Günter Katzenberger

Günter Katzenberger (25 May 1937 – 28 December 2020) was a German musician, musicologist, conductor, and university faculty, professor for Historical musicology at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover[1] as well as a non fiction writer and publisher.

[2] Born in Bad Kissingen, Katzenberger first studied in Munich at the local University of Music and Drama as well as musicology, philosophy and modern history.

He then studied under professors Wilhelm Fischer, Erich Valentin and Hans Zingerle at the University of Innsbruck, where he received his doctorate in historical musicology and passed his concert examination in conducting.

[3] From 1963 onwards, Katzenberger taught at various Gymnasium in Munich and Mühldorf am Inn, performing concerts in parallel as a chamber musician, song accompanist and orchestra leader.

[3] In addition to various contributions to the encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) and the work Das Händel-Lexikon[3] Katzenberger published in numerous papers.