Walter Heise (28 August 1931 – 3 January 2017 was a German music educator and musicologist.
Born in Obernbeck [de], Heise studied in Osnabrück (among others with Kurt Sydow [de], Berlin (among others with Boris Blacher, Karl Heinz Taubert [de], Günther Baum), London and Münster and received the Stresemann Scholarship of 15,000 DM from the Senate of Berlin, which enabled him to spend a year researching in England.
After his studies, he first worked as a teacher at primary schools and as an assistant and lecturer at various universities.
From 1974 until his emeritus in 1998, Heise taught music education at Osnabrück University.
[2][3] Heise published numerous papers on teaching practice as well as contributions to the history and systematics of music education in handbooks and journals.