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American composer (1943–2019)

Rolf Rainer Gehlhaar (30 December 1943 – 7 July 2019) was an American composer, Professor in Experimental Music at Coventry University and researcher in assistive technology for music.

Life

Born in Breslau, Gehlhaar was the son of a German rocket scientist, who emigrated to the United States in 1953 to work at a rocket-development research centre in New Mexico. Although he took an interest in music from the age of eight or younger, in the post-war years the family could not afford for him to learn an instrument, and so Rolf only began to play the piano at the age of fifteen, and at about the same time began to compose for fun. He took American citizenship in 1958 and studied at Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley. Initially, he had studied medicine, but soon changed his major to philosophy and the philosophy of science; then at Yale he attended a course in composition, which was an arousing experience. He

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Rolf R. Gehlhaar Decem – July 7, Third son of Heinz F. Gehlhaar, test pilot, aeronautical engineer and rocket scientist, and Gisela M. Bischoff, fine arts teacher, was born on Decem in Breslau (Silesia, Germany).

Rolf Gehlhaar Biography

This article evaluates the contribution to contemporary music and digital sound design of the German-American composer and inventor Rolf Gehlhaar (–).

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Rolf Rainer Gehlhaar (30 December 1943 – 7 July 2019) was an American composer, Professor in Experimental Music at Coventry University and researcher in assistive technology for music.

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Rolf Gehlhaar Biography

Gehlhaar was born in Breslau towards the end of World War Two. His father was a rocket scientist, and his mother a teacher of fine art.

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This article evaluates the contribution to contemporary music and digital sound design of the German-American composer and inventor Rolf Gehlhaar (1943–2019).