Leonard B. Meyer, Scholar of Musicâs Meaning, Is Dead at 89
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Mr. Meyer was a pioneering musicologist whose 1956 book, âEmotion and Meaning in Music,â remains one of the most significant scholarly works in the field of music cognition.
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and "court philosopher" of the Kennedy administration who remained a proud liberal even as others dared not use the word, has died. He was 89.
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HARTFORD, Conn. &#151; Withhold BC-Obit-Vance, an obituary that is also included in BC-Deaths. It is unclear that Paul F. Van Valkenburgh, who died Sept. 6 in Ormand Beach, Fla., wrote songs under the name Paul Vance.
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The Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, credited with setting the Beatles on the path to enlightenment, dies.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies. He was responsible for the gritty trumpet-and-drums jazz score to &quot;The Man With the Golden Arm&quot; ...
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The Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein died in his sleep yesterday at the age of 82. Renowned for his epic, jazzy film scores, he composed the soundtracks for a host of classic Hollywood films, including To Kill a Mockingbird and The Man With the ...
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Pulitzer Prize winning American historian and influential Cold War thinker Arthur M Schlesinger Jr dies.
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The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, once a spiritual advisor to the Beatles, died Tuesday in his Dutch home, a spokesman for the Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation movement told the ANP news agency here early Wednesday.
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Venezuelan pianist and composer Aldemaro Romero, whose music was interpreted by artists from Tito Puente to Dean Martin, died Saturday. He was 79.
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Friends and colleagues pay tributes to jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, who has died aged 82.
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Ralph Alpher, a physicist whose pioneering work on the underpinnings of the "Big Bang" theory went unheralded for years while others won a Nobel Prize, has died. He was 86.
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Author Susan Sontag, widely regarded as one of America's leading intellectuals, dies aged 71.
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LOS ANGELES Aug. 19, 2004  Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for &quot;The Magnificent Seven,&quot; nerve-jangling jazz for &quot;The Man With The Golden Arm&quot; and heart-rending grace notes for &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird,&quot; has died.
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Director Russ Meyer, whose soft  core porn films, "The Immoral Mr Teas," "Vixen" and "Beyond the  Valley of the Dolls" earned him millions of dollars and the  title of Hollywood's "King Leer," has died at age 82, his film  company said on Wednesday.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the artist said on Monday. He was 82.
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Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died.
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Legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created the sprawling big-sky theme for &#39;The Magnificent Seven,&#39; and childlike notes for &#39;To Kill a Mockingbird,&#39; died Wednesday in his Ojai, CA home. He was 82.