Ronald Smith: Obituaries and Tributes

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> We are posting links to published obituaries of the Society's President, Ronald Smith</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ebade70.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>The Alkan Society  </B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Alkan Society "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About The Alkan Society"><U>About The Alkan Society</U></A>   |   <A HREF="disco0.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="An Alkan Discography"><U>An Alkan Discography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Alkan Links"><U>Some Alkan Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="ayt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alkan on YouTube"><U>Alkan on YouTube</U></A>   |   <A HREF="events.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forthcoming Events"><U>Forthcoming Events</U></A>   |   <B>Ronald Smith: Obituaries and Tributes</B>   |   <A HREF="past.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Past Events"><U>Past Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="shop.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alkan Society Shop"><U>Alkan Society Shop</U></A>   |   <A HREF="reviews.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U>Reviews</U></A>   |   <A HREF="join.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Join Us!"><U>Join Us!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="forum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alkan Society Web Forum"><U>Alkan Society Web Forum</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ronald Smith: Obituaries and Tributes</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.abeilleinfo.com/chronique.php?id_chro=307&langue=fr" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.abeilleinfo.com/chronique.php"><U>Abeille Musique (27 May 2004)</U></A> <I>Ronald Smith, un gentleman musicien</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/music/smith.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/music/smith.ht"><U>The Independent (1 June 2004)</U></A> <I>Ronald Smith, distinguished statesman of British music </I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/17/db1702.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/06/17/ixportal.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht"><U>Daily Telegraph (17 June 2004)</U></A> ....<I>B</I><I>est known for championing the fiendishly difficult music of the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan </I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/obituary/0,12723,1256534,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/obit"><U>The Guardian (8 July 2004)</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" ><I>Heroic pianist and champion of the music of Alkan</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1172583,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,"><U>The Times (9 July 2004)</U></A>   <I>Teacher and researcher who championed the works of the French composer Alkan</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> -------------</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/h2/h2.cgi?thread=%3C1089371818-10937.83%40forum0.thdo.bbc.co.uk%3E&find=%3C1089371818-10937.83%40forum0.thdo.bbc.co.uk%3E&board=radio3.classical12&sort=Te" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/h2/h2.cgi?"><U>Thread</U></A> on BBC Radio 3 Internet Message Board</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>