Obituaries and Tributes

Robert Simpson died on Friday November 21st 1997.

Obituaries

Internet editions that carry an online obituary are linked via the name of the newspaper.  

The Times of London (Saturday November 22nd) (to access this article, register, go to the library section, retrieve the Nov 22nd edition and go to the obituaries section)

The Daily Telegraph (Saturday November 22nd 1997)

The Guardian (Monday November 24th 1997),  a copy of the article

The Independent (Monday November 24th 1997),  a copy of the article

Gramophone (February 1998)

The April edition of Leading Notes (the Robert Simpson Society newsletter), contains over 40 obituaries and tributes written by friends, colleagues and musicians.

The February edition of New Music News (the newsletter of the Contemporary Music Centre in Ireland).

Tributes

From friends and colleagues

 From the Vanbrugh Quartet

 From Paul Rapoport

A tribute from Robert Layton apeared in the February edition of Gramophone

From the internet

 From Bob Lieblich (in response to a posting of the obituary in The Times)

 From Steve Wolk

 From Brian Ritchie

 From Richard Wolfert

 From John Arthurs

 From Steve Meikle

If you know of or would like to contribute an obituary or tribute, please contact me at lovelock@mail.nycnet.com

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