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Fritz Rau

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German music promoter (1930-2013)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1930 to 2013 · aged 83
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Fritz Rau was a German music promoter, who was influential in the development of the appreciation of jazz and blues music in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been a leading promoter of rock and pop music.

Also inDeutsch

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Fritz Rau (2006)Fritz Rau (2006)

Awards 3

2001Echo Pop Honorary Award
1998Hessian Order of Merit
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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About this person

Fritz Rau was a German music promoter, who was influential in the development of the appreciation of jazz and blues music in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been a leading promoter of rock and pop music. He was nominated to the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012, together with his former business partner Horst Lippmann.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2013 · aged 83
Written about in
7 languages

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