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Recent Classical Musician Deaths ~ 2004
JUNE 2004
- 26 JUN 2004 CORRADO, Charles Vincent (MARINE Pianist)
Charles Vincent Corrado was the longest-serving musician
in the US Marine Band. He played piano for 10 presidents. He died in Patomac, MD at age 64.
- 23 JUN 2004 STEIN, Leonard (Pianist, authority on Schoenberg)
Leonard Stein, was a pianist and authority on the music of Arnold
Schoenberg. He
became one of the pre-eminent figures in Los Angeles' musical life.
- age 87.
- 05 JUN 2004 BROWN, Iona (Violinist, Conductor)
Iona Brown, has died of cancer. She was a central figure in British music-making through playing with, and then directing, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields as it became the world's most recorded chamber orch. b-Salibury, England 7 JAN 1941. d-5 JUN 2004. - age 63.
- 03 JUN 2004 MESSERER, Sulamith (Russian dancer)
Sulamith Messerer, died aged 95, was the Bolshoi Ballet's prima ballerina for more than 20 years and, as a student, ballerina, teacher and choreographer, devoted her life to classical ballet.
- 03 JUN 2004 KRAMER, Jonathan (Composer, professor)
Composer Jonathan Kramer, former professor of composition and theory
at
the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the
Cincinnati
Symphony has passed away at the age of 61.
Columbia bio. Kramer was a composer and musical theorist who also taught at Columbia University and wrote music that drew from Baroque music and jazz. - age 61. d-Manhattan, NYC b-Hartford, CT 7 DEC 1942 / Photo, Bio
- 03 JUN 2004 WRIGHT, M. Searle (Composer, Teacher and Organ Expert)
M. Searle Wright was a composer, teacher and master of both classic and theater pipe organ. - age 86.
- 03 JUN 2004 GALISON, Lawrence A. (Music Publisher)
(1929-2004) The Director of Edwin F. Kalmus & Co. Lawrence A Galison, passed
away in his sleep. Mr Galison was responsible for the
creation of the largest publisher of orchestral music in the world.
Under his direction, the firm expanded both the quantity and quality of
its catalog to an extent unrivalled in the field of classical music
publishing. His son, Leon L Galison, assumes direction of the firm.
- 02 JUN 2004 GHIAUROV, Nicolai (Opera Singer)
Bulgarian-born opera singer Nicolai Ghiaurov passed away in central Italy at the age of 74. He was known as one of the greats ...
- 01 JUN 2004 Chang Xiangyu (Chinese Henan Opera actress)
ZHENGZHOU, June 1 Noted Chinese Henan Opera actress Chang Xiangyu, hailed as the "Empress of Henan Opera", died. Closing her legendary life on the stage which earned her great popularity. ~ age 81.
END MUSICIANS milestones June 2004
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