Hermann Keller (20 November 1885 – 17 August 1967) was a German Protestant

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ian and

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Life

Born in

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the son of an architect, he followed his father's profession by also studying architecture in Stuttgart and Munich. During his studies he became a member of the Stuttgart " Swabia" in 1903.

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

, with whom Keller took private lessons, advised him to make music his profession. Keller followed this advice and thereupon studied additionally in Munich, Stuttgart and Leipzig. From 1910 he worked as a teacher at the Grand Ducal Music School and

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at the Stadtkirche in

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. In 1916, however, he moved back to his home town of Stuttgart, where he worked as organist at the Markuskirche. (1916), lecturer at the Technical College (1919), teacher at the College of Music (1920) as well as head of its department for church and school music (1928-1933). After the Second World War, he was director of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (1946-1952) and was significantly involved in its reconstruction. Keller died in 1967 at age 81 as the result of a traffic accident. Keller was one of the most important persons for the . At the beginning of the 20th century, he published organ works and performed mainly

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

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and interpreter not only in Europe but also in the USA and Japan. Through his long-standing 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, and .

Writings

* ''Die musikalische Artikulation insbesondere bei Johann Sebastian Bach. Mit 342 Notenbeispielen und einem Anhang: Versuch einer Artikulation der Fugenthemen des Wohltemperierten Klaviers und der Orgelwerke''. Bärenreiter Verlag, Augsburg 1925. * ''Schule des klassischen Triospiels''. Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1928. * ''Schule des Generalbassspiels''. Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1931; 5th edition 1967. * ''Schule der Choral-Improvisation. Mit 121 Notenbeispielen''. Peters, Leipzig 1939. * ''Die Kunst des Orgelspiels. Mit 250 Notenbeispielen''. Pester, Leipzig 1941. * ''Die Orgelwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe''. Peters, Leipzig 1948. * ''Die Klavierwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe''. Peters, Leipzig 1950. * ''Domenico Scarlatti. Ein Meister des Klaviers''.''Domenico Scarlatti. Ein Meister des Klaviers''
on WorldCat Peters, Leipzig 1957. * ''

The Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time ''clavier'' referred to a variety of keyboard instruments, ...

by Johann Sebastian Bach. Werk und Wiedergabe''. Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1965, . (dtv, 1981, )

Honours

* 1952:

Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

Literature

* * * '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', Volume 9, .

References

External links

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by Andreas Keller {{DEFAULTSORT:Keller, Hermann German classical organists 20th-century German musicologists German music educators Bach scholars Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1885 births 1967 deaths Musicians from Stuttgart