OBITUARY
Czech-born composer one of Canada's most successful
Oskar Morawetz, a Czech-born Jew who narrowly escaped Nazi tyranny during
World War II to become one of Canada's most successful contemporary/classical
composers, died Wednesday at his Toronto retirement home. He was 90.
[...]
His daughter, Claudia Tate [sic], said that her father had an "encyclopedic"
memory from studying classical music scores during his childhood.
"If you had Name That Tune but for classical music, he would have
won hands-down," Tate [sic] said.
She described her father as gentle, unpretentious and kind-hearted,
supporting numerous causes, such as assisting Eastern Bloc musicians to get into
Canada.
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