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Given last week’s news of the death at the age of 97 of America’s most acerbic and creative musical satirist, I was curious ...
Alison Kaplan fell for Tom Lehrer's parody songs long before she met Mark Russell. Then she fell for Russell's parodies – and ...
Thomas A. Lehrer ’47 — a beloved musician and mathematics instructor who set sardonic commentary to upbeat piano melodies — ...
Lehrer, who died July 26, wrote numerous satirical songs, including "Pollution" and "The Vatican Rag." In the latter half of his life, he also taught math at Harvard and MIT.
The mathematician-turned-musician wrote songs that, decades later, still make readers laugh.
His topical songs were wildly popular among the college crowd, and many of us committed them to memory along with Bob Dylan’s similarly provocative lyrics.
Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, ...
Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...
Yesterday, I heard that a figure I remembered from my childhood had died recently: Tom Lehrer, a musical satirist, performer, ...
Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, ...
Tom Lehrer, satirist and mathematician, died at 97. A look at his musical legacy, wit, and cultural impact that still ...
In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, Sir Cameron Mackintosh remembers Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, who died aged 97.