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Keith Humble

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Keith Humble
Background information
Born6 September 1927
DiedMay 23, 1995(1995-05-23)(aged 67)
Occupation(s)Composer
Instrument(s)Piano

Leslie Keith HumbleAM(1927–1995) was an Australian pianist, composer, and professor of music.

Career[edit]

Keith Humble was born 6 September 1927 inGeelong,Victoria. He began learning piano at age five, and later formed his own swing jazz band while at school.[1]

He studied atWestgarth Central SchoolandUniversity High Schoolafter his family had moved toNorthcote,and in 1947 he studied piano withRoy Shepherdat theUniversity of Melbourne's Conservatorium of Music.[1]

During the 1950s, Humble travelled to Paris, where he founded and served as director of the Centre de Musique at theAmerican Centerin Paris.[2]He returned to Australia in 1966 and founded the Society for the Private Performance of New Music and the Electronic Music Studio at theUniversity of Melbourne'sGrainger Centre.[3]This included creating electronic instruments such as the Optronic Workstation,[4]and furthering the work ofPercy Grainger.[5]

In 1974 Humble was appointed foundation professor of music atLa Trobe University,[2]where he further experimented with electronic music and the avant-garde.[1]He resigned from this position in 1984 to focus on composition.[6]

Following the death of Keith Humble in 1995, his widow Jill Humble assisted in the opening of The Keith Humble Centre for Music and the Performing Arts atGeelong College.[7]In 2000, Latrobe University named one of their performance spaces the Keith Humble Auditorium in his honour.[8]

Honours[edit]

As part of the1982 Queen's Birthday Honours,Humble was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of theOrder of Australia.[9]

Further reading[edit]

Humble, Jill (2015)Keith Humble, Music and Me - Memories of a Shared Life,Fernmill Book. ISBN 9780646938844

References[edit]

  1. ^abcMarcheff, Sophie,"Humble, Leslie Keith (1927–1995)",Australian Dictionary of Biography,Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,retrieved2023-07-11
  2. ^abFrancois, Jean-Charles (1995-01-01)."In memoriam Keith Humble".Perspectives of New Music.33(1–2): 208–216.
  3. ^Whiteoak, John (1989)."Interview with Keith Humble".Rainer Linz.Retrieved2023-07-11.
  4. ^"Keith Humble's Optronic Workstation Featuring the EMS VCS-1".Google Arts & Culture.Retrieved2023-07-11.
  5. ^Whiteoak, John (1995)."Keith Humble, the Music-Maker with a Message"(PDF).Context(10): 5–9.
  6. ^Hannan, Michael (2015-11-01)."Keith Humble, Music and Me - Memories of a Shared Life | Loud Mouth".Music Trust.Retrieved2023-07-11.
  7. ^Howell, Mike (June 2022)."Memories of a shared life".Ad Astra.Retrieved2023-07-12.
  8. ^"HUMBLE, Keith AM (1927-1995)".Heritage Guide to The Geelong College.Retrieved12 July2023.
  9. ^"The list".Canberra Times.1982-06-12.Retrieved2023-07-11.
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