THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
16 Friday, April 25, 1975
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Karl Haas walked into
the recording studio with a
record under his arm, spoke
briefly with the engineer,
and then completed an
hour-long segment of his
nationally syndicated radio
program, "Adventures in
Good Music," using the re-
cording, a baby grand piano,
two books of music history,
and a stop watch.
"That's the first time in
30 years that's happened,"
Haas explained after the
segment was completed.
Relying mainly on his ex-
tensive personal collection
of classical recordings and
books, Haas tapes programs
for 26 major American ra-
dio stations and the
400-station Armed Forces
network around the world.
In this instance neither
Radio Station WJR nor his
personal collection con-
tained the record he needed,
and Haas stopped the re-
cording session to pick up
the record at the main
branch of the Detroit Public
Library. "Luckily, they had
it," said Haas, in the deep,
resonant voice that has be-
come familiar to Detroiters
and others during the past
40 years.
Haas was born in Ger-
many, and came to Detroit
in 1936 to join the faculty
of the Netzorg School of
Piano, and continue his _
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KARL HAAS
own studies under Artur
Schnabel in New York.
For 21 years he was organ-
ist and music director at
Temple Israel, where he is
a charter member. ,
But his radio work over-
lapped that period, and in
1959 he became WJR's di-
rector of fine ,arts and
started the Peabody Award-
winning "Adventures" pro-
grams. In addition, Haas
has a television series in
Pittsburgh scheduled, a
Miami radio show, is a
member of the boards of
directors and has conducted
both the Miami Philhar-
monic and the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra, and plans
a New York radio show for
the fall.
He has just completed a
year-long series of taped-
for-radio classes as distin-
guished visiting professor at
Central Michigan Univer-
sity, "and I enjoyed it very
much," he said. "They
granted me complete free-
dom to pick subjects, mate-
rials and write the tests. I
would not have done it oth-
erwise." Haas visited the
campus to meet with the
students -as well,
But his regular schedule
is a busy one, taping two un-
rehearsed programs at a
time, visiting the cities
where his work takes him.
His completely unrehearsed
shows are done without
scripts, and he does most of
the piano works himself.
"Several years ago a
producer asked me why I
did not occassionally use
one of the taped programs
from three or four years
back," Haas said. "I've
been in music my entire
life, and the constant chal-
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strengthen friendship with
the Arabs, and that it would
oppose any deed adversely
affecting Arab interests.
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lenge keeps me interested.
Nothing is the same each
day. I never repeat a pro-
gram. I love the idea of
new vistas.''
He said much of the per-
sonal reward he receives
from his programs comes
from the letters of listeners.
"Once someone asked me
what religion I am, since my
programs celebrated Catho-
lic masses, Jewish liturgy,
Byzantine holidays, and
others."
Haas makes no effort to
hide his Jewish background,
but is proud that his pro-
grams cover all areas. "One
letter I received," he ex-
plained, "said the writer
never realized how beautiful
synagogue music could be
because the writer had
never heard it before. That,
to me, is rewarding."
As for Jewish programs,
he annually has a special
show of litul.gical music for
the High Holy Days, and a
program of secular music in
honor of Passover. And he
works in Jewish music when
it fits a program's theme,
just as he utilizes the music
of other religions.
"My Judiasm is in -here,"
he said, tapping himself on
the chest. He told a story of
a wealthy man stopping his
car next to a hobo and
trying to obtain directions.
After failing to get any an-
swers to his questions, the
man accused the hobo of not
knowing anything. The hobo
replied, "I'm not lost."
And Haas smiled and
said, "That's how I feel
about my faith."
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