ABSTRACT
Hans Keller's BBC life was only a few months old when William Glock's reorganization of Music Division propelled him into the ranks of the Corporation's management. In the spring of 1960, however, when Keller took up the newly-created post of Chief Assistant, Chamber Music and Recitals, he was still, as one of his colleagues of the time puts it, 'on a high with the new BBC'. The BBC had abandoned principles of fundamental importance and was therefore to bear responsibility for the difficulties which followed. During the 1970s, the 'unstoppable flow' became increasingly irritating to the BBC's management, especially as Keller's subject-matter became less specifically musical, and his tone more self-righteous. While writing his column for Broadcast, Keller kept up a lively correspondence with a number of people on 'the Myth of Management', as he called it, and discussion of their opinions formed part of his subject.
