Hans Huchzermeyer (born 26 September 1939) is a German doctor and

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 ...

Formation and work

Huchzermeyer was born in

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as the son of the classical philologist, musicologist and composer Helmut Huchzermeyer(1904-1984) and his wife Charlotte, ''née'' Rüther (1915-1993). After passing his

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

in 1959 at the , he studied medicine in Tübingen, Vienna, Berlin and Münster. After a period as a medical assistant and theoretical training at the Pathology and Diabetes Research Institute (biochemistry) at the

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) (german: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) was founded in 1965 as the successor organisation to Düsseldorf's Medical Academy of 1907 and was named after German poet Heinrich Heine. Followi ...

, he continued his clinical training in internal medicine at the

Hannover Medical School The Hannover Medical SchoolAlthough the English spelling of the city name is "Hanover", this form of the name, using the German spelling of the city name, is used as the English-language name of the school, for example . (german: Medizinische Ho ...

from 1971. In 1975, he was recognised as a doctor of internal medicine and

gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- “belly”, -énteron “intestine”, and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract ...

, in 1976 as a clinical senior physician, in 1977 as a postdoctoral lecturer and ''Venia legendi'' for internal medicine, and in 1982 as a full professor of internal medicine. From 1983 to 2004, Huchzermeyer was head of the Medical Clinic at the Klinikum in Minden/Westf. He has been a member of the teaching staff of the Hannover Medical School since 1977, and from 1983 to 2004 he was also a lecturer for internal medicine at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

. Much of his scientific work focusses on diseases of the

gastro-intestinal tract The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and ...

, the liver, problems of metabolism and nutrition. He studiedenzyme diagnostics of liver and bile duct diseases and the further development of endoscopic procedures in adults and children. Using morphological methods, he studied progressive myoclonus epilepsy (

lafora disease Lafora disease is a rare, adult-onset and autosomal recessive genetic disorder which results in Myoclonus#Epilepsy forms, myoclonus epilepsy and usually results in death several years after the onset of symptoms. The disease is characterized by t ...

), an autosomal recessive disease with deposition of

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in cells of various organs. For the first time, he detected the storage material in myocardium and liver by electron-optical methods. Using biochemical methods, he contributed to the characterisation of the New Zealand obese mouse, showing analogies to the human metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in this polygenic model. Internal diseases during pregnancy is a further focus of his work, about which he has published He is the author or co-author of over 300 scientific journal and book articles and has written or edited nine monographs. After his retirement, Huchzermeyer studied

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 ...

at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the

University of Paderborn Paderborn University (german: Universität Paderborn) is one of the fourteen public research universities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was founded in 1972 and 20,308 students were enrolled at the university in the winter ...

receiving a : ''Magister Artium'' 2008, doctorate in Musicology 2011. His main focus is the History of Protestant church music of East Prussia from 1800 to 1945, equalisation of Protestant church music and elimination of Jewish-Christian church musicians from their posts during the Nazi era, music and cultural history of Berlin and Pomerania in the 19th century, local music and cultural history of the Westphalian-Lower Saxony region.

Publications (author, co-author, editor)

Medicine

* Huchzermeyer, Hans: Zur Histologie und Elektronenmikroskopie der Myoklonuskörperkrankheit, Düsseldorf 1969 * Schmitz-Feuerhake, Inge, Hellmut Fröhlich und Hans Huchzermeyer: Atraumatische Durchblutungsmessungen mit radioaktiven Edelgasen. Physikalische Grundlagen und Anwendung der Inhalationsmethode bei Gehirn, Leber, Milz und Nieren, Bern-Stuttgart-Vienna 1976, * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Leber und Schwangerschaft, Bern-Stuttgart-Wien 1978, * Burdelski, Martin und Hans Huchzermeyer: Gastrointestinale Endoskopie im Kindesalter, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 1981, * Huchzermeyer, Hans (ed.): Internistische Erkrankungen und Schwangerschaft, Stuttgart, vol. 1 1986, // vol. 2 1987, * Huchzermeyer, Hans (ed.): Chronisch-entzündliche Darmerkrankungen, Munich 1986, * Huchzermeyer, Hans and (ed.): Gastroenterologie und Viszeralchirurgie, Walsrode 1996, * Huchzermeyer, Hans (ed.): Erbrechen. Ein interdisziplinäres Problem, Stuttgart-New York 1997, * Huchzermeyer, Hans and Hans Lippert (ed.): Infektionsmedizin in Gastroenterologie und Viszeralchirurgie. Aktuelle Probleme und Lösungen für die Praxis, Stuttgart-New York 2000, * Huchzermeyer, Hans and Arno J. Dormann: Pharmakotherapie internistischer Erkrankungen während der Schwangerschaft, in ''Arzneimitteltherapie in der Frauenheilkunde'' (edited by K. Friese and F. Melchert), Stuttgart 2002: 95–171 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Erkrankungen der Leber, – Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Traktes, pp. 149–167, in ''Erkrankungen in der Schwangerschaft'' (edited by W. Rath and K. Friese), Stuttgart-New York 2005 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Schwangerschaft bei Erkrankungen der Leber und Gallenwege. Gastro-Liga e. V., Ratgeber für Patienten.www.gastro-liga.de
/ref> * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Schwangerschaft bei Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Kanals und der Bauchspeicheldrüse. Gastro-Liga e. V., Ratgeber für Patienten * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Erkrankungen von Leber, Gallenwegen, Pankreas und Magen-Darm-Trakt in der Schwangerschaft, Minden 2008, www.huchzen-verlag.de
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Music and cultural studies

