B6 DAVID FANSHAWE, 68 World exploration led to musical discoveries by Emma Brown


David Fanshawe, 68, a British musician and explorer best known for composing “African Sanctus,” a controversial inter- pretation of the Latin Mass set against a backdrop of tribal mu- sic he recorded on a three-year journey up the Nile River, died July 5 at a hospital in Swindon, England. He had complications from a stroke.


Beginning in the 1960s, long


before the craze for world music took hold in the Western world, Mr. Fanshawe traveled thousands of miles in Africa and the South Pacific — largely on foot, but also by camel, canoe, barge and sail- boat — to record traditional songs and sounds of the world’s indigenous peoples. He weaved those recordings with live performances by singers and instrumentalists to create original compositions that were performed at venues including Washington’s Kennedy Center. The most famous of his compo- sitions was “African Sanctus,” an hour-long choral Mass in 13 movements first performed as “African Revelations” in 1972. The piece pairs the Lord’s Prayer with war drums from eastern Su- dan and couples a traditional dance from Uganda with Sanc- tus, a hymn from Christian litur- gy.


Mr. Fanshawe estimated that


“African Sanctus” was performed more than 1,000 times but ac- knowledged that the work’s in- terpretation of the Lord’s Prayer had a polarizing effect on critics. “Mr. Fanshawe’s idea of fusing the ominous sound of Sudanese war drums with the choir’s gentle prayer for peace was a masterful touch,” music critic Robert Sher- man wrote in the New York Times in 1982. “It was a thrilling experience.” However, music reviewer Rich-


ard Carter wrote in The Washing- ton Post that the combination of


the glory of one God.” In 1969, Mr. Fanshawe set out from Cairo on a journey that traced the shape of a cross: south on the Nile to Lake Victoria, then west to the mountains of Sudan and east to the Red Sea. Armed only with a simple rucksack, a tape recorder and a few British pounds, Mr. Fanshawe endured the sort of exotic travails that lat- er made him the subject of BBC documentaries. He lost his tape recorder when his canoe was overturned by a surfacing hippopotamus. He also fell down a 40-foot well and crash-landed a light aircraft in Somalia.


JUDITH CROASDELL


David Fanshawe, with members of the Luo tribe during a 1973 trip to Kenya. His “African Sanctus” composition polarized music critics.


traditional and classical music “simply does not add up to any- thing more than a work of banal, dreary, jejune, prosaic vapidity.” The composer’s efforts raised


ethical questions from those who questioned whether his record- ings were an aural sort of imperi- alism that exploited indigenous musicians. “It’s an extraordinary collec- tion of music and images,” said Carol A. Muller, a professor of ethnomusicology at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. But “there is an edge to everything he did,” she said. “There is a level of complete arrogance, a kind of colonial mind-set, that you can go to Afri- ca and make these recordings and use them at your own will.” He brushed off such criticism,


saying that his recordings help the world remember songs that otherwise would be forgotten. “I’ve tried to make recordings in remote places that preserve the music honestly. I’ve paid the musicians what I can,” he told the St. Petersburg Times in 2000. “All I can say is that if I hadn’t record- ed this music, or taken these pho- tographs, nobody else would have.” David Fanshawe was born in a


RAMÓN EDUARDO RUIZ, 88 Author inspired by ‘excitement of Mexican history’ by Dennis McLellan


Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, 88, a re- nowned historian of Mexico and Latin America whose books in- cluded in-depth studies of the Mexican and Cuban revolutions, died July 6 at his home in Ran- cho Santa Fe, Calif. He had can- cer and suffered complications from a recent fall. Dr. Ruiz joined the history de-


partment at the University of California at San Diego in 1970 and chaired the department in the early ’70s. He wrote 15 books, including “Triumphs and Trag- edy: A History of the Mexican People,” “Cuba: The Making of a Revolution,” “The Great Rebel- lion: Mexico, 1905-1924” and “On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor.” In 1998, the 77-year-old Amer- ican son of Mexican immigrants joined historian Arthur Schle- singer Jr., biographer Stephen E. Ambrose, novelist E.L. Doctorow and five other distinguished Americans who were awarded the National Humanities Medal


