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In Memoriam
*Professor Henrietta Yurchenco, (USA) b. 1916 d. December 10, 2007
*Dr. Rachel Amelia Eubanks D.M.A.
(USA)b. 1922 d. April 8,
2006*
*Lucius R. Weathersby PhD b. 1968 d. March 15, 2006*
*Dr. Samha El-Kholy b. July 27, 1925 d. January 25, 2006*
Noted Egyptian musicologist-ethnomusicologist Samha El-Kholy passed away on January 25th in Cairo after a short illness. Against the wishes of her parents, she became one of the first Egyptians to study music abroad when she decided to move to Scotland, where she received her doctoral degree at the University of Edinburgh under the guidance of noted British scholar Henry George Farmer. When the Cairo Conservatoire opened in 1958, Dr. El-Kholy became its first musicologist; it is here that she met her future husband, composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim. From 1972-1981 she was the Dean of the Cairo Conservatoire, and from 1982-1985 she was the President of the Academy of the Arts University in Cairo, becoming the first woman in Egypt to hold those administrative positions. A visiting Fulbright scholar and teacher at the University of South Florida in Tampa from 1987-1988, Dr. El-Kholy served on the board of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) from 1958-1961 and 1984-1988. She was the author of numerous articles and several books, including The Function of Music in Islamic Culture, Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Music (in Arabic), and A Festschrift for Gamal Abdel-Rahim (co-authored with American musicologist John O. Robison). Dr. El-Kholy was one of the key figures in the creation and development of the world-famous blind girl’s orchestra in Egypt. A tireless promoter of contemporary Egyptian composers, she organized several concerts annually of music by Egyptian composers struggling for recognition, and was instrumental in helping them to find outside funding to study in foreign countries. As a professor emeritus at the Cairo Conservatoire, she taught until her death last January. (Contributed by John O. Robison)
*Joshua Uzoigwe (Nigeria) b. July 1, 1946 d. October
2005*
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Ki Mantle Hood (USA) b. 1918 d. July
31, 2005*
* Robert Mawuena Kwami (Ghana,/UK/ SA) b. 1954 d. March 15, 2004*
*John Mayer (India/U.K. b. 1930 d. March 9, 2004*
*Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (USA) b. 1932 d. March 2, 2004*
*Nori NkeAka (Cameroon/ Nigeria/USA) b. 1957 d. February 5, 2004*
*His Eminence, Paulos Cardinal Tzadua b. August 27, 1921
d. December 11, 2003 Eparchy of Asmara in Addifini, Ethiopia*
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Ababa
Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Ethiopia and Eritrea
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