{"id":5064,"date":"2026-06-25T08:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=5064"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:03:16","slug":"dirigent-arnold-keller","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/Portfolio\/dirigent-arnold-keller\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirigent Arnold Keller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De kroniek van de harmonie geeft verschillende details over het overlijden en de betekenis van dirigent <strong>Arnold Keller<\/strong>, die een zeer prominente rol in de verenigingsgeschiedenis speelde.<\/p>\n<p>Dit is wat de bronnen over hem vermelden:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Diensttijd en betekenis:<\/strong> Arnold Keller was de dirigent die de vereniging gedurende het grootste aantal jaren heeft geleid, namelijk <strong>20 jaar<\/strong> (van september 1882 tot oktober 1902). Hij woonde in Aken en was een veelgevraagd musicus die tegelijkertijd ook de &#8216;Bergkapel&#8217; uit Kerkrade en de harmonie Ste. Barbe uit Bleyberg leidde. Hij wordt in de kroniek herinnerd als &#8220;de man met de specifieke snor&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laatste optreden:<\/strong> Zijn laatste reis met de Caecilien-Harmonie was een bezoek aan een muziekfeest in <strong>Spa in 1902<\/strong>. Tijdens de terugreis van dit uitstapje was de sfeer nog zeer vrolijk, maar dit bleek zijn laatste gezamenlijke activiteit met de vereniging te zijn.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-large wp-image-5065\" src=\"https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20683%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/harmonie-vaals.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vaals-Harmonie-St-Cecilia-1836-1933-bezoek-Spa-1.jpg 1574w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Overlijden en begrafenis:<\/strong> Ongeveer zes weken na de reis naar Spa werd Keller na een <strong>zeer kort ziekbed<\/strong> (&#8220;naar ganz kurzem Krankenlager&#8221;) naar zijn laatste rustplaats gebracht. Volgens de offici\u00eble lijst van dirigenten in de kroniek overleed hij op <strong>24 oktober 1902<\/strong> en vond de begrafenis plaats op <strong>27 oktober 1902<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eerbetoon:<\/strong> De vereniging nam officieel deel aan zijn begrafenis en eerde haar langjarige dirigent door een krans op zijn kist te plaatsen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Na zijn dood werd hij opgevolgd door Johann H\u00fclsenbusch, die echter zelf al na een week overleed, waarna Christoph Rothschuh voor een tweede termijn als dirigent werd aangesteld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De kroniek van de harmonie geeft verschillende details over het [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5065,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[71,34],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-anekdotes","portfolio_category-kroniek"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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