Tag Archives: Hans Keller

Hans Keller and the anti-programme note programme note: a tale in 1231 words

Posted on 23 June 2017 by

For this post, I am calling in the specialist and allowing him the floor to make his case. Dear reader, I leave you in the capable hands of Hans Keller for the next 1,184 words [with the occasional editorial interjection … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Purcell: treasure trove in the Keller Archive

Posted on 26 May 2017 by

That caught your eye, dear reader, didn’t it? But first, I must come clean to my many delightful Keller followers: this is not about the man himself or indeed his insights into Purcell (not that I’m aware he had any). … Continue reading →

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From the back row of the stalls: Hans Keller and film music

Posted on 21 April 2017 by

“In its relation to its audiences, film music is the most disquieting problem child of contemporary art (the stress being not only on ‘problem’, but also on ‘child’).” So begins an unpublished article written by Hans Keller in August 1947 … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller, Haydn and Marion Scott

Posted on 16 December 2016 by

Bear with me, gentle reader – there is a connection…somewhere… I have just spent most of a day reassembling the jigsaw of the manuscript of Hans Keller‘s book The Great Haydn Quartets [M668.c.95.53] – no easy task when one’s knowledge of the … Continue reading →

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“And during the interval, Hans Keller will…”: radio scripts in the Keller Archive

Posted on 4 November 2016 by

By the time of his retirement in March 1979, Hans Keller had become one of the most experienced radio broadcasters and talks producers of his generation. Not only had he delivered a prodigious number of talks for the BBC, but … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller the storyteller

Posted on 24 June 2016 by

Tucked away in the Hans Keller Archive here at the University Library is a cache of material from the early years of Keller’s career, much of which has, so far, not yet seen the light of day: his literary writings … Continue reading →

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“Please send some cocoa”: Hans Keller’s letters from internment

Posted on 22 April 2016 by

In the summer of 1940, in the face of what seemed the inexorable advance of Nazi Germany across Europe towards English shores, bringing with it the fear of imminent invasion, the British Government decided that it would be expedient to … Continue reading →

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