Rudolf Weber (born 1937) is a German musicologist and was Rector of the University of Hildesheim from 1990 to 1995. He is professor emeritus at the University of Hildesheim.

Life and career

Weber began studying to be an elementary school teacher in Osnabrück in 1959 with the elective subject "music" and taught as an elementary school teacher in Heiligenrode from 1962. In 1965, he began studying

musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...

, in addition to assisting at the Osnabrück College of Education. In 1972, he completed his doctorate there with the dissertation: ''Die Sinfonien Franz Schubert im Versuch einer strukturwissenschaftlichen Darstellung und Untersuchung''. In 1973, he became an academic councillor, senior councillor and then professor of music didactics at the University of Osnabrück. In 1983, he became a professor at the University of Hildesheim.Short biography
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Work

* ''Die Sinfonien Franz Schuberts im Versuch einer strukturwissenschaftlichen Darstellung und Untersuchung'', Münster, 1971 * ''Musikalische Autonomie und Textbezug in Vokalwerken von strenger Satztechnik'', 1997 * with Siegmund Helms, Reinhard Schneider: ''Neues Lexikon der Musikpädagogik'', Kassel 1994 * with Siegmund Helms, Reinhard Schneider: ''Kompendium der Musikpädagogik'', Kassel 1995 * with Siegmund Helms, Reinhard Schneider: ''Handbuch des Musikunterrichts'', Kassel 1997

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Rudolf 20th-century German musicologists 1937 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)