* Huchzermeyer, Helmut und Huchzermeyer, Hans: Die Bedeutung des Rhythmus in der Musiktherapie der Griechen von der Frühzeit bis zum Beginn des Hellenismus. In ''Sudhoffs Archiv. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte'' 58, 1974: 113–148 * Huchzermeyer, Helmut: Musikalische Werke. Altgriechische Musik (hg. von Hans Huchzermeyer), Minden 2000, * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Franz Hofmann (1920–1945). Ein unbekannter fränkischer Komponist. In ''Mitteilungen des Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg'', 95. vol., Nürnberg 2008: 317–346 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Gleichschaltung der evangelischen Kirchenmusik während der NS-Diktatur. Anmerkungen zu Leben und Werk des nichtarischen Kirchenmusikers Julio Goslar (1883–1976) aus Köln. In ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft für rheinische Musikgeschichte''. Mitteilungen 93, September 2011: 8–28 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Studien zur Musik- und Kulturgeschichte Berlins, Pommerns und Ostpreußens im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Franz W. Ressel: Violinist in Berlin – Rohloff-Familie: Lehrerorganisten in Pommern – Ernst Maschke: Kirchenmusiker in Königsberg/Preußen – Maschke-Latte: Porträt einer jüdisch-christlichen Königsberger Familie, Minden 2013, * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Zur Geschichte der evangelischen Kirchenmusik in Königsberg/Preußen (1800–1945). Die kirchenmusikalischen Ausbildungsstätten. Minden 2013, * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Personenartikel zu: Altmann, Arthur (1873-?); Glassner, Evaristos (1912–1988); Goslar, Julio (1883–1976); Hildebrand, Karl (1889–1975); Katz, Rosalie (1892–1968); Leupold, Ulrich (1909–1970); Lewin, Otto (1894–1942); Maschke, Ernst (1867–1940), in the ''

Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit The ''Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit'' (LexM) is an Online encyclopedia of the University of Hamburg, which has been developed as a work in progress since 2005. Publication/contents The editors today are Sophie Fetthau ...

''. Claudia Maurer Zenck and Peter Petersen (ed.) with the collaboration of Sophie Fetthauer, Hamburg since 2005 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: "Judenreine" Kirchenmusik. Elimination der "nichtarischen" evangelischen Kirchenmusiker aus Reichsmusikkammer und Kirchendienst im Dritten Reich. In ''Jahrbuch Preußenland'' 5, 2014: 147–185 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Die "Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt" des Michael Herr, Straßburg 1533. Anmerkungen zu den Buchillustrationen, zur Bedeutung der Musik und zum Begriff Schachtafel''.'' URL: http://www.huchzen-verlag.de * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Sechs Komponisten der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts im Portrait. Wilhelm Meyer-Stolzenau – Theodor Meyer-Steineg – Günter Plappert – Franz Hofmann – Willy Mewes – Helmut Huchzermeyer, Minden 2017, * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Problems in improving musical education in German grammar schools (Gymnasium). A letter, dated September 8, 1926, from

Leo Kestenberg Leo Kestenberg (27 November 1882 – 13 January 1962) was a German-Israeli classical pianist, music educator, and cultural politician. Working for the government in Prussia from 1918, he began a large-scale reform of music education (''Kestenbe ...

to the Berlin music teacher and composer Ernst Franz Rohloff (1884-1947), in ''Music Education in the Focus of Historical Concepts and New Horizons'' (Eds. F. Brusniak, Z. Buzás, N. A. Marshall, D. Sagrillo), , Kecskemét 2018 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Personenartikel, in ''Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'', Bautz, Hamm 1975 ff.; Altmann, Arthur (1873-1941/45), vol. XXXIX (2018) Sp. 6-10; Glassner, Evaristos (1912-1988), vol. XXXIX (2018) Sp. 449-502; Huchzermeyer, Helmut (1904-1984), vol. XXXIX (2018) Sp. 612-622; Leupold, Lorenz Siegfried Ulrich (1909-1970), vol. XXXIX (2018) Sp. 768-774; Maschke, Ernst (1867-1940), vol. XXXIX (2018) Sp. 863-876; Volckmar, Wilhelm (1812-1887), vol. XL (2019) Sp.1454-1466; Althaus, Friedrich Georg (1790-1863), vol. XLII (2021) Sp. i. Vorb.; Zeiss, Adam Georgon (1779-1870), vol. XLII (2021) Sp. i. Vorb.; Zeiss, Wilhelm Heinrich Nicolaus (1804-1887), vol. XLII (2021) Sp. i. Vorb. * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Adam Valentin Vol(c)kmar (1770-1851). Organist an der Stadtkirche St. Nikolai, Gesanglehrer am Kurfürstlichen Gymnasium und Komponist in Rinteln, in: Schaumburgische Mitteilungen 2 (2019), 266-295 * Huchzermeyer, Hans: Adam Valentin Vol(c)kmar (1770-1851). Organist, Lehrer und Komponist in Rinteln. Ein Beitrag zur hessischen Musikgeschichte in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts, in: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 69 (2019), 141-168

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