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06-May-2016
Passing of Mort Herold (1926 to 2016) - USAby Lou Coppola |
 Mort Herold passed away peacefully at age 90 on May 1, 2016 in Cape Cod, MA.Some highlights of his career: Mort Herold was a founding member of the Chicago Accordion Club. After the WWII, Mort appeared in his own radio show on WCFL,"Rhapsodies in Velvet" for two and a half years. In 1948 he gave a solo accordion concert in the Chicago Opera House before a capacity audience of 1800 persons, concluding with the premier of Galla-Rini's first Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mort served as adjudicator and performing artist for numerous state accordion festivals, lectured at the MENC, and founded the accordion department at Vandercook College, and he served as president of the ATG, for many years. Picture below, left to right: Mort Herold with some very well known accordion friends, Lou Coppola, Frank Marocco, Manny Bobenrieth and Dr. Carmelo Pino. This picture was taken in June 2006 just prior to Frank Marocco receiving his AAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Photos are courtesy of Lou Coppola. A fuller obituary written by Lou Coppola is published in the USANews, 1st May 2016 edition. |
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