Günther Rötter (born 1954) is a German musicologist and music psychologist.
Born in Addernhausen [de], Rötter studied school music, educational science and philosophy in Detmold and Paderborn as well as musicology, psychology and philosophy at Technische Universität Berlin.
There, he received his doctorate in 1985 under the direction of Helga de la Motte-Haber on the subject: 'Die Beeinflussbarkeit emotionalen Erlebens von Musik durch analytisches Hören.
[2][3] In doing so, he refuted unchecked assumptions such as that listening to music during homework distracted pupils[4][5] or that music in the department shop increases the willingness to buy.
[6] Rötter is (co-)publisher of encyclopaedias and manuals in the field of systematic musicology.