Horst Menzel (music teacher)

Horst Menzel (born July 16, 1933 - † June 4, 2014 ) was a German music teacher , musicologist and composer . He worked for many years as a music teacher in Bremen . He was a founding member of the Bremen State Music Council and its deputy chairman from 1979 to 1997. He sponsored the Jugend musiziert competition , represented the State Music Council in the Broadcasting Council of Radio Bremen and was chairman of the radio program committee there.

Horst Menzel coined the term “stimulus music” and used it to describe music that led to the secession of parents and educators and the formation of peer groups among young people . He mentions the regularity in the beat and a high volume as characteristic of the music used for this purpose . In music education, the term opened the discussion about the influence of music on the attitudes and behavior of young people, also in the context of a willingness to use violence. In contrast to the later common term of violent music , the term stimulus music is more neutral in value.

Fonts

• Youth and stimulating music. A contribution to the discussion. Series of publications on music education, Vol. 2. Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M .; Berlin; Bonn; Munich 1969.
• Carmen by Georges Bizet. Portrayed by Horst Menzel. Lienau, Berlin-Lichterfelde 1972.
  • Main volume , ISBN 3-87484-225-8
  • Sample booklet , ISBN 3-87484-226-6
• Through bushes and thorns. Choir score. Edition Eres, Bremen 1964.
• Swan river. Choir score. Edition Eres, Bremen 1964.

Web links

• Literature by and about Horst Menzel in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituaries in the Weserkurier on June 7, 2014. Retrieved on August 28, 2017.
2. ↑ State Music Council Bremen. About history. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2014 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. . Retrieved August 28, 2017. 
3. ^ Horst Menzel: Youth and stimulus music. A contribution to the discussion. Series of publications on music education, Vol. 2. Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M .; Berlin; Bonn; Munich 1969.
4. ^ Klaus Mehling: Violent Music - Violence of Music. Popular music and its aftermath . Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2006 ISBN 978-3826033940 .