born in 1936

Studies in Music Education and English Studies at the University of Halle/Saale

short-term employment as teacher

Research assistant at the Universities of Greifswald and Leipzig, PhD

primarily dedicated himself to the training of music teachers

1992 appointment as a professor

since 1970 efforts to establish the Schumann-House in Leipzigʹs Inselstraße as a museum

nearly two decades of work on an Urtext-edition of Robert Schumannʹs piano-works (published by C. F. Peters, 30 volumes), which was already honored in 1978 – in statu nascendi – with the Schumann Prize of the city of Zwickau

many essays in scientific journals,
further publications:
Biography Robert und Clara Schumann – ein Lebensbogen,
local guide-books Eye contacts with Robert Schumann – Encounters in todayʹs Leipzig,
and Robert Schumann in the footsteps of painters and poets – Bastei and Brocken, as well as Eye contacts with Robert Schumann – Encounters in todayʹs Dresden