A Tribute to Isidor Saslav (1938-2013)
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By the time we wrote our Note from the Editors a fortnight ago Sunday, wishing Isidor Saslav to be well and beat the cancer beast, we were unaware that he had already died a day earlier. We have been grieving ever since. Gilles d'Aymery has been particularly affected by the loss of a man he deeply loved.
So in tribute to him, and in honor of his family, we have assembled this entire issue of Swans around Isidor Saslav. We begin with a bio that he wrote about a year ago, then we carry on with reflections by Jan Baughman, Jonah Raskin, Peter Byrne, Gilles d'Aymery, Glenn Reed, Manuel García, Jr., and Guido Monte. We then repost a few of his essays that exemplify the richness of his writing, the diversity of his interests, and the depth of his culture. You can find his entire repertoire of Swans articles on his personal page, http://www.swans.com/contrib/saslav.html.
The world has lost a remarkable and irreplaceable man.
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Isidor Saslav: Dr. Isidor Saslav - b. March 18, 1938; d. January 26, 2013
Bio written by Isidor Saslav on the occasion of a recital he gave in March 2012. More...
Jan Baughman: A Humble Farewell
A fond farewell to Isidor Saslav, a man whose talent, compassion, curiosity, and caring made this world a more humane place. More...
Jonah Raskin: My Isidor Saslav
A tribute to Isidor Saslav, a man the author never met and yet he feels as though he's known him his whole life. More...
Peter Byrne: Artists Don't Die
Peter Byrne remembers Isidor Saslav -- musician, Shavian, and above all, true lover of art. More...
Gilles d'Aymery: The One And Only Isidor Saslav
Gilles d'Aymery remembers with heavy heart the irreplaceable Isidor Saslav. More...
Glenn Reed: Isidor Saslav And The Strings That Connect Us All
A tribute to Isidor Saslav and the strings that connect us all. More...
Manuel García, Jr.: Sympathetic Vibrations: Recollections Of Isidor Saslav
Remembering Isidor Saslav and the enchanting and liberating spectrum of delights for the spirit and occupations for the mind he created. More...
Guido Monte: To Isidor Saslav
A poem by Guido Monte to the memory of Isidor Saslav. More...
Concerts And An Opera In New York
Review of American Symphony, NY Philharmonic, and Metropolitan Opera. American premieres of violin concertos. More...
A violin legend and his memorials. More...
The political and literary conversion of a teenager: How Isidor Saslav discovered George Bernard Shaw and became a lifelong collector of everything Shavian he could unearth. More...
The Texas Music Educators' Association, world's largest, joins with flutist Sir James Galway, world's greatest. More...
The Great Meyerbeer-Mendelssohn Mystery
As part of Bard College's 2009 Summerscape Festival, Leon Botstein revives two operatic gems of converted Judaic culture -- Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, and Mendelssohn's St. Paul -- in the context of the anti-Semitic Richard Wagner. More...
Following the deaths of three great historians/fictionalists -- Louis Auchincloss, J.D. Salinger, and Howard Zinn -- the author recounts his 40-year admiration of and ultimate meeting with Auchincloss -- a lifelong book collector's ambition fulfilled. More...
Detroit continues the process of destroying itself. More...
My Offerings For Your Pleasure
Isidor Saslav's recommendations for the 2012 Swans special edition about books, music, and films. More...
A look at a few notable events and noteworthy deaths in 2012. More...
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