Karl Haas
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Karl Haas at WJR
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December 6, 1913 Speyer, Palatinate, Germany |
| Died | February 6, 2005 (aged 91) |
Karl Haas (December 6, 1913 – February 6, 2005) was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music. He was the host of the classical music radio program Adventures in Good Music, which was syndicated to commercial and public radio stations around the world. He also published the book Inside Music. He was a respected musicologist, as well as an accomplished pianist and conductor. In 1996, he received an honorary degree in Doctor of Letters from Oglethorpe University.
Haas was born in Speyer, Palatinate, Germany in 1913. He studied at the Mannheim Conservatory and earned a doctorate in music literature from Heidelberg University. He studied piano with Artur Schnabel. Haas was Jewish, and he left Germany in 1936 with the rise of Nazism. He first settled in Detroit, Michigan, then lived in other places, returning to Detroit near the end of his life.
Haas and his wife, Trudie, had two sons and one daughter. Trudie died in 1977.
Haas began his radio program, Adventures in Good Music, on WJR in Detroit, Michigan in 1959. Syndicated broadcasts of the show across the United States began in 1970 on WCLV, a Cleveland, Ohio radio station. The show eventually was syndicated to commercial and public radio stations around the world and became the world's most widely listened-to classical music radio program.
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