Günter Fleischhauer

Born in Magdeburg, Fleischhauer attended the Integrierte Gesamtschule Willy Brandt Magdeburg [de]. From 1947 to 1952, he studied classical philology with Erich Reitzenstein [de], music education with Fritz Reuter and musicology with Max Schneider at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.^[1] In 1952, he became a research assistant at the Institute for Music Education there. From 1955 to 1958, he held a lectureship in continuo and score playing. In 1960, he was awarded a doctorate with the dissertation Die Musikergenossenschaften im hellenistischrömischen Altertum. Contributions to the Musical Life of the Romans. In 1962, he became a lecturer in historical musicology at the Institute of Musicology. After the University reform [de], he was demoted to Lector in 1969. In 1979 he submitted the B Dissertation Methodologische Probleme der Musikhistoriographie, dargestellt an zwei ausgewählten Beispielen, die Musikkulturen der Etrusker und der Römer und die Telemann-Forschung.^[2] In 1980, he received a lectureship. After his rehabilitation in 1990, he became associate professor and in 1992 full professor of musicology. In 1994/94, he headed the Institute for Musicology. He conducted research on ancient music and baroque music, in particular on Georg Philipp Telemann and Georg Friedrich Handel.

In 1961 he co-initiated the Telemann-Sonntagsmusiken, in 1962, the Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage and in 1974 the scientific workshops on performance practice and interpretation of 17th/18th century music in the Michaelstein Abbey in Blankenburg (Harz Mountains). In 1962, he became a member of the Magdeburg working group "Georg Philipp Telemann" in the Cultural Association of the GDR and section head of musicology in the Halle-Magdeburg district association in the Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR [de]. Fleischauer was a member of the editorial board of the Magdeburger Telemann-Studien, the Telemann-Konferenzberichte, the Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte and the Michaelsteiner Forschungsbeiträge. From 1972 to 1998, he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Institute of Performance Practice Michaelstein. From 1991, he was a board member of the international Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft [de].

Fleischhauer's books and music are kept in the Centre for Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung Magdeburg.^[3]

• 1991: Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg^[4]
• 1998: Telemann-Pokal des Telemann-Arbeitskreises^[5]

• Etrurien und Rom (Musikgeschichte in Bildern, volume 2). VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1964, 1978 (2nd edition).
• Annotationen zu Georg Philipp Telemann. Ausgewählte Schriften (Magdeburger Telemann-Studien. 19). Published by Carsten Lange. Olms, Hildesheim among others 2007, ISBN 978-3-487-13399-7.