http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2468 <!--paging_filter--><p>This week we've said goodbye to two figures who have been absolutely central to the music world for as long as I can remember. The other day, the great Swedish soprano <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6927434.ece">Elisabeth S<span>öderstr</span></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <span><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6927434.ece">öm</a> passed away. Now, too, the scholar <a href="http://www.bu.edu/library/music/hcrl/index.html">H.C.Robbins Landon</a>, author of renowned tomes about Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, at the age of 83.</span><p><a href="/node/2468"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2468#comments Elisabeth Söderström H.C. Robbins Landon obituaries Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:58 +0000 Jessica Duchen 2468 at http://standpointmag.co.uk