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[Ed. Note: The following essay was adapted from Smaldone’s remarks at the funeral of Leo Kraft.-FJO]<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a>

Edward Smaldone with Leo Kraft (right) in 2012, on the day Kraft was inducted at the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.<\/p><\/div>\n

We are all deeply saddened by the passing of one of the \u201cfounding fathers\u201d of Music at Queens College.\u00a0\u00a0 The Aaron Copland School of Music is a close-knit community of faculty, students, and staff. I knew Leo for 40 years.\u00a0 He heard my audition on my very first visit to the Aaron Copland School of Music, and somehow saw fit to accept me as a Music Major.\u00a0 I knew Leo as a teacher, and later as a colleague on the Music faculty.<\/p>\n

But today is truly an occasion to rejoice because Leo Kraft was such a significant part of the fabric of the musical life of the college and the city. He loved music. He loved people.\u00a0 He loved his sons and their families. He loved his wife Amy and in the last 10 years of his life he found a new partner in music and life in Drora Pershing. He loved the music students at Queens College for nearly 70 years, and he loved the life he got to live.<\/p>\n

As we are in the age of Facebook, it has been heartwarming for me to see the many pictures of Prof. Kraft at concerts, surrounded by students and colleagues. \u00a0These are floating on the internet, as we speak.\u00a0 \u00a0That\u2019s how I will always remember Leo: in the thick of it.\u00a0 He was always engaged.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t just show up to life, he participated fully. If you think of any picture of him, you can see his smile.\u00a0 It seems to me it was always a smile that said, \u201cThings are OK.\u00a0 Things are good.\u00a0 Life is good.\u201d\u2014though some might say it was the smile of the cat that ate the canary. This was true even in the last few years when he could have easily given in to the various infirmities that come with reaching 90 years of age.\u00a0 Regardless of the physical challenges he encountered, he never lost that smile.<\/p>\n

Leo was a student at the college in the 1940s, joined the faculty immediately, rose to the rank of full professor and served as chair of the music department.\u00a0 During his time as a teacher he contributed mightily to the musical education of countless students at Queens and also all over the world.\u00a0 The books he wrote were standard texts in classrooms everywhere. \u00a0The New Approach to Sightsinging<\/i> immediately became and remains to this day one of the leading books of its kind in the world.\u00a0 Leo wrote that sight-singing book with two other dear departed colleagues, Sol Berkowitz and Gabriel Fontrier.\u00a0 All three were students of Karol Rathaus and they were a force to be reckoned with in the school.\u00a0 It is sad to see the last of these Three Musketeers pass from our presence.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Leo was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, a fitting recognition of his lifetime contribution to music.\u00a0\u00a0 The ceremony was at the Paramount Music Hall in Huntington. \u00a0The Hall of Fame includes classical musicians such as Morton Gould and Stanley Drucker, as well as many musicians from the world of popular music including Billy Joel, Marvin Hamlisch, and Neil Diamond. It is quite fitting that he will be remembered there.\u00a0 I was with him on the night of his induction.\u00a0 A particularly memorable moment was our arrival at the theater: Our instructions had us park our car a few blocks away.\u00a0 Then we climbed into a vintage 1964 yellow Mustang convertible so that we could \u201carrive\u201d at the theater where there was a waiting red carpet and photographers.\u00a0 Not the typical \u201cride\u201d for a modern composer.\u00a0 You should have seen that Leo Kraft smile on that occasion.<\/p>\n

After his retirement in 1989, Leo remained a fixture in the building:\u00a0 attending concerts of his own music, those of his colleagues, and countless student recitals. He loved the spirit that music and music making brought to his life.\u00a0 Leo attended nearly all of those concerts in recent years with Drora by his side, and the two of them exuded a palpable, positive presence, supporting and encouraging the constant musical storm provided by our students.\u00a0\u00a0 It meant so much to the students to see these mentors in the audience.\u00a0 Leo understood this and loved to listen.\u00a0 It never seemed a chore to him.<\/p>\n

I personally had the opportunity to attend many, many concerts with him. \u00a0Many times we would drive in to the city together, or meet at concerts.\u00a0 \u201cHi, Leo. Are you going to hear so and so at Kaufman? Will you be going to the League\/ISCM program? The LICA concert? New Music Series at Miller? Talujon at St. Peters? There\u2019s a recital at Christ and St. Stephen\u2019s\u2026NYU, Riverside Church\u2026the Tenri Institute\u2026The Jewish Museum\u2026Church of the Heavenly Rest\u2026Zankel Hall\u2026The 92nd St. Y. Once in a while, we even went to lesser-known halls like Avery Fisher or the Metropolitan Opera. (And he always knew a good place to eat within a few blocks of any of these places.) \u00a0Like many composers, he went to concerts to meet other composers and performers, to hear what others were doing and bring that intelligence back to his own studio.\u00a0 He had a razor-sharp analytical mind that could also include razor-sharp critique, but he was never bitter. \u00a0(He had a favorite saying when he encountered a less than brilliant soprano: \u201cShe has a small but unpleasant voice.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Leo reveled in his retirement, rising (as he put it) from the rank of \u201cfull professor\u201d to the rank of \u201cfull composer.\u201d He worked tirelessly on new compositions, and on his existing catalogue.\u00a0 (He was particularly proud of a recent commission of his last completed piece, To Whom It May Concern<\/i>, performed in February 2014 at Kaufman Hall by his dear friends in the Da Capo Chamber Ensemble.)\u00a0 The beautiful music he leaves behind is an enduring place in which his spirit will continue to thrive.\u00a0 His music had personality, like the man.\u00a0 And, like the man, it was spiky. It could be tart; it could be sweet.\u00a0 It could be fierce; it could be gentle.\u00a0 It was always intelligent; it always had a point of view.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t waffle or hedge.\u00a0 It was smart, confident, generous, outgoing, and it always demanded careful attention.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t \u201ceasy.\u201d He cared too much about music and the art of listening for it to be \u201ceasy.\u201d But it was articulate and direct, never intentionally obtuse.<\/p>\n

These qualities will live on in my own cherished memories of my dear friend, Queens College Professor Emeritus Leo Kraft. The man and his music were one and the same, in many ways. We have lost one of the longest-standing links to the origins of The Aaron Copland School of Music and one of the last living legacies of our tradition.\u00a0 We\u2019ve lost a wonderful composer and a true champion of new music.\u00a0\u00a0 But Leo was a staunch supporter of future generations of composers through the Leo Kraft Scholarship Endowment, which he established with a major gift just last year. His music and his generosity will continue.<\/p>\n

I am personally very grateful to have had him as a friend, mentor, and colleague.\u00a0 He will be missed, but he will be remembered.
\nThe Aaron Copland School of Music will accept donations in honor of the memory of Prof. Kraft to the Leo Kraft Scholarship Endowment, Aaron Copland School of Music, 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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