Background
Speer, Gotthard Gregor was born on February 27, 1915 in Kuhnern, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Gregor Franz and Maria Anna (Joppich) Speer.
Speer, Gotthard Gregor was born on February 27, 1915 in Kuhnern, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Gregor Franz and Maria Anna (Joppich) Speer.
Student, Academy for Teachers, Beuthen, Federal Republic Germany. Student, Staatl. Hochschulef. Musikerz, Berlin.
Teacher, various primary schools, Federal Republic Germany, 1938-1947;
lecturer, Pad. Academy, Paderborn, Westfalen, Federal Republic Germany, 1947-1950;
lecturer, Pad. Academy, Cologne, Federal Republic Germany, 1950-1957;
professor, Pad.
Hochschule, Rheinland, Koln, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1967;
professor habil, Pad. Hochschule, Rheinland, Koln, Federal Republic Germany, 1968-1980;
professor emeritus, U. Cologne, since 1980. Director Pädag Fachinstitut, Rheinland, Cologne.
Chairman A.G. Musikdozenten Nordrhein/Westfalen, Cologne, 1961-1964, Ag. Musikdozenten in Bundesrepublik, Cologne, 1964-1968.
Founder, director Institute fur Ostdeutsche Musik, Bergisch Gladbach, Federal Republic Germany, 1973-1989. Member Deutscher Hochschulverband, J.G. Herder Forschungsrat, Ostdeutscher Kültürrat.
Married Maria Ida Schürholz, August 24, 1949. Children: Barbara, Liudgera, Bernward, Lioba.