In Memoriam: Jerome Kohl

IN MEMORIAM JEROME KOHL We were sorry to hear that Dr. Jerome Kohl died in Seattle from a sudden heart attack at home on Monday night/Tuesday morning August 3–4, 2020. According to his wife, Ann Crickmer, he hadn't been feeling well the last couple of weeks and stayed home from work on Monday. He had been still working full time at the University of Washington as Administrative Assistant in the Political Science Department. He was 73. Jerry was Managing Editor of Perspectives of New Music from 1985 to 1999. I knew him before then as a music doctoral student and graduate at the University of Washington. He was devoted to PNM and always meticulous in his work for us. He also became a major scholar of the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen, and organized two major special sections of international work in this area that were published in PNM. We are including a few personal reactions to this sad event from some of the people who knew him in connection with PNM. —John Rahn 242 Perspectives of New Music * * * Jerry Kohl’s energies were a signi cant force in the Perspectives world of the 1990s. His work especially with the music and thought of Stockhausen was and important component of the magazine at that time. And his work with “the ve” was a signi cant facilitating support during their editorship. He was a stalwart and a signi cant part of our community. I am sad to learn of his death. With sadness, Ben Boretz * * * Jerry was a long-time friend from University of Nebraska days when both of us were studying music (I was a freshman, and he was a senior). We had not been in touch in the last several years. —Marianne Kielian-Gilbert * * * This is indeed very sad news. —Marion Guck * * * I am very sorry to hear of Jerry Kohl’s death. I admired his precise and careful mind, his good work as Managing Editor for Perspectives, and his outstanding work on Stockhausen. I always enjoyed talking with him when our paths crossed. In sorrow, Bob Morris * * * in memoriam: Jerome Kohl 243 I’m so sorry to hearing of Jerry’s passing. I remember him as a quietly intense, modest soul whose talent for careful focus was important to Perspectives and to Stockhausen scholarship. I still have my students read his articles explaining the superformula techniques in Licht; he certainly inspired me to appreciate this music. —John Roeder * * * I was saddened to hear about Jerry Kohl’s passing this past week. I knew Jerry for a long time through his association with Perspectives of New Music, and we used to hang out together at the Society for Music Theory's annual national conferences. Our conversations on those occasions were always lled with laughter, and ranged from vintage British television to contemporary music, but inevitably led to the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, to which he was deeply committed. His knowledge and enthusiasm for Stockhausen was infectious, and over the years I learned a lot from him, not only about Stockhausen's music, but about what it means to engage so carefully and persistently with a body of work. Jerry was also central to my involvement with PNM, both when I rst started publishing articles there, and most crucially, when what came to be known as the “group of ve” were editing the journal. I am eternally grateful to him for his knowledge and patience during those years. I am lucky to have known him. —Andy Mead * * * I was shocked and saddened to hear of Jerry Kohl’s death, and sorry in retrospect not to have seen much of him for the past several years. I’ll miss him, as I’m sure many others will, too. His contribution to the study of Stockhausen’s music will remain required reading for anyone with an interest in that repertoire for many years to come. And his translations of the Texte, publication of which has been delayed for so long, will certainly be of enduring value to Anglophone scholars, once they’re nally out. —Jonathan Bernard * * * 244 Perspectives of New Music Jerry and I worked together only once, when he...