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“It is a life’s work to achieve mastery of either one of them,” said Gregory Nagy, Jones professor of classical Greek literature and a longtime colleague of Segal’s. “He did both.”
Born in Boston on March 19, 1936, Segal was raised in Dorchester and attended the Boston Latin School, where he received a thorough, traditional education in the Greek and Latin classics. In his day, many students from Boston Latin came to Harvard with anextensive classical background, although, like many of...
He spent many years studying in Europe, including early education at the American School of Classical Study in Athens and two years at the American Academy in Rome. His years abroad instilled in Segal a love for the land and people of Greece and Italy and led him to develop...
"Lazy" (1924), Joan Morris and William Bolcom, on "Blue Skies: Songs by Irving Berlin" (recorded 1985, released 1990). Mezzo-soprano Morris and pianist Bolcom, those most joyful archivists of antique pop, turn this ode to indolence into a statement on the ecstasy of doin' nothin'. A classical classic.
The mutual respect that arises from working with highly accomplished peers goes a long way toward developing a sense of unity, even in departments that highlight the achievements of individual superstars. Though the music building sits, as chair Thomas F. Kelly jokes, “in the icy shadow of...