1. Karl Haas was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music.
12 Facts About Karl Haas
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Karl Haas 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.
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Karl Haas was a respected musicologist, as well as an accomplished pianist and conductor.
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Karl Haas studied at the Mannheim Conservatory and earned a doctorate in music literature from Heidelberg University.
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Karl Haas first settled in Detroit, Michigan, then lived in other places, returning to Detroit near the end of his life.
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Karl Haas began his radio program, Adventures in Good Music, on WJR in Detroit, Michigan in 1959.
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Karl Haas started every show with his trademark greeting "Hello everyone", and later entitled a track of his CD with those words.
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Karl Haas received the Charles Frankel Award of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1991.
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Karl Haas twice won the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting.
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Karl Haas did not produce any new episodes of the show in the last two years of his life.
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Karl Haas died at the age of 91 on 6 February 2005 at a hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Karl Haas was survived by his sons, Jeffrey and Andrew, by his daughter, Alyce, and by two grandchildren.