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DIED. LAURINDO ALMEIDA, 77, Brazilian classical and jazz guitar virtuoso; in Los Angeles. Best known for his 1962 album Viva Bossa Nova, Almeida won five Grammy awards for his compositions and contributed to the soundtracks of such movies as The Godfather.
Callers put on hold while waiting for a Harvard University Information operator will now hear the strains of Mozart, Mahler and a host of other classical music composers wafting through their telephone lines.
As of last Friday, Harvard began piping classical Muzak through its digital phone system to all callers in the Harvard Information phone cue.
"There's a basis menu of music types which wecan choose from but it's pretty much genericmusic," Kinchla said, adding that rap,country/western and rock music were among thechoices in addition to classical.
"We chose straight classical music atfirst--something that's appropriate for Harvard'smain number.