Günther Rötter Explained

Günther Rötter (born 1954) is a German musicologist and music psychologist.

Life and career

Born in, Rötter studied school music, educational science and philosophy in Detmold and Paderborn as well as musicology, psychology and philosophy at Technische Universität Berlin. There, he received his doctorate in 1985 under the direction of Helga de la Motte-Haber on the subject: Die Beeinflussbarkeit emotionalen Erlebens von Musik durch analytisches Hören. From 1989 to 1994, he was a research assistant at the University of Münster. After a professorship at the University of Vechta and the habilitation in 1996, Günther Rötter received a professorship for musicology at the Technische Universität Dortmund. From 2006 to 2014, he was dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sports Sciences there.[1]

Rötter's research focus is on the psychology of music. In empirical studies he often deals with topics close to everyday life, such as music at the dentist or listening to music in the car.[2] [3] In doing so, he refuted unchecked assumptions such as that listening to music during homework distracted pupils[4] [5] or that music in the department shop increases the willingness to buy.[6]

Rötter is (co-)publisher of encyclopaedias and manuals in the field of systematic musicology.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. http://www.musik.tu-dortmund.de/institut/personen/professorinnen-und-professoren/univ-prof-dr-phil-guenther-roetter/ Günther Rötter bei der TU Dortmund
  2. http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/unfallrisiko-musik-volle-droehnung-a-515047.html Martina Fichtmann: Accident risk music. Full drone. Spiegel Online dated 2 November 2007
  3. Günther Rötter; Siegfried Rothe: Die musikalischen Präferenzen von LKW-Fahrern - Zielgruppenspezifische Musikauswahl und Einsatz von Musik in unterschiedlichen Verkehrsituationen, Eldorado Musikverlag, Hamburg 2012
  4. https://www.derwesten.de/region/rhein-und-ruhr/laute-musik-stoert-nicht-bei-den-hausaufgaben-id3452709.html Hubert Wolf: Laute Musik stört nicht bei den Hausaufgaben. DerWesten dated 25 March 2010.
  5. [Wolfram Goertz]
  6. http://www.nrz.de/nachrichten/millionen-fuers-wohlfuehl-gedudel-im-kaufhaus-id4090744.html Christiane Dase: Millionen fürs Wohlfühl-Gedudel im Kaufhaus. NRZ dated 23. Dezember 2010.
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/633166960 Handbuch der systematischen Musikwissenschaft. 6, Lexikon der systematischen Musikwissenschaft