|
Welcome to the
MUSICIANS milestones page of
aMUSIClassical Directory
Our Classical Music website
for good music lovers.
Click to subscribe to MUSIClassicalist discussion list
|
Recent Classical Musician Deaths ~ 2004
FEBRUARY 2004
- 29 FEB 2004 COLE, Dorothy (Mezzo soprano)
Dorothy Cole´s opera career flourished as a Valkyrie, witch, goddess and dozens of other supporting roles with leading companies. She died of congestive heart failure. age - 71.
- 26 FEB 2004 BOSHKOVA, Nelly (Mezzo-soprano)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Bulgarian opera singer Nelly Boshkova has died in Vienna. The cause of her death was not disclosed.
A mezzo-soprano who was a member of the Vienna opera since 1991. ~ age 54.
- 15 FEB 2004 OWENS, Dennis (WGMS RADIO, CLASSICAL MUSIC Host)
Dennis Owens, for years the voice of the Washington DC classical radio
station WGMS, emceed the evening, offering humorous (and occasionally
apocryphal)
tidbits of classical music notes.
- 13 FEB 2004 GELLHORN, Peter (British conductor)
See John Calder's
February 16 2004 obituary in The Guardian Unlimited
Distinguished conductor in the old tradition - disciplined, authoritarian and ready to turn his hand to any new musical experience.
~ age 91.
- 12 FEB 2004 MEISELS, Ida Ruth (Pianist and composer)
Ida Ruth Meisels, a pianist who composed and preserved Hebrew and
Yiddish
music over a 50-year career, died Feb. 12 in North Miami, Fla. ~ age 93.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
- 08 FEB 2004 GOLDSCHMIDT, Niki (Founder of Canadian Music Festivals and Opera Company)
Nicholas (Niki) Goldschmidt, who founded music festivals across the country and what would become the Canadian Opera Company, died at his home. ~ age 95.
- 04 FEB 2004 FRANCAIS, Jacques Francais (Dealer in String Instruments)
See Obituary By DOUGLAS MARTIN in NYTimes.
Jacques Francais was a dealer in classical string instruments who with a glance could authenticate a Stradivarius worth millions and then often match it with its next player. ~ age 80.
END MUSICIANS milestones February 2004
comments, corrections, suggestions write:
R A Campbell, editor
|
