Hermann Rauhe

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Hermann Rauhe (born March 6, 1930 in Wanna / Niederelbe ) is a German musicologist.

Life

After Hermann Rauhe graduated from the Amandus-Abendroth-Gymnasium in Cuxhaven in 1949 , he studied music and music education at the University of Music from 1951 to 1959, as well as music and literature , educational science , philosophy , sociology , theology and phonetics at the University of Hamburg . In 1955 he passed the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools with the subject combination music and Germanfrom. In 1959, the second examination was carried out and then the promotion of Doctor of Philosophy (musicology).

Scientific career

In 1960 Rauhe became an assistant, in 1963 a lecturer at the University of Hamburg and since 1965 he has been a professor of musicology and music education at the Hamburg University of Music. In 1970 he returned to the University of Hamburg as a full professor of educational science with a focus on music education. From 1978 to 2004 Rauhe was President of the Hamburg University of Music and Theater, and from 1980 to 1982 he was also Chairman of the Rectors' Conference of the Music Universities of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1981 Rauhe initiated the popular music pilot project (compact course system with supervised internships in the field of popular music) , of which he remained director until 1984.

Signature Hermann Rauhe

Focus of work

Hermann Rauhe made a particular effort to develop new methods of music therapy research . For example, through the targeted use of music in the neurological rehabilitation of stroke and Parkinson's patients in the General Hospital Hamburg-Harburg (together with the neurologist Robert-Charles Behrend). For this reason, Rauhe works with the German Society for Preventive Medicine and Prevention Management eV . Together with its president Gerd Schnack , Rauhe has developed a special method of stress reduction, the so-called repetitive meditation training.

Bronze bust of Hermann Rauhe

In addition, he worked in professional research and development ("Music Professions in Transition").

Memberships

• 1969 founding member and vice president of the Brahms Society
• 1970 Chairman of the State Association of Sound Artists and Music Teachers (LTM) Hamburg
• 1970 Board member of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation
• 1970 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, member of the German Music Competition Committee
• 1970 Member of the advisory board of the national youth music competition
• 1972 Deputy Federal Chairman of the Association of German School Music Educators (VDS)
• Founding Chairman of the Working Group on Music Education Research (AMPF)
• 1973 member of the German Music Council
• 1975 member of the working committee of the federal selection for concerts of young artists
• 1976 member of the International Institute for Audiovisual Communication and Cultural Development in Vienna
• 1990 member of the board of trustees of the singer academy Hamburg
• 1999 President of Il Canto del Mondo e. V.

Honors

• Rauhe has been Honorary President of the Hamburg University of Music and Theater since 2004
• 2004 Johannes Brahms Medal
• 2006 Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
• In 2010, the primary school in his native Wanna was named after him during his lifetime.
• 2015 Medal for Art and Science of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Publications (selection)

• Poetry and music in the secular vocal work of Johann Hermann Schein. Stylistic and compositional research on the word-tone relationship in the light of the rhetorical language and music theory of the 17th century . Hamburg 1959.
• Popularity in music. Interdisciplinary aspects of musical communication . Verlag Braun, Karlsruhe 1974, ISBN 3-7650-7463-2 .
• with Hans-Peter Reinecke and Wilfried Ribke: hearing and understanding. Theory and practice of action-oriented teaching . Kösel-Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-466-30136-X .
• Music helps heal . Arcis-Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-89075-056-7 .
• with Reinhard Flender : Key to Music . Atlantis-Musikbuch-Verlag, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-254-08372-5 .
• with Gerd Schnack : Top fit by doing nothing. RMT - the formula for optimal energy . Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-466-34446-8 .

annotation

Hermann Rauhe has a father of the same name, who is an ornithologist.

Web links

Commons : Hermann Rauhe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hermann Rauhe in the catalog of the German National Library
• Internet presence
• biography
• List of publications

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article in Focus Health: Strength lies in tranquility - correct relaxation in the event of stress ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Website of the working group for music pedagogical research
3. ↑ President and founding member of Il Canto del Mondo eV ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Neue Musikzeitung ( Memento of the original dated November 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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