Hermann Keller (musicologist)

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Hermann Keller (born November 20, 1885 in Stuttgart , † August 17, 1967 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Protestant church musician and musicologist .

Life

As the son of an architect, he followed his father's profession by also studying architecture in Stuttgart and Munich . During his studies, he became in 1903 member of the Stuttgart singers shaft Schwaben . Max Reger , with whom Keller took private lessons, advised him to make music his profession. Keller followed this advice and then also studied music in Munich, Stuttgart and Leipzig . From 1910 he worked as a teacher at the grand ducal music school and organist at the city church in Weimar . In 1916, however, he moved back to his hometown Stuttgart, where he worked as organist at the Markuskirche (1916), lecturer at the Technical University (1919), teacher at the University of Music (1920) and head of its department for church and school music (1928 –1933) was active. After the Second World War , as director of the Stuttgart University of Music (1946–1952), he was significantly involved in its reconstruction. Keller died in 1967 as a result of a traffic accident.

Hermann Keller was one of the most important people for the Bach renaissance at the beginning of the 20th century, mainly by publishing Bach's organ works and performing as a lecturer and interpreter not only in Europe, but also in the USA and Japan. Through his long-term collaboration with the Leipzig and Frankfurt publishers " Peters " he became a bridge builder between the two post-war German states.

Important students of his were among others Hans Grischkat , Theophil Laitenberger and Herbert Liedecke .

Fonts

  • The musical articulation especially with Johann Sebastian Bach. With 342 music examples and an appendix: Attempt to articulate the fugue themes of the well-tempered piano and the organ works . Bärenreiter Verlag, Augsburg 1925.
  • School of classic trio play . Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1928.
  • School of thoroughbass playing . Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1931; 5th edition 1967.
  • School of choral improvisation. With 121 music samples . Peters, Leipzig 1939.
  • The art of organ playing. With 250 music samples . Peters, Leipzig 1941.
  • Bach's organ works. A contribution to their history, form, interpretation and rendering . Peters, Leipzig 1948.
  • Domenico Scarlatti. A master of the piano . Peters, Leipzig 1957.
  • The well-tempered piano by Johann Sebastian Bach. Work and reproduction . Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1965, ISBN 3-7618-4373-9 . (dtv, 1981, ISBN 3-423-04373-3 )

Honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Meißner (Ed.): Alt-Herren-Directory of the German Singers. Leipzig 1934, p. 239.

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personal data
SURNAME Keller, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant church musician and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1967
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau