Günter Katzenberger Explained

Günter Katzenberger (25 May 1937 – 28 December 2020) was a German musician, musicologist, conductor, and university faculty, professor for Historical musicology at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover[1] as well as a non fiction writer and publisher.[2]

Life and career

Born in Bad Kissingen, Katzenberger first studied in Munich at the local University of Music and Drama as well as musicology, philosophy and modern history. He then studied under professors Wilhelm Fischer, Erich Valentin and Hans Zingerle at the University of Innsbruck, where he received his doctorate in historical musicology and passed his concert examination in conducting.[3]

From 1963 onwards, Katzenberger taught at various Gymnasium in Munich and Mühldorf am Inn, performing concerts in parallel as a chamber musician, song accompanist and orchestra leader.

From 1970, Katzenberger taught at the Hanover University of Music, Theatre and Media (HMTM Hanover), where he was appointed Professor of Historical Musicology in 1973 - in combination with music education - and at the same time took up teaching posts at the University of Hildesheim and the University of Bremen. In 1976, he also took over an honorary professorship in musicology at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Until his retirement in 2002, Katzenberger headed the as its chairman for many years and was also deputy chairman of the Hannoversche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik.

In addition to various contributions to the encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) and the work Das Händel-Lexikon Katzenberger published in numerous papers.

Katzenberger died on 28 December 2020, at the age of 83.[4]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. http://gwlb.de/nis/niedersaechsische_personen/ Katzenberger, Günter
  2. Compare for example the information under the GND number together with cross-references to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
  3. Christian Schlegel (Red.): em. Prof. Dr. Günter Katzenberger in der Bearbeitung 11 November 2011, retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Günter Katzenberger . trauer-anzeigen.de . 7 February 2024.
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605242446 Bemerkungen zur Bedeutung von Pausen als Spannungs- und Überraschungsmoment in der Instrumentalmusik um 1800