If you’re in the arts education field, then you know or know about my dear friend and colleague, Rob Horowitz. Rob’s father, who was had a formidable career in music, passed away on December 26th. Here is a lovely obituary in The New York Times.
Izzy was an record producer and classical music columnist for Billboard. He was head of A&R at Decca during the golden years. He produced the recordings that got the early music movement off the ground in the United States. He had the sort of career that doesn’t exist anymore, when one considers what has happened to the recording industry. I had met him a few times here and there, the last time during a Grammy Awards meeting in New York City. He was an awfully nice man.
Join me, won’t you, in expressing condolences to Rob, Amy, and their son Adam.
