drol 11,954 Posted December 27, 2019 16 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Jerry Herman, composer for Mame and Hello Dolly! dead: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/hello-dolly-composer-jerry-herman-dies-at-88/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379154/ IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-herman-6278 Edit: Mail QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7829927/Mame-Hello-Dolly-composer-Jerry-Herman-dies-88.html A declared homosexual, he lived 34 years with AIDS by the way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, drol said: A declared homosexual, he lived 34 years with AIDS by the way. Probably Jewish as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,954 Posted December 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Probably Jewish as well. He was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 27, 2019 To be honest, is there any jewish declared homosexual who' s NOT a composer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, drol said: A declared homosexual, he lived 34 years with AIDS by the way. 21 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Probably Jewish as well. He would surely have fit in as many threads as Franco Zeffirelli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted December 27, 2019 5 hours ago, gcreptile said: To be honest, is there any jewish declared homosexual who' s NOT a composer? It goes like this: There are three kind of pianists: jewish pianists, gay pianists and bad pianists 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted December 28, 2019 Greek Composer Thanos Mikroutsikos dead at 72 years. He was considered as one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene https://www.efsyn.gr/efsyn-city/moysika-nea/224828_efyge-o-spoydaios-thanos-mikroytsikos 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted January 2, 2020 Violinist Jaap Schröder dead at 94 years on 1/1/2020.. I happen to have his fine recording of Bach sonatas and partitas. To Bladey Spears (the resident superhero) this is the first interesting death in 2020. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 8, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/01/07/stephen-sondheim-89-temporarily-incapacitated-after-fall/ Stephen Sondheim temporarily incapacitated after a fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted January 21, 2020 For those of us who've plumped for Belinda Sykes in any dead pools this year, interview with her on BBC 3 the other day here. 34:40 in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 21, 2020 How do you find gems like this SC ?? Soo useful to me at least ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, grobler said: How do you find gems like this SC ?? Soo useful to me at least ! Spade is just a huge fan of medieval music 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted January 21, 2020 Me and the lads on a Friday night 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 21, 2020 Actually, I really have seen Sykes' band Joglaresa live in concert. Damned if I can remember which festival it was though, but they weren't a great choice after consuming vast amounts of drugs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 21, 2020 She showed up in my research too, but I cut her on obit grounds. Which I’m starting to regret a little now... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 21, 2020 I saw Sykes presumably on the same website everyone else did (ie Slipped Disc, is it a secret when Reptiles quoted it so often?), but am still unconvinced of her QO potential. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, msc said: I saw Sykes presumably on the same website everyone else did (ie Slipped Disc, is it a secret when Reptiles quoted it so often?), but am still unconvinced of her QO potential. well...if you listen to the above radio 3 link (who listens to radio 3 btw?) , there's no need to worry about ANY obit in the near future it seems.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted February 1, 2020 American Pianist Peter Serkin dead at 72 years: https://www.inquirer.com/news/peter-serkin-curtis-institute-marlboro-rudolf-serkin-tashi-20200201.html He won a 1966 Grammy Award when he was 19 for Best New Classical Artist/Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist and would go on to be nominated several more times throughout his career. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted February 12, 2020 How did I miss this?? https://www.afm47.org/press/services-for-ethmer-c-roten-jr/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted February 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Predictor said: How did I miss this?? https://www.afm47.org/press/services-for-ethmer-c-roten-jr/ Oh wow, but then, apparently, so did everyone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted February 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Predictor said: How did I miss this?? https://www.afm47.org/press/services-for-ethmer-c-roten-jr/ Who? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Who? Presumably the musician who worked on shitloads of Disney films? https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5948860/ A DDP pick. I had a look around in January and could see nothing to say they died off radar last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted February 14, 2020 Dutch conductor, pianist & composer Reinbert de Leeuw dead at the age of 81. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinbert_de_Leeuw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted February 17, 2020 Hamish Milne: https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/pianist-hamish-milne-dies-aged-80/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted February 24, 2020 Bob Cobert dead at 95 according to this. Composed the scores for dozens of films and TV shows, most of them in the horror genre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