John B. ‘Jack’ Oliver CIA ANALYST


John B. “Jack” Oliver, 91, a Cen-


tral Intelligence Agency analyst from the late 1940s until his re- tirement in 1970, died of respira- tory failure July 4 at the Resi- dences at Thomas Circle, an assis- ted living facility in Washington. After his CIA retirement, he


conducted research for consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the In- vestors Responsibility Research Center, a nonprofit organization conducting research for institu- tional investors. John Bennett Oliver was a


Pittsburgh native and a 1941 art history graduate of Yale Univer- sity. He served in the Navy during World War II and worked for the State Department before joining the CIA. He was a McLean resi- dent from 1953 until he moved to Rochester, Vt., in the late 1980s. He was a member of the Metro- politan Club in Washington. His wife of 21 years, Elisabeth


Reynolds Oliver, died in 1970. Survivors include his wife of


39 years, Nancy Daniels “Bobbie” Oliver of Rochester; four children from his first marriage, Augustus K. “Gus” Oliver of New York City, Elisabeth L. “Lisi” Oliver of Baton Rouge, La., Peter B. Oliver of War- ren, Vt., and John B. “Bim” Oliver Jr. of Salt Lake City; three step- children, Lisa Chapin of Washing- ton, Nina deRochefort of Geneva,


ELAINE FLEMING/UC SAN DIEGO


Author and historian Ramón Eduardo Ruiz’s final book is set to be published this fall.


Switzerland, and Aldus “Chip” Chapin of New Canaan, Conn.; and two grandchildren. —Lauren Wiseman


Marilyn L. Peacock SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER


Marilyn L. Peacock, 60, a


Springfield special education teacher, died July 1 of breast can- cer at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Mrs. Peacock spent a decade as


a special education teacher at Ac- cotink Academy, a private pre- school in Springfield, and then four years as an instructor at Clif- ton Elementary School. She had been a Springfield resident for 33 years and was a homemaker be- fore her career in special educa- tion. Marilyn Lewis was born in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and received a bachelor’s degree in library sci- ence from the University of Ten- nessee. She received a master’s degree in special education from Old Dominion University in 1992. She was a member of Messiah


United Methodist Church in Springfield. Her husband of 19 years, Jerry Edgar Peacock, died in 1999. Sur- vivors include three children, Jer- ry Edgar Peacock Jr. of San Diego, and Hunter Peacock and Christo- pher Peacock, both of Springfield; and three sisters, Constance Over- lin of Columbia, S.C., Susan Hughes of Rockville and Kimber- ly Neal of Great Falls. —Timothy R. Smith


at a White House ceremony. In the classroom and through his books, Dr. Ruiz told the San Diego Union-Tribune before trav- eling to Washington, he sought to “convey the complexity and ex- citement of Mexican history. I es- pecially try to convey the great cultural richness of Mexican life and of Mexican literature.” Ramón Eduardo Ruiz was born Sept. 9, 1921, in San Diego and grew up in nearby La Jolla. His interest in the history of Mexico was piqued by his nurs- ery-owner father, a former mem- ber of the Mexican navy who left his country during the revolu- tion. “My father was a militant na- tionalist,” Dr. Ruiz said in a 1998 interview with the Los Angeles Times. “He would talk about the heroes of Mexico, the food of Mexico, the character of Mexico and the folklore of Mexico. We were saturated with tales of Mexico, the values, and pride in our Mexican heritage.” After serving in the Army Air


Forces as a B-29 pilot in the Pacif- ic during World War II, Dr. Ruiz


Donald L. Roedl COMPUTER ANALYST


Donald L. Roedl, 81, a com- puter analyst for the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior, died July 1 at a hospi- tal in Dothan, Ala. He suffered a head injury after a fall. For much of his early career,


Mr. Roedl worked in computers for IBM in Kansas City, Mo. He settled in the Washington area in the late 1970s and joined the recently created Department of Energy. He retired from the Depart- ment of the Interior in 1990 after about five years there. Donald Lee Roedl was born in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in civil engineering in 1952. He served a few years on ac- tive duty in the Navy and re- mained in the Reserve more than 30 years before retiring at the rank of captain. For many years, he was com- mander of a Reserve Naval Mo- bile Construction Battalion. He moved to Ozark, Ala., from Reston a few years ago. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Alice Moss Roedl of Ozark; three children, Mathew Roedl and Brian Roedl, both of Ozark, and Stephanie Teschke of Gaines- ville; and five grandchildren. —Adam Bernstein


received his bachelor’s degree from what is now San Diego State in 1947. He received his master’s from what is now Clare- mont Graduate University in 1948 and his doctorate from the University of California at Berke- ley in 1954. He taught at the University of


Oregon and at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., before joining the faculty at UC San Die- go.


