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Gordon Lewin date(s)?...again

Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2008-07-06 05:51

Folk.

Despite further web searches, four unanswered e-mails to his publisher, and a gaggle of inquiries sent to individuals, I still haven't been able to find Gordon Lewin's date (or dates).

I'm performing his "Views of the Blues" this coming Thursday, and need them for the program notes.

Given that I only have a few days to go, can anyone either provide this information or point me to where I might get it in a short time?

Thanks.

B.

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Re: Gordon Lewin date(s)?...again

Author: hinotehud ★2017
Date: 2008-07-07 01:42

According to the liner notes of the CD "Times for Flying" by Colin Lawson and Victoria Soames, he was born in 1921 and wrote Views of the Blues in 1985. He is still living today.

Keith Hudson

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Re: Gordon Lewin date(s)?...again

Author: Dominic
Date: 2008-07-07 06:30

Sadly Gordon Lewin passed away last May this year. This his is obituary on the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain website (CASS) - http://www.cassgb.org/news.php?id=5

Gordon Lewin obituary

"These are the saddest words I have to write. As a true friend of Gordon, you will know he has been so very ill over the past couple of months. He fought hard against cancer, the cruel disease which caused so much pain, and tried everything within his power to live. But sadly, on Wednesday 28th May, in the very early hours of the morning, Gordon passed away.

Whether family, friends, colleagues or pupils… he has touched our lives in a deep and profound way. His enormous creativity, talent, and prolific work as a performer, composer, arranger and writer, are an astonishing legacy which will continue to live for us all, and for the music world of future generations. And his gentleness, kindness and care for everyone in his life, is a testament to the truly good man that he was."

Janetta Lewin – Gordon Lewin's daughter

Please donate to:
The Marie Curie Hospice
"Butterfly Project"
11 Lyndhurst Gardens
London NW3 5NS

In terms of his bio - http://www.abrsmpublishing.com/publications/15/person

Gordon Lewin

Biography

Gordon Lewin studied clarinet and composition at the Royal Manchester College of Music. He worked in London theatres as an arranger and was a member of the BBC TV Orchestra. From 1964 he has freelanced on clarinet and saxophone with most of the major orchestras for recordings, radio and television, and has performed on sound-tracks of over 100 films. A number of his original compositions and arrangements for woodwind have been published and recorded.

Regards

Dominic
Cardiff, UK

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Re: Gordon Lewin date(s)?...again

Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2008-07-07 06:34

I thank you for the information.

I'd forgotten that "Views" was on "Times for Flying," but it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

I lent the CD to a student, and guess what...!

Thanks again.

B.

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Re: Gordon Lewin date(s)?...again

Author: Jeanie M
Date: 2015-07-11 23:04

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Gordon and his wife when I was in
England for my brother's wedding around 2005. I love his music and I interviewed him for the Clarinet Journal around 2001 (somewhere in there...) and he was an absolute joy to get to know.

We had exchanged Christmas cards for several years after that, and around 2007, I think that's when the cards stopped. I have since wondered what happened, knowing that his age, he would probably have fallen ill or worse.

He was a talented, kind man whom I will never forget. RIP, dear Gordon.

Jeanie (Novak) Murrow
USA

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