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> Monday, February 3, 2003 10:53 AM
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> Composer Lou Harrison (1917 - 2003)
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> It is with great sadness that I report that composer Lou Harrison died
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> yesterday evening while traveling to a festival of his music at Ohio
> State
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> University. Official information from Professor Donald Harris who was
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> coordinating the festival is appended below.
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> (Begin forwarded message)
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> Last night, while traveling from Chicago to Columbus, Lou Harrison
> passed
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> away. We had sent Adam Schweigert and Joe Panzner, two students in
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> Composition and Theory, to Chicago with a University van to greet Lou
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> his traveling companion, Todd Burlingame, and drive them back to
> campus for
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> the Festival. Lou does not like to fly and took the train, the
> California
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> Zephyr, from near San Francisco to Chicago. The train arrived at about
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> 5:15 PM. While en route to Indianapolis, their overnight destination,
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> Adam, Joe, Lou and Todd decided to stop at a Denny's restaurant in
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> Lafayette, Indiana, for some dinner. Lou stumbled and fell upon getting
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> out of the vehicle and apparently suffered a heart attack. He had great
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> difficulty breathing. Paramedics were called and they arrived within
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> minutes. Lou was transported to the hospital but was unable to be
> revived.
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> He passed away around 9 or 9:30 PM. We are awaiting the coroner's
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> report for final confirmation of the cause of death.
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> This is a great tragedy for the entire world of music. Lou was as
> excited
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> about the Festival as we were. Our sympathies go out to all in the
> world
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> of music and dance who treasured his great gift. I will always remember
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> the joy in his voice when we spoke over the telephone about the
> Festival.
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> He was an active participant in planning the concerts. He had also
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> prepared a special seminar for OSU students in composition. He was very
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> much looking forward to the CSO performances of his Third Symphony in a
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> final revision that he had just completed. He told me how honored he
> felt
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> to have so many of his compositions performed on the Festival. Let
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> everyone know that the Festival will go on as planned as a tribute to
> this
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> legendary American musician.
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> Lou Harrison will be cremated today; his remains shipped back to
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> California. He was eighty-five years old.
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> Donald Harris, Professor of Composition & Theory
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> School of Music, The Ohio State University
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> 301 Weigel Hall
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> 1866 College Avenue
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> Columbus, Ohio 43210-1170
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> telephone: (614) 688-4728; fax: (614) 292-1102
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> home phone: (614) 459-8656; home fax (614) 459-8757
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