Tom Lehrer dead: master of musical satire and academic wit, dies aged | UK | News

According to the reports of the US media, Uzuru Keskin Intelligence and American Music Specialist Tom Lehrer, who described a generation of black humor, died at the age of 97.

Trained by Harvard, the mathematician became famous in the 1950s and 60s for his cynical songs often connected to political and social interpretations. The effect reached far beyond the era, which inspired comedians such as strange Al Yangovich.

Lehrer’s death was confirmed by his friend David Herder to the New York Times.

Born in Manhattan in 1928, Lehrer was a classic educated pianist. Although he reached his cult status through his music, he dedicated his life to the academy to a great extent, and played teaching roles in prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of California.

He graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut and entered Harvard at the age of 15 and won a bachelor’s degree in mathematics until he was 18 years old. Later, he completed a master’s degree and did not finish his doctorate, but he started his doctoral studies at Columbia University.

Lehrer began writing songs to entertain his friends during the years of Harvard. Elements, one of the most permanent parts, set the periodic painting to the melody of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Among other favorites, masochism Tango, “I am ache for the touch of your lips, dear / but much more for the touch of your trucks, dear.”

I took his hand among the works of Lehrer, who is known for his zift-black humor, from Aggnes, who struggled with the zührevi disease and seized urban pest control, including poisoning pigeons in the park.

In 1953, he released Tom Lehrer’s songs and sold them with postal order. The album gained popularity orally and finally sold half a million copies of the estimated. In 1954, the BBC banned most of the songs from AirPlay.

With the growing fame, Lehrer took the stage in nightclubs in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, usually in the anti -war and left wing events.

Music contributed to the US version of the satirical TV show, which was a week, and these songs were later compiled on the 1965 album.

The Vatican Rag, one of the most talked about pieces, disrespected with the Catholic Church and was a part of a repertoire who criticized nuclear weapons and other emergency problems of time.

Lehrer also wrote for The Elecric Company of the 1970s children’s education show, and in 1980 he produced the renewed interest when he produced Tomfoolery, a musical revival based on the work of Cameron Mackintosh.

From 1972 to 2001, he taught mathematics and musical theater at the University of California.

Lehrer, who had a final head to public access, placed all his songs as public goods in 2020 and gave anyone the right to freely use or realize. “In short, I no longer protect any of my songs,” he wrote. “So help yourself and don’t send me money.”

He also pointed out that the website will be closed at the end of the website – although it remained online during writing.