Tom Lehrrar, the world of ridicule and mathematics, dies in 97

Tom Lehrr, the famous song, who mocked marriage, politics, racism, and the cold war, died, and then abandoned his musical life to a large extent to return to teaching mathematics at Harvard University and other universities. He was 97 years old.

His friend David Herder has long said that Leswar died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The cause of death was not determined.

Lerer remained at the University of California College of Mathematics in Santa Cruz in the late 1970s. In 2020, he moved away from his copyright, giving the general permission to use his words in any way without any fees in return.

A miracle at Harvard University (he obtained a sporting degree from the institution at the age of 18), soon turned his acute mind into old traditions and ongoing events. His songs “The Old Dope Peddler” (The Old Lamplighter “) included” The Old Lamplighter “),” Be prepared “(whom the boy’s scouts mocked) and” The Vatican Flasting “, where he was to be welded, a axis, in Romanian plots of a Roman church. (Words sample: “Get down on your knees, also with the rosary. Your head bends with great respect, Genterflect, Genflect, Genterflect.”

He accompanies himself on the piano, performing songs in a colored style that reminds us of the heroes of musicians such as Gilbert, Sullivan and Stephen Sondheim, the latter life friend. It is often similar to Lerr with a contemporary such as Allen Sherman and the Sustan Ferberg because of his comic countryside on culture and politics.

He mocked the forms of music that he did not like (modern folk songs, rock and rock and modern jazz), laughed at the threat of nuclear annihilation and discrimination.

But he attacked Erudite, even polite, almost no one objected.

“Tom Lehur is the most satirical song of the satirical song ever,” said music scientist Barry Hansen once. Hansen participated in the production of a collection of Lehreer songs for 2000, “Tom Lehler’s remains”, and showed Lehreer for decades in his joint radio program “DR. Demento”.

The Lehreer group was actually small, reaching about three songs.

“When I got a funny idea for a song, I wrote it. And if I did not, I did not,” I was not like a real writer who was sitting and putting a piece of paper in the typewriter.

He accidentally entered the performance when he began to compose songs in the early fifties of the last century to entertain his friends. He soon performed them in the cafe around Cambridge, while he stayed at Harvard University to teach and obtain a master’s degree in mathematics.

Its first record was cut in 1953, “Songs by Tom Lehreer”, which included “I Wanna Assing To Dixie”, and it disturbs the positions of the ancient south, and “Fiercight Sercy, Harvard”, indicating how Harvard Blueblood may sing a soccer battle song.

After a period of two hours in the army, Lahor began to perform his parties in places around the world. In 1959, another LP was released called “More of Tom Lehler” and directly registered entitled “An evening was lost with Tom Lehler”, which was nominated for Grammy for the best comic performance (music) in 1960.

But almost at the same time, he resigned greatly from roaming and returned to teaching mathematics, although he made some writing and performance on the side.

Lirer said he was never comfortable to appear in public places.

“I enjoyed it to some extent, and told the AP in 2000.” But for me, I went out and performed the ceremony every night when everything was available like the novelist comes out and reads his novel every night. “

It produced a political spectacular song every week for the 1964 TV program “which was the week”, a dominant, dominant comic show that expected “Saturday Night Live” after a decade.

He released the songs the following year in an album entitled “It was this year that was.” The material included “Who is the Next?” Which government will be the next to get the nuclear bomb … maybe Alabama? (He did not need to tell his listeners that he was a stronghold of separation at that time.) “Pollution” is looking at the new concept that was at that time, perhaps rivers and lakes should be cleaned.

He also wrote songs to showcase educational children in the 1970s. He told AP in 2000 that the hearing of the people who benefited from them gave him much more praise for any of his satirical works.

His songs were revived in the 1980 “Tomfolery” music and performed a rare public appearance in London in 1998 in a celebration of honoring the music producer, Cameron McCaintech.

Liwar was born in 1928, in New York City, the son of a successful designer. Recrew a perfect childhood on the western side of Manhattan, which included attending Broadway offers with his family and walking at Central Park at night or night.

After skipping two degrees at school, Harvard entered the age of 15, and after obtaining a master’s degree, he spent several years to pursue a doctorate in vain.

He once said: “I spent many years to meet all the requirements, as much as possible for years, and I started the thesis.” “But I just wanted to be a student, it’s a great life. This is what I wanted to be, unfortunately, you cannot be a doctorate and a study student at the same time.”

Part -time teaching began in Santa Cruz in the 1970s, especially to escape the harsh New England winter.

From time to time, he admitted that the student will register in one of his classes based on the knowledge of his songs.

He said at that time: “It is a real sporty separation.” “I do not do any funny theories. So these people go very quickly.”