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OH 1700

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeRASCHEN, Gudrun (b. *)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1700
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman’s University. Childhood and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents’ move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously; involvement in anti-apartheid movement; decision to move to the U.S. for graduate school; attraction of UNT Doctorate of Musical Arts program; first impressions of the U.S. and of Denton; comparison and contrast of life in Germany, South Africa, and the U.S.; plans for the future.
Interviewer(s)Abra Schnur
Physical Description41 pp.
Terms of UseOpen