Dr. Ruiz retired in 1991 and continued to write, including his 2003 memoir, “Memories of a Hyphenated Man,” which exam- ined what it meant to be Amer- ican by birth and Mexican by cul- ture. In the fall, the University of California Press will publish his final book, “Mexico: Why a Few Are Rich and the People Are Poor,” which will also be pub- lished in Spanish through Ocea- no Press in Mexico. Dr. Ruiz’s wife of 62 years, Na- talia, died in 2006. Survivors in- clude two daughters; two sisters; a brother; and two grandsons. —Los Angeles Times


INMEMORIAM PAEK


seaside town in Devon, England, during an air raid on April 9, 1942. “My father was born in In- dia, four generations of my family were born in India, all the stories I heard were from India and I was born in bloody Devon,” he once said. His family’s history kindled in him a desire to explore the world — and he did it through music. After working for several years as an apprentice sound engineer in the British film industry, he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. He said his inspiration for melding the world’s musical tra- ditions came from an epiphany he had while hitchhiking around the Middle East in the late 1960s. As he listened to a Latin Mass in a church in Old Jerusalem, he heard from outside the sound of imams calling the Muslim faith- ful to prayer. “I heard that cacophony, and I heard that as harmony — har- mony between East and West, harmony between Christian and Muslim, harmony between Christ and Muhammad,” Mr. Fanshawe told a Vermont newspaper in 2008. “I heard in my head the du- ality of both religions singing to


“I was 300 miles off course, but luckily we were picked up by So- mali herdsmen on camels,” he said in 2008. “It wasn’t always easy.” After returning from Africa to England in the 1970s, he com- posed music for British television and film before embarking on an- other adventure: a decade-long effort to record the traditional music of the Pacific islands. He crisscrossed the ocean, collecting recordings and images of the na- tive people of Polynesia, Microne- sia and Melanesia. His first marriage, to Judith Croasdell Grant, ended in di- vorce. Survivors include his wife,


Jane Bishop Fanshawe of Wilt- shire, England; his mother, Phyl- lis Fanshawe of Hampshire, Eng- land; two children from his first marriage, Alex Fanshawe and Re- becca Perkins, both of London; a daughter from his second mar- riage, Rachel Fanshawe of Wilt- shire; and a brother. Mr. Fanshawe’s recordings, photographs and journals are housed in his archives. His last completed composition was “Pa- cific Song,” inspired by the music of Tonga. “I have not fitted in,” he once said. “But I am obsessed, totally dedicated to what I do.” browne@washpost.com


S OBITUARIES


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DEATHNOTICE ARONSON


GERTRUDE ADLER ARONSON "Gish"


Gertrude “Gish” Adler Aronson, 89, of Chevy Chase, MD and formerly of Lynch- burg, died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Chevy Chase,MD.


Born in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late Isadore Adler and the late Fannie Simon Adler. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one sister, Joan Adler Demsky.


Mrs. Aronson, a woman of many interests, enjoyed her life. She loved travel, adven- ture, acting, movies, theatre, museums, good food and trips to Rehoboth Beach, DE. A very talented and unique lady, she especially loved her hometown of Lynch- burg but was excited by the vital life in New York City where she travelled many times to see Broadway shows, to dine in the city’s fine restaurants and to take in the high culture of the city. She was educated at Lynchburg College, Marjorie Webster College in Washington, D.C. and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York where she attended classes with future stars, Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall. Mrs.Aronson returned to Lynchburg after her acting studies, married and raised a family but continued her passion for acting, appearing in dozens of plays and musicals. Some of the local citizens in the arts community often said that “Gish Aronson was the most talented woman in Lynchburg”. She was also an events planner, often giving lavish theme parties for the community and she was a fundraiser for Jewish and arts organizations. She wrote a local column for a regional Jewish publication and she gave dramatic readings on the radio and in front of many civic groups and colleges. She was a member of the Lynchburg JuniorWoman’s Club. She lived the last 45 years in Chevy Chase, MD and retired, after a 25 year career with Saks FifthAvenue.


