds universitet.
- Groth, S. K. (2016). EMS – Elektron Musik Studion in Stockholm. In Ørum, T. & Olsson, J. (Ed.) Avant-garde critical studies, A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1950-1975 (pp. 164-174), 32. Brill Rodopi.
- Groth, S. K. (2016). The concert society Fylkingen, 1950-75. In Ørum, T. & Olsson, J. (Ed.) Avant-garde critical studies, A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1950-1975 (pp. 122-134), 32. Brill Rodopi.
- Groth, S. K. & Mølle Lindelof, A. (2016). Kultur og Performance. In Schiermer, B. (Ed.) Sociologi, Kultursociologi og kulturteori : en grundbog (pp. 545-569). Hans Reitzels Forlag.
- Groth, S. K. (2015). Going Beyond the Word : From Sound Poetry to Text Sound. In William Cobbing, R. C. (Ed.) Boooook : The life and work of Bob Cobbing (pp. 150-158). Occasional Papers.
- Groth, S. K. (2014). Portable Audio Design. In Simonsen, J., Svabo, C., Strandvad, S. M., Samson, K., Hertzum, M. & Hansen, O. E. (Eds.) Situated Design Methods (pp. 223-240). MIT Press.
- Groth, S. K. (2013). The Stockholm Festival, 1966. In Cirelli, J. (Ed.) Visions of the now / Visioner av nuet : Stockholm Festival for art and technology / Festivalen i Stockholm för konst och teknologi /may 24-26 2013 (pp. 4-6). Stockholm Festival for Art and Technology.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (1)
Reviews (3)
- Groth, S. K. (2022). Kunsten at lyde i verden. Weekendavisen, 273, 13-13. De Berlingske Blade.
- Groth, S. K. (2016). Post-apokalypsens kunstmusik. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2015). Borealis : Festival for eksperimenterende musik. Seismograf.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (5)
- Groth, S. K. (2016). Godot finns, har funnits och kommer alltid att finnas! : Tamas Ungvary 80 år. Nutida Musik, 261-262, 6-11. Nutida musik.
- Groth, S. K. (2015). An Antropologist of Sound. Seismograf.
- Groth, S. K. (2008). Musik som en social praktik : Interview med Simon Waters. Nutida Musik, 11-17. Nutida musik.
- Groth, S. K. (2007). Brandon LaBelle : "Sound Art as Distinct Practice". Nutida Musik, 48-52. Nutida musik.
- Groth, S. K. (2007). Juliana Hodkinson : Brahms tillvaratagen. Nutida Musik, 2, 36-41. Nutida musik.
Miscellaneous (3)
- Groth, S. K. (2021). ”We went out to steal a bike late one night” : On the harmonious disharmony of noise. Tonometer.
- Groth, S. K. (2017). An Anthropocene Automaton? : On Wayne Siegel's work for computer controlled organ: Celebration. DACAPO RECORDS.
- Groth, S. K. (2016). Pathos and embarrassment : on Niels Rønholdt’s song cycle Me Quitte. DACAPO RECORDS.
Other tasks and qualifications
Office director Sound Environment Center (2019-)
Editor-in-chief at Seismograf (2011-)
Board member Swedish Society of Music Research (2019-)
Member of The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Univ. of Cph's Employer panel (2018-)
Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music's research council (2018- )
Board member - Tobias Norlindsamfundet (2017-)
Member of "KODAs Musikfaglige reference- og ansøgningsudvalg" (2016- )
External examiner for the National Examination Board of Danish Musicology (2015-)
Board member - SNYK (2015-2019)
Senior Lecturer, Manager of Research and Research Education, Reader
- Division of Musicology
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Office Director
- Sound Environment Centre
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail sanne_krogh.grothkultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 85 09
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30