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Azlan posted 28 February 2003 02:11 AM
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John Lanchbery, Who Arranged Music for Ballet, Dies at 79
By JACK ANDERSON, NY Times
John Lanchbery, one of the dance world's most successful and sought-after conductors and arrangers of ballet scores, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He was 79 and lived in Melbourne. <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/28/obituaries/28LANC.html target=_blank>more</a>
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sugar plum fairy posted 28 February 2003 05:07 AM
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I have a lot of ballet recordings that he did , especially with The Royal Opera House Orchestra.I found that he could portray the music as it was supposed to be heard , which , as yet i haven't found with any other conductor.
He will be sadly missed .
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Auntie posted 28 February 2003 10:27 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Absolutely right! I saw him any number of times when the Royal appeared here locally. I also won his recording of Swan Lake in a contest a couple of years ago...and I rarely win anything...so it was a real treat.
<small>[ 28 February 2003, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>