Böcker av Hans Keller

Between 1946 and 1959, the most outspoken voice in British film music was that of the celebrated Austrian imigri critic, Hans Keller (1919-85). He argued passionately for 'the need for competent film music criticism', laid out the main topics of the day, and studied the contribution of all the main British composers and many others besides. In particular he championed William Alwyn, Arthur Benjamin and Alan Rawsthorne as well as the more established names of Auric, Bernstein, Britten, Thomson, Vaughan Williams and Walton. In 1959 he also devoted a column to 'television music'. This important collection of writings will form a vital complement to the contemporary Composing for the Film by Hanns Eisler and Theodor Adorno, and will provide an invaluable and unparalleled account of a great age for film music. Includes line drawings by Milein Cosman.

Hans Keller (1919-1985) was one of the most brilliant and stimulating writers on music of his day, and this is the first large selection of his essays.

A provocative collection of writings on film music by the celebrated critic, Hans Keller [1919-85].

States that for three or four decades after the Second World War, musical thinking in Britain was dominated by psychology. This book explores how a psychoanalytical musical criticism may be grounded in individual and small-group psychology.

Of the few composers who have possessed an intrinsic mastery of the string quartet Haydn was the first and, Hans Keller submits, the greatest. The extraordinary depth of Hans Keller's treatment of this music will give insight not only to players of all levels but also to non-playing listeners. A brilliant study of 4 seminal works.