1st Edition

Hans Keller and the BBC The Musical Conscience of British Broadcasting 1959-1979

By A. M. Garnham Copyright 2003
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 2003, Hans Keller and the BBC is a vivid portrait of the changing face of British broadcasting seen through the work of one of its most significant personalities. Starting with an examination of Keller’s early psychological interests, and the evolution of his method of ‘functional analysis’ of music (with which the BBC was intimately concerned), the book charts the huge... Read more
Introduction; 1: In the Beginning; 2: The Birth of Functional Analysis; 3: From the Third Programme to the Music Programme; 4: Music and Words; 5: Music and Management; 6: Dissent

Biography

Alison Garnham was the initial archivist of the Hans Keller Archive when it was first established at Cambridge University Library in 1996. She has written extensively on Hans Keller and music broadcasting in Britain, including Hans Keller and Internment: the development of a musical émigré (2011) and Hans Keller 1919-1985: A musician in dialogue with his times (2019).