Fleischmann Centenary 2010
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In January President McAleese opened the celebrations organised by Cork City Council to mark the centenary of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992), the Irish composer, conductor, scholar, campaigner, organiser, professor of music at University College and Freeman of the City of Cork. The Fleischmann Centenary Celebration Working Group, chaired by Dr Máirín Quill, and the Fleischmann family invite you to join the celebration. Throughout the year there will a host of events in Cork and beyond. Fleischmann’s parents will also be commemorated, both in Cork and in the Bavarian town of Dachau from which Fleischmann’s grandfather first came to Ireland in 1879. Fleischmann works will be performed; there will be exhibitions, public lectures, dance performances, a RTÉ lyric fm CD, a documentary and publications. Over one hundred and eleven organisations are participating. The patrons are the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheál Martin; Cork City Manager, Mr Joseph Gavin; the President of University College Cork, Dr Michael Murphy.
Contact details:
ruth.fleischmann@uni-bielefeld.de
annefleischmann@eircom.net
maevefleischmann@eircom.net
Rory Gallagher Music Library would like to thank the Fleischmann family, Séamas de Barra and Patrick Zuk for their contributions to these web pages.Special thanks to Max Fleischmann who has digitised photographs and documents for the project. We would be grateful to recieve material such as photographs and letters from the public relating to the Fleischmanns and musical activities in Cork