Born in Berlin, Beuerle was the son of the church musician and Lotte Beuerle,
née Engelmann. In his parental home he received his musical imprint through vocal and instrumental ensemble music, especially from the time of the
Baroque. While still a student at a high school in Frankfurt, he studied violin and
chamber music at the
Hoch Conservatory followed by school music at the
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, then violin and postgraduate
conducting studies (artistic maturity examination), as well as
musicology, German studies and philosophy at the
Goethe University Frankfurt. In 1975 he was awarded a doctorate in musicology by
Ludwig Finscher with a thesis on the
a cappella compositions of
Johannes Brahms. While still a student, he took over a student choir at the Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1966, from which the Kammerchor Frankfurt emerged. In 1984 the ensemble was awarded a prize at the international choir competition
Let the Peoples Sing. From 1971 to 1972 he was artistic director of the boys choir of the . In 1973 he accepted a teaching position in choral conducting at the . In 1977 he changed to a professorship at the
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. From 1980 until his retirement in 2006 he was professor for choir and orchestra conducting at the
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. From 1983 until his death he was also
artistic director of the Freiburg Bach Choir and the Freiburg Bach Orchestra. In 1991 the Kammerchor Frankfurt changed seat and name and developed under Beuerle's direction as
Anton-Webern-Chor Freiburg to a professional vocal ensemble. In addition, Beuerle initiated CHŒUR3 e. V. with colleagues from Alsace and Switzerland - International Choir Academy in the triangle of those three countries. Beuerle died in
Freiburg im Breisgau in January 2015 at the age of 73 of a severe pneumonia, which he had contracted after his last public appearance. == Awards ==