Death of one of Lenny’s pals, 95
mainThe Chilean-born composer Claudio Spies died in Sonoma, California, on April 2 at a great age.
He was professor of music emeritus at Princeton University.
In this Library of Congress picture from Tanglewood 1946, he is seen at the left in a group with Lukas Foss, Harold Shapero, Esther Geller, Verna Fine, Irving Fine, and Leonard Bernstein.
Spies is not visible here. There is an uncropped version of this photo at Library of Congress.