Chi-chi Nwanoku & Dominique-René S. de
Lerma
Chi-chi Nwanoku writes:
Dear William
I
was so saddened to hear the news of the death of our dear friend
Dominique-René de Lerma. He will be sorely missed by us all. i posted
something on Facebook, and would be equally happy if you felt you would
like to post it on the Africlassical site. This is what I wrote:-
Dominique-René
de Lerma...Farewell my dear friend and inspiration. Your life's work
researching and documenting black composers over the centuries has been
immense. Having been part of the Civil Rights movement, marching on
Washington (amongst others) you gave up your career as a professional
oboist following the assassination of Dr King and selflessly devoted
yourself to uncovering the history of black composers and musicians.
Virtually every international historian I interviewed for my BBC R4
series 'In Search of the Black Mozart had sourced their knowledge from
you. I was honoured to meet you and interview you for this too. You were
a font of all knowledge, all roads led to you and you will be sorely
missed. Thank you for everything you gave us. RIP Dominique-René de
Lerma xxx
Here
are a couple of photos of us in February 2015 that were taken in his
study, immediately after his recorded interview for my BBC R4 series In
search of the Black Mozart http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wkkrf/episodes/player.
Thank you
Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE, FRAM
Chineke! Foundation http://chineke.org/
BBC R4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wkkrf/episodes/guide
Skype: chichinwanoku
Website: http://www.chi-chinwanoku.com
OAE: http://www.oae.co.uk
chichinwanoku@me.com
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