Hermann Keller (20 November 1885 – 17 August 1967) was a German Protestant church musician and musicologist.
Life Born in Stuttgart 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.Paul Meißner (ed.): Old Men's Directory of the German Singers. Leipzig 1934, . Max Reger, 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 organist at the Stadtkirche in Weimar. 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 as docent 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.Die musikalische artikulation insbesondere bei Joh. Seb. Bach on WorldCat Bärenreiter Verlag, Augsburg 1925. Schule des klassischen Triospiels.Schule des klassischen Triospiels on WorldCat Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1928. Schule des Generalbassspiels.Schule des Generalbassspiels on WorldCat Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1931; 5th edition 1967. Schule der Choral-Improvisation. Mit 121 Notenbeispielen.Schule der Choral-Improvisation. Mit 121 Notenbeispielen on WorldCat Peters, Leipzig 1939. Die Kunst des Orgelspiels. Mit 250 Notenbeispielen.Die Kunst des Orgelspiels. Mit 250 Notenbeispielen on WorldCat Pester, Leipzig 1941. Die Orgelwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe.Die Orgelwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe on WorldCat Peters, Leipzig 1948. Die Klavierwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe.Die Klavierwerke Bachs. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte, Form, Deutung und Wiedergabe on WorldCat Peters, Leipzig 1950. Domenico Scarlatti. Ein Meister des Klaviers.Domenico Scarlatti. Ein Meister des Klaviers on WorldCat Peters, Leipzig 1957. The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. Werk und Wiedergabe. Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 1965, . (dtv, 1981, )
Honours 1952: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Literature
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Volume 9, .
References
External links
H. Keller on DDB Website tu Hermann Keller by Andreas Keller