Hans Keller (musicologist)

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Hans Keller (completely Hans Heinrich Keller ; born March 11, 1919 in Vienna ; † November 6, 1985 in London ) was an influential, Austrian-born, British musician, musicologist and radio host.

Life

Keller was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna. The family also had lively contacts with the city's cultural and artistic scene. Keller was first taught by Oskar Adler , who had also been Arnold Schönberg's teacher. In 1938, after the annexation of Austria, he was forced to flee to London with the help of his British brother-in-law . In 1940 he was interned on the Isle of Man . From 1943 he studied violin and viola at the Royal Academy of Music. At first Keller worked as a violinist, but soon found his niche and became an important and influential music critic. From 1959 he worked as an editor in the III. Program of the BBC and also had contacts with the NDR . Keller was considered an international leader in the field of string quartet. As a musicologist , he became known for his “functional analysis” method. His scripts (for radio broadcasts and musicological publications) are stored in the Cambridge University Library . Keller was married to the draftsman Milein Cosman , with whom he also worked artistically.

Fonts

  • Hans Keller and Donald Mitchell (Eds.): Benjamin Britten - A Commentary on His Works from a Group of Specialists ( ISBN 0-8371-5623-8 ).
  • Hans Keller and Milein Cosman: Stravinsky Seen and Heard (Toccata Press; ISBN 0-907689-02-7 ).
  • Hans Keller (edited by Julian Hogg): Criticism 1987 ( ISBN 0-571-14802-6 ).
  • Hans Keller: Music, Closed Societies and Football 1986 ( ISBN 0-907689-21-3 )
  • Hans Keller: The Great Haydn Quartets - Their Interpretation (OUP; ISBN 0-460-86107-7 ).
  • Hans Keller (edited by Christopher Wintle): Hans Keller - Essays on Music ( ISBN 0-521-67348-8 ).
  • Hans Keller (edited by Christopher Wintle): Music and Psychology - From Vienna to London (1939-1952) ( ISBN 0-9540123-2-1 ).
  • Hans Keller (edited by Gerold W. Gruber): Functional Analysis: the Unity of Contrasting Themes: Complete Edition of the Analytical Scores (Lang 2001; ISBN 3-631-36059-2 ).
  • AM Garnham, Hans Keller and the BBC: the musical conscience of British broadcasting, 1959-79 (Ashgate 2003; ISBN 0-7546-0897-2 ).
  • 'The Keller Instinct': TV documentary by Hans Keller and Anton Weinberg (Channel 4, 1985)
  • 'Hans Keller: The Last Interview' (conversation with Anton Weinberg ), transcribed and edited. from. Mark Doran , Tempo , No. 195 (Jan 1996), pp. 6-12
  • 'The Keller Column: Essays by Hans Keller' (edited by R. Matthew-Walker, Lengnick & Co, 1990)
  • Der Turm (The Tower) Libretto: Hans Keller (G) (1983), opera in 2 acts by Josef Tal
  • Hans Keller: The Jerusalem Diary - Music, Society and Politics, 1977 and 1979. (Ed. By C. Wintle & F. Williams) 2001, ISBN 0-9540123-0-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "he described himself as a 'not pious Jew'" ("he described himself as an 'unpious Jew"), see
    Christopher Wintle: Keller, Hans Heinrich (1919–1985). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2011
  2. ↑ Jutta Raab Hansewn: NS-heeled musicians in England. by Bockel-Verlag, Hamburg 1996
  3. ↑ Amanda Hopkinson: Milein Cosman obituary. In: The Guardian . December 4, 2017, accessed December 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keller, Hans Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1985
Place of death London