She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline C. Aronson of Chevy Chase, MD, who lov- ingly cared for her for the past five years; her son Stephen M. Aronson, Esquire, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Robert M. Aronson and Laura M. Aronson, both of Olney, MD; two nieces, Ilene D. Patrick of Mableton, GA and Ellen D. Lopez of Marietta, GA and a cousin, Sharon Lerner and her husband, Richard, of Lynchburg.


A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Beth Joseph, Agudath Shalom Cemetery by RabbiYosef Zylberberg.


To send condolences and messages online, please go to www.whittenfuneralhome.com.


Whitten Funeral Homes and Cremation Ser- vice, ParkAve. Chapel is serving the Aronson family.


TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010 DEATHNOTICE COYNE


MARTIN JOSEPH COYNE, JR. (Age 71)


Of Vienna, VA, passed away on Monday, July 12, 2010. Beloved husband of 49 years of Irene; lov- ing father of Nora Ann (Ken) Ben- nett of Winston-Salem, NC; Kathy (David) Hibbs of Vienna, VA; Mary


Margaret (Dwayne) Driscoll of Honolulu, HI; and Marty (Cheryl) Coyne of Fairfax, VA. Adored grandfather of Megan Bennett; Corrinne, Han- nah, and David Hibbs; and Matthew and Zachary Coyne. Martin was the past President of Fairfax Retired Educators, and past Grand Knight of the Knights of Colombus, Santa Maria Council. Relatives and friends are invited to Martin's Life Celebration at MONEY AND KING FUNERAL HOME, 171 W. Maple Ave., Vienna, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from 6-8 p.m.. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 8601 Wolftrap Rd., Vienna on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Hospice 2900 Telestar Ct., Falls Church, VA 22042, or www.capitalhospice.org. Please view and sign the family guestbook online at:


www.moneyandking.com CRANSTON


BARBARA JEAN CRANSTON "Bobbie"


On Sunday, July 11, 2010 of Lake Ridge, VA. She is predeceased by her father, George F. Cranston, Jr. She is survived by her mother, Eva Hoffmann Dawson (William); brothers, Michael L. Cranston (Sandra) and Stephen A. Cranston (Sandy); sisters, Georgene F. Quill (John) and Susan M. Aldstadt (Harry). She is also survived by 11 nieces and nephews and 10 great nieces and nephews, who she loved very much. The family will receive friends onWednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. with prayers at 7 p.m. at the AREHART-ECHOLS FUNERAL HOME P.A., La Plata, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, La PLata,MD. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Charles County, P.O Box 1703, La Plata,MD20646.


DONALDSON


BARSKY EVELYN BARSKY


(Elisa) Barsky; dear sister of Phyllis Kasnett; loving grandmother of Lisa (Jeff Jacob) and Adam (Lisa) Resnick, Jennifer (John Fishman) and Kerry (John Hart) Clayman, Michelle (Eric) Gins and Benjamin, Samuel (Deborah) and Naphtali Barsky; cherished great-grandmother of Jordan, Samantha and Noah. Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 11:30 a.m. at King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church, VA. Shiva will be observed at the home of Sonya and Danny Resnick on Tuesday andWednesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME, 202- 541-1001 (endorsed by the Rabbinical Council of GreaterWashington).


On Sunday, July 11, 2010 EVELYN BARSKY, age 92, of North Bethes- da,MD. Beloved wife of the late Sol Barsky; devoted mother of Sonya (Danny) Resnick, Elaine (Michael) Clayman, Jeffrey (Annie) and Carl


MILDRED DONALDSON (Age 94)


Of Reston, VA passed away July 10, 2010. She is survived by three sisters, and numer- ous nieces and nephews. Millie served over- seas during WWII. She worked at the White House until her retirement after the Carter years. She was at the Nuremberg Trails and was secretary to the 1st Korean President. She ended her career as Assistant to Hamil- ton Jourdon in the west wing of the White House. She will be laid to rest in Williams- burg, VA. Flowers may be sent to Nelson Funeral Home, Williamsburg,VA


DORING MICHAEL H.DORING


On July 10, 2010; beloved father of Liza Nicole Griffith and her husband Jeff; dear son of Mary Juanita and the late HenryW. Doring; brother of Mary Bowen, Gregory, Kevin and Mark Doring and their families; grandfather of Kyle, Katie and Kelsey Griffith, and companion of 13 years to Sari McLeod.


