Schaarwächter, Jürgen 1967–

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Schaarwächter, Jürgen 1967–

(Jurgen Schaarwachter, Juergen Schaarwaechter)

PERSONAL: Born March 8, 1967, in Cologne, Germany; son of Georg (a local government officer) and Else Hermine Margot (a secretary; maiden name, Philipps) Schaarwächter; companion of Gerd Hupperich. Education: University of Cologne, M.A. (magna cum laude), 1991, D.Phil., 1995. Hobbies and other interests: Swimming, detective fiction, designing compact disc covers and booklets.

ADDRESSES: Home—Pariser Straβe 3, Bonn 53117, Germany. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Hochschule für Musik, Cologne, Germany, musicological assistant, 1991–92; University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany, lecturer in music, 1997; University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, honorary research fellow, 1997–98; Max-Reger-Institute, Koblenz, musicological assistant, 1999–.

MEMBER: Internationale Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft, Internationale Max-Reger-Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, British Music Society (German representative), Havergal Brian Society (continental Europe representative, 1998–).

AWARDS, HONORS: Award from Offermann-Hergarten-Stiftung, 1996, for Die Britische Sinfonie, 1914–1945; Deutsche Musikeditionspreis, best edition, 2005, for Reger-Studien 7: Festschrift Für Susanne Popp.

WRITINGS:

Richard Strauss und die Sinfonie, Verlag Dohr (Cologne, Germany), 1994.

(Editor) Roland Tenschert, Straussiana aus Vier Jahrzehnten, Verlag Hans Schneider (Tutzing, Germany), 1994.

Die Britische Sinfonie, 1914–1945, Verlag Dohr (Cologne, Germany), 1995.

(Editor) HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian, Ashgate Publishing (Brookfield, VT), 1997.

(Editor, with Heribert Klein and Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller) Kirchenmusik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Festschrift Hans Schmidt zum 65 Geburtstag, Dohr (Cologne, Germany), 1998.

(Coeditor) Reger-Studien 7: Festschrift Für Susanne Popp, Carus (Stuttgart, Germany), 2004.

Editor of Mitteilungen der Internationalen Max-Reger-Gesellschaft, 2000–, and TONIC, periodical of the Robert Simpson Society, 2001–. Contributor of articles and reviews to numerous periodicals.