Helmut Rösing

Helmut Rösing (* 1943 ) is a German musicologist . He is an emeritus professor of systematic musicology and is particularly concerned with the main research areas of popular music , reception research, applied music psychology and  mass media . He is a co-founder of the Study Group for Popular Music ( ASPM ), which today operates as the Society for Popular Music Research and of which he was chairman until 1999. In 2004 he retired.

biography

After completing his doctorate in comparative musicology in 1968, Rösing initially worked as an editor for symphony and opera at Saarländischer Rundfunk . He completed his habilitation in 1974 at the University of Saarbrücken , was head of the central editorial office of the International Library of Music (RISM) until 1980 , from 1978 to 1992 professor of systematic musicology at the University of Kassel and from 1993 at the Institute for Systematic Musicology at the University of Hamburg . He is the author of numerous publications, especially in the field of popular music research.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Profile at the University of Hamburg