BERTRAND


TERESTON FRANCIS BERTRAND, JR. "TJ" (Age 21)


friends. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard,West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Wednesday, July 14, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at Resurrection Church, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD, Thursday, July 15, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. where Funeral Mass will held at 12 p.m. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Dematha Catholic High School Choral Dept., 4313 Madison Street, Hyattsville,MD 20781. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com


On Thursday, July 8, 2010, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved son of Joan and Tereston Francis Bertrand, Sr.; brother of Deirdre A. (Lee) Grayson; grandson of Therese Bertrand. Also survived by many family and


Friends may call at the family owned Gonce Funeral Service P.A. 4001 Ritchie Hwy. Balti- more, Md. 21225 on Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Rose of Lima Church on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Interment in Maryland Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation.


DUTCH VALORAT.DUTCH


On Thursday, July 8, 2010. Beloved wife of Dennis Dutch, Sr. and mother of Dennis, Jr. and Tara was suddenly called to the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She also leaves behind a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation on Saturday, July 17 from 9 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 11 a.m. at Fort Lincoln Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg Rd., Brentwood, MD. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.


EISENBREY BURKE MOLLIE RUBINSTEIN BURKE


On Saturday, July 10, 2010, of Gaithersburg, MD. Beloved wife of the late James Burke, loving mother of Barbara Burke of Belmont, CA and Barry Burke and wife Carol of Gaithersburg, MD, sister of Fred Rubinstein of Rye, NY and the late Annie Rubinstein. Born on Sept. 21, 1921, the youngest daughter of Max and Mary Rubinstein who emigrated from England. She joined the U.S. Navy WAVES in order to serve her country in WWII. She was stationed in Washington, D.C. where she met her future husband, also serving in the U.S. Navy. They married in 1946, living in DC and later in the Woodmoor section of Silver Spring and subsequently Rockville. She worked as a bookkeeper and later worked for the Shady Grove Music Fair. She pursued her artistic talents by painting, quilting and sewing. She also volunteered at Rockville Senior Center for many years. Graveside service and interment at Judean Gardens, 16225 Batchellors Forest Rd., Olney, MD on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Women in Military Service for America Memorial, 200 N. Glebe Rd., Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22203-3728 or Montgomery County SPCA, P.O. Box 637, Washington Grove, MD 20880. Please view and sign the family guestbook at www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com


EDWARD M. EISENBREY,M.D. (Age 63)


Of FortWashington died in Harwood,MDon July 8, 2010. Beloved husband of Dr. Jean Eisenbrey; devoted father of sons, Michael, David and Mark Eisenbrey and grandfather of Jean Lopez-Eisenbrey.


The family will receive visitors for a time of remembrance on Thursday, July 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bayne Hall, St. John's Episcopal Church Broad Creek, 9801 Livingston Road, Ft.Washington,MD20744. Funeral services will be held at the church on Friday, July 16 at 11 a.m. Interment will be held on Saturday, July 17 at 11 at a.m. at Chester Cemetery, 810 High Street, Chestertown, MD21620.


CHERRY WILLIAM DOYLE CHERRY (Age 75)


DAN C. PAEK 10/06/1962 - 07/13/2003 Years go by, memories stay


As near and dear as yesterday. We RememberYou Love, Lan Nguyen,


Elizabeth & Natalie Paek WILLIAMS


Of Beltsville,MD died on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD. Surviving is his wife, Nancy Thrasher Cherry; son, Christopher James Thomas Cherry; broth- er, Joseph Robert Cherry and cousins; nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m., onWednes- day, July 14 at the Keeney and Basford PA Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, MD. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 15, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick,MD. Online condolences may be shared at www.keeneybasford.com In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis,MD 21403.


Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401 or at hos- picechesapeake.org or The International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Dr., N. Hollywood,CA 91607 or at myeloma.org.


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