Günther Müller (conductor)

Günther Müller (born January 19, 1925 in Gersdorf ; † March 3, 2020 ) was a German conductor , music teacher and musicologist . In 1990 Günther Müller received the Robert Schumann Prize from the city of Zwickau . In 2007 he received the Medal of Honor of the City of Glauchau .

In 1950, Müller passed his second teacher examination and attended Martin Luther University for further studies . Here he received his teaching qualification for grade 12 in music. In 1964 he started with Fritz Reuter at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin with the dissertation Music pedagogical considerations on working with tone syllable systems in music lessons. A contribution to the methodology of music teaching of the socialist school doctorate. In 1971 the habilitation followed. After working at the extended secondary school of the Georgius-Agricola-Gymnasium Glauchau, Müller took up the post of professor at the Zwickau University of Education in 1966 . Here he imparted the necessary musical knowledge to the next generation of musicians. At the same time he was head of the Schumann Research Center in Zwickau. In 1988 Günther Müller retired. He used the free time to prepare for the 750th anniversary of the city of Glauchau. In 1989 he founded the Georgius Agricola Choir, whose 20th anniversary he celebrated with a gala concert, matinee and traditional Christmas concert in 2009 in the Glauchau City Theater. Müller conducted in performances in the Kulturpalast Dresden as well as in the opera houses in Dessau and Chemnitz . From 1953 he worked as general music director at the opera house in Glauchau.

literature

VWM publishing house (publishing house for business information and market research): Günther Müller (musician, conductor). Retrieved May 20, 2018 .

Individual evidence

^ Obituary notice , Freie Presse , Glauchauer Zeitung of March 7, 2020, p. 15.
^ Heinz Wegener: Bibliography Fritz Reuter . In the S. (Red. Ed.): Commemorative publication Fritz Reuter (= scientific journal of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Social and linguistic series 15 (1966) 3). P. I-VIII, here: P. VII.

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German conductor, music teacher and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 2020

[1] Obituary notice , Freie Presse , Glauchauer Zeitung of March 7, 2020, p. 15.

[2] Heinz Wegener: Bibliography Fritz Reuter . In the S. (Red. Ed.): Commemorative publication Fritz Reuter (= scientific journal of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Social and linguistic series 15 (1966) 3). P. I-VIII, here: P. VII.