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...April 11 Ru Selle Diana Harwood, a Mather House senior, also plunged to her death from the Mather House tower. Ru Selle was a bright Economics concentrator with good grades She was a popular clarinetist in the Harvard Band, whom the band manager described as "an extraordinarily intelligent and talented woman." "A member of the Mather House Committee characterized Ru Selle as "a well-put together person who was organized and extremely intelligent," she was prominent in Harvard Student Agencies, as treasurer and head bookkeeper, a demanding role which necessitated a great deal of hard work Ru Selle was also...
...conductor for life" of the fabled Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, 74, long ago grew accustomed to governing his orchestra with an autocratic hauteur that was seldom challenged. So the conductor expected no back-chair back talk when he named Sabine Meyer, 23, as the new solo clarinetist, and only the second female member in the philharmonic's 100-year history. But an overwhelming majority of the 118-member orchestra voted to oppose Von Karajan's protégée as "unsuitable" because of her alleged weakness as an ensemble performer. Outraged, the conductor coolly informed...
LECTURE: F. Gerard Errante, clarinetist; Williams Hall; Thursday...
...there is a consistent criticism, it is that the group's repertoire is too narrow, overly devoted to a group of academic composers-Carter, 72, Charles Wuorinen, 42, Donald Martino, 49-based in the Northeast. "It was the natural thing for us to do," insists Clarinetist Virgil Blackwell. "We live in the East, we come into contact with these composers." Speculum has begun exploring other styles-it has commissioned a work from Minimalist Steve Reich for next season-but still avoids music that requires extensive improvisation. It generally steers clear of "theater" pieces, which call on the musicians...
DIED. Russell Procope, 72, dapper, goateed jazz clarinetist and saxophonist who was a fixture in the Duke Ellington Orchestra; in New York City. After playing with Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson and the John Kirby Sextet, Procope joined the Duke in 1945, bringing his low, mellow sound to such Ellington compositions as 4:30 Blues and Swamp...