Franzpeter Goebels (5 March 1920 – 28 September 1988) was a German pianist,

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ist and

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Life and career

Goebels was born in

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, the son of a church musician. He received piano lessons, and then studied piano and harpsichord at the

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with teachers including

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. He also studied

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, Romance studies and philosophy at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. He was a solo pianist with the Deutschlandsender broadcaster from 1940, and studied piano further with

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. He was drafted for military service in 1942, but due to an injury he was soon transferred to Prague where he led a symphony orchestra of the

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. He finally became a

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. From 1947, Goebels taught piano at the Robert-Schumann-Konservatorium in Düsseldorf. In 1958, he was appointed professor for piano and harpsichord at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold where he taught until his retirement in 1982, as head of the seminary for music pedagogy, and as head of the Studio for Neue Musik there until 1972. In 1964, Goebels was awarded the . In addition to his pianistic and pedagogical activities, he also worked as a composer, arranger and editor of musical works. Goebels was married to Gertrud since 1951; the couple had two children, one of them the pianist Friedwart Goebels, who lectures at the faculty for music therapy of the private .Vorstellung von Friedwart Goebels im Ensemble mel Bonis
/ref> He died in Detmold at the age of 68.

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Musikalische Grafik – grafische Musik: Eine bimediale Ausstellung ; 2.-31. Dez. 1972
(catalogue, in German) Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum 1972 {{DEFAULTSORT:Goebels, Franzpeter German classical pianists German harpsichordists 1920 births 1988 deaths People from Mülheim German Army personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II

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