Hans Keller (1919-1985) was an Austrian-born British musician and writer who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, and invented the method of 'Wordless Functional Analysis' (in which a work is analysed in musical sound alone, without any words being heard or read). Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Musicology is reasoned discourse concerning music (Greek: μουσικη = music and λογος = word or reason). In other words: the whole body of systematized knowledge about music which results from the application of a scientific method of investigation or research, or of philosophical speculation and rational systematization to the facts, the processes and the... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ...

Keller was born into a well-to-do and culturally well-connected Jewish family in Vienna,^[1] and as a boy was taught by the same Oskar Adler who had, decades earlier, been Arnold Schoenberg's boyhood friend and first teacher. He also came to know the composer and performer Franz Schmidt. In 1938 the Anschluss forced him to flee to London (where he had relatives), and in the years that followed he became a prominent and influential figure in the UK's musical and music-critical life. Initially active as a violinist and violist, he soon found his niche as a highly prolific and provocative writer on music as well as an influential teacher, lecturer, broadcaster and coach. For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Adler, Oskar (1875-1955), Austrian violinist, physician and esoteric savant, a close friend of Arnold Schoenberg from their schooldays, taught him the rudiments of music, gave him his first grounding in philosophy, and played chamber music with him. ... Schoenberg redirects here. ... Franz Schmidt (December 22, 1874 – February 11, 1939) was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist. ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow. ...

An original thinker never afraid of controversy, Keller's passionate support of composers whose work he saw as under-valued or insufficiently understood made him a tireless advocate of Benjamin Britten and Arnold Schoenberg as well as an illuminating analyst of figures such as Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Much of this advocacy was carried out from within the BBC, where he came to hold several senior positions. A composer is a person who writes music. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Schoenberg redirects here. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (IPA: , baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. ... Portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792 Franz[1] Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period, and is called by some the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent... 1820 portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: ), (baptized December 17, 1770[1] – March 26, 1827) was a German composer. ... Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ...

Keller's gift for systematic thinking, allied to his philosophical and psycho-analytic knowledge, bore fruit in the method of 'Wordless Functional Analysis' (abbreviated by the soccer-loving Keller as 'FA'), designed to furnish incontrovertibly audible demonstrations of a masterwork's 'all-embracing background unity'. This method was developed in tandem with a 'Theory of Music' which focuses on the 'meaningful contradiction of expectations'. The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ... Psychoanalysis is a family of psychological theories and methods based on the work of Sigmund Freud. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Keller was married to the artist Milein Cosman, whose drawings illustrated some of his work. Milein Cosman - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

As a man very prominent in the world of 'contemporary music' (even working for several years as the BBC's 'Chief Assistant, New Music'), Keller had close personal and professional ties with many composers, and was frequently the dedicatee of new compositions. Those who dedicated works to him include: In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. ...

• Benjamin Britten (String Quartet No.3, Op. 94)
• Benjamin Frankel (String Quartet No.5, Op.43)
• Philip Grange,
• David Matthews,
• Bayan Northcott,
• Buxton Orr (Piano Trio No.1; 'In admiration and friendship'),
• Robert Simpson (Symphony No.7; 'To Hans and Milein Keller').
• Robert Matthew-Walker (Piano Sonata No.3 - 'Fantasy-Sonata: Hamlet'), Op.34

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Bibliography

• Hans Keller and Donald Mitchell (Contrs & 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: The Great Haydn Quartets - Their Interpretation (OUP; ISBN 0-460-86107-7).
• Hans Keller (Ed. Christopher Wintle): Hans Keller - Essays on Music (ISBN 0-521-67348-8).
• Hans Keller (Ed. Christopher Wintle): Music and Psychology - From Vienna to London (1939-1952) (ISBN 0-9540123-2-1).
• Hans Keller (Ed. Gerold W. Gruber): "Functional Analysis: the Unity of Contrasting Themes: Complete Edition of the Analytical Scores" (Lang 2001; ISBN 3-631-36059-2).
• A.M. 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, transcr. and ed. Mark Doran, 'Tempo', No. 195 (Jan 1996), pp. 6-12.

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References

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians

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External links

• At the National Portrait Gallery
• "Look of The Week", video of Keller interviewing Pink Floyd after Astronomy Domine (1967)