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Born in Wallasey in 1929, Keith won a scholarship to Lancing College before graduating in Classics at Wadham College, Oxford, followed by a B.A. in English and a B. Mus. at Durham.
Keith then taught in Madrid in 1953 and at the University in Ankara whilst also broadcasting and translating. He tutored the children of the then Prime Minister of Turkey, Adnan Menderes; an arrangement which ended abruptly with the 1960 coup d’état.
Keith taught at Fort Augustus Abbey School then at Stonyhurst College whilst also resuming violin studies with Alexandre Moskowsky. He then lectured at James Graham College and the College of Music in Leeds.
In 1973 Keith joined the music department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, becoming head of the department until 1977. Whilst teaching, Keith was also busy broadcasting, performing and writing. Keith met with Klaus Heymann, the founder of Naxos records, led to collaboration on recording projects, a job as editor of Hi-Fi and Music Review Magazine and as writer of thousands of sleeve notes for recordings. Keith was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts two months before his death.
Keith returned to the UK in the late 1990s and passed away on 2 January 2023. He is survived by five children, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
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