Steffen Peter

Steffen Peter is a Researcher at the Institute of Musicology and Music Education, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. He works under the Professorship for Music Education and has been a research assistant to Dr. Ralf von Appen since October 2018. He is affiliated with the Society for Popular Music Research.

• Born in 1984, Mühlhausen, Thuringia
• Bachelor of Arts in Music Education (JLU Gießen)
• Master of Arts in Applied Musicology (JLU Gießen)

His research focuses on music and technology, popular music analysis, hip hop studies, and media library support. He teaches courses on computer notation software, hip hop history, sound processing, and composition with Ableton Live.

Recent publications explore intertextuality in popular music and historical analysis of hip hop forms. He contributes to scholarly projects like the Vienna Publications on Musicology series.

Contact details: Karl-Glöckner-Str. 21 D, Room D06, 35394 Gießen | Phone: 0641 / (99) 25103