US music director dies, aged 77

US music director dies, aged 77

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norman lebrecht

October 26, 2013

Lawrence Leighton Smith, emeritus music director in Colorado Springs, has died, ten days after entering hospice care. His last performance, before the onset of a dementia-related condition, was Beethoven’s ninth symphony. Not a bad way to go out. Here’s a local obituary.

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