Günter Fleischhauer (8 July 1928 – 12 February 2002) was a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

Life

Born in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

, Fleischhauer attended the . From 1947 to 1952, he studied classical philology with ,

music education Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origina ...

with

Fritz Reuter Fritz Reuter (7 November 1810 – 12 July 1874; born as ''Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter'') was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature. Early life Fritz Reuter was born at Stavenha ...

and

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

with

Max Schneider Maxwell George Schneider (born June 21, 1992), also known by his mononym MAX, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and model, signed to Arista and Sony RED. In 2018, MAX's single " Lights Down Low" went double platinum in the US, Platinum i ...

at the

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

. In 1952, he became a

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at the Institute for Music Education there. From 1955 to 1958, he held a lectureship in continuo and score playing. In 1960, he was awarded a

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with the dissertation ''Die Musikergenossenschaften im hellenistischrömischen Altertum. Contributions to the Musical Life of the Romans''. In 1962, he became a

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in historical musicology at the Institute of Musicology. After the , he was demoted to Lector in 1969. In 1979 he submitted the B Dissertation ''Methodologische Probleme der Musikhistoriographie, dargestellt an zwei ausgewählten Beispielen, die Musikkulturen der Etrusker und der Römer und die Telemann-Forschung''. In 1980, he received a lectureship. After his rehabilitation in 1990, he became associate professor and in 1992

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of musicology. In 1994/94, he headed the Institute for Musicology. He conducted research on

ancient music Ancient music refers to the musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world. Succeeding the music of prehistoric societies and lasting until the Post-classical era, major centers of Ancient musi ...

and

baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...

, in particular on

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...

and

Georg Friedrich Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...

. In 1961 he co-initiated the Telemann-Sonntagsmusiken, in 1962, the

Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage The Magdeburg Telemann Festival, first held in , has been held biennially in Magdeburg since in honour of Georg Philipp Telemann, usually around Telemann's birthday, the 14th of March. The first Magdeburg Telemann Festival days were organized 1 ...

and in 1974 the scientific workshops on performance practice and interpretation of 17th/18th century music in the

Michaelstein Abbey Michaelstein Abbey (Kloster Michaelstein) is a former Cistercian monastery, now the home of the ''Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein - Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis'' ("Michaelstein Abbey Foundation - Music Institute for Performance"), near th ...

in Blankenburg (Harz Mountains). In 1962, he became a member of the Magdeburg working group "Georg Philipp Telemann" in the

Cultural Association of the GDR The Cultural Association of the GDR (german: Kulturbund der DDR, KB) was a federation of local clubs in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It formed part of the Socialist Unity Party-led National Front, and sent representatives to the Volksk ...

and section head of musicology in the Halle-Magdeburg district association in the . Fleischauer was a member of the editorial board of the ''Magdeburger Telemann-Studien'', the ''Telemann-Konferenzberichte'', the ''Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte'' and the ''Michaelsteiner Forschungsbeiträge''. From 1972 to 1998, he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Institute of Performance Practice Michaelstein. From 1991, he was a board member of the international . Fleischhauer's books and music are kept in the Centre for Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung Magdeburg.

Awards

* 1991:

Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg The Telemann Prize is an annual classical music award for special achievements in interpretation, research and cultivation of the life and work of Georg Philipp Telemann. Since 1987, the city of Magdeburg has awarded the prize every year in March ...

* 1998: Telemann-Pokal des Telemann-ArbeitskreisesTelemann-Pokal.
telemann.org; retrieved 12 January 2021

Publications

* ''Etrurien und Rom'' (''Musikgeschichte in Bildern'', volume 2). VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1964, 1978 (2nd edition). * ''Annotationen zu Georg Philipp Telemann. Ausgewählte Schriften'' (''Magdeburger Telemann-Studien''. 19). Published by Carsten Lange. Olms, Hildesheim among others 2007, .

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleischhauer, Gunter German music historians 20th-century German musicologists Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg faculty 1928 births 2002 deaths Writers from Magdeburg

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