Music was his first love: John Miles has died.
The song “Music” was not necessarily universally recognised after its release; too epic, too much drama. Nevertheless, the song wrote music history. The song has strong contrasts, changes of rhythms…
Deaths & Honors
Send in the Clowns – a song has faded away
When one thinks of Stephen Sondheim, one hardly associates him with Bernstein’s “West Side Story”. Sondheim was brilliant as a composer as well as a lyricist, and so he provided…
Ana hot always the Bummerl – a song has faded away
Derjenige, der beim Kartenspiel verliert, hat das “Bummerl”. Wer im Leben verliert, hat das auch, sagt man in Österreich. Jetzt hat das “Bummerl” auch seinen Macher erreicht: am 22. November…
Spanish composer Juan Vicente Mas Quiles dies at the age of 100.
The well-known Spanish composer and arranger Juan Vicente Mas Quiles has always been closely associated with the renowned wind orchestra Banda Primitiva (El Clarin) from his birthplace Lliria near Valencia….
Mikis Theodorakis died
The Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has died at the age of 96. For many Greeks, he is considered “The Voice of the People”, as he was also politically engaged and…
An era comes to an end
Besides the Beatles, it was the Rolling Stones who shaped an entire generation of rock and dance musicians. The death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts heralds the end of…
Harpsichordist, organist and composer Raymond Schroyens died.
The former production manager of classic radio station BRT3, Raymond Schroyens, passed away on 13 July 2021. Schroyens was producer and production manager of the station from 1963 to 1993….
A Don Quixote of our time died.
…this was the title of the report on the death of the Spanish composer Cristobal Halffter in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Halffter was one of the most important Spanish composers…
The two faces of Mr Bill R.
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock was the meeting point for us youngsters at that time. Light hit films were shown, often with well-known actors and pimped out with pop singers….
The vampires have danced out….
US composer Jim Steinman, who wrote hits for musicians such as Meat Loaf, Céline Dion and Bonnie Tyler, has died. The coroner’s office in the US state of Connecticut confirmed…
