0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music

Buy Now

Hans Keller and Internment - The Development of an Emigre Musician (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,480
Discovery Miles 14 800
Hans Keller and Internment - The Development of an Emigre Musician (Hardcover, New): Alison Garnham, Christopher Wintle

Hans Keller and Internment - The Development of an Emigre Musician (Hardcover, New)

Alison Garnham, Christopher Wintle; Edited by Christopher Wintle

Series: Hans Keller Archive

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 | Repayment Terms: R139 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

The story of influentiual music critic, Hans Keller's months in British internment camps in 1940 and its effect on his intellectual development. After World War II, the musical life of Britain was transformed by the Hitler emigres. None was more influential than the writer and broadcaster Hans Keller who arrived in London from Vienna in 1938. Although his thought was grounded in the work of Kant and Freud, he devoted himself to music after hearing Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. His remarkable development was accelerated during the nine months he spent in British internment camps, where from 1940 onwards the deracinated flower of European culture was confined . This book sets the story of Keller's internment in the context of what is still a too-little remembered part of British wartime history and traces its remarkable effects in the decade following his release as he gradually found his niche in London life. It includes several important texts, including that of his famous broadcast on the Kristallnacht, 'Vienna 1938', a selection of poignant letters from his two camps (in translation) and ends with a spirited memoir by Donald Mitchell of 'Hans Keller in the Early Years'. It is a remarkable and elegant contribution to our understanding both of Keller's development and of Britain in the 1940s.

General

Imprint: Plumbago Books and Arts
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Hans Keller Archive
Release date: November 2011
First published: November 2011
Authors: Alison Garnham • Christopher Wintle
Editors: Christopher Wintle
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 224
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-9556087-7-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN: 0-9556087-7-5
Barcode: 9780955608773

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners