In Memoriam

usicologist and conductor Alfred Mann, professor emeritus at the Eastman School, died at his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., on September 21. He was 89 years old.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Mann studied in Milan and Berlin and began his long teaching career at the Berlin Hochschule and at Milan’s Scuola Musicale. From 1939 to 1942 he studied and taught at the Curtis Institute. In 1947, he joined the faculty of Rutgers University, where he taught until 1980, when he came to the Eastman School. He was appointed professor emeritus of musicology in 1987.

Mann was a noted choral conductor; his recordings of Handel’s six Chandos Anthems in the 1960s were acclaimed by critics. In 1961, he became director of publications of the American Choral Foundation, editing American Choral Review from 1962 to 1999.

Mann was widely respected for his research and writing on the history of music theory, particularly the teaching of counterpoint. His translation of a seminal work of contrapuntal theory, J. J. Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum, was published in 1943 as Steps to Parnassus and in 1965 as The Study of Counterpoint. Mann’s other books include Theory and Practice: The Great Composers as Teachers and Students and Bach and Handel: Choral Performance Practice. Mann edited a critical edition of Handel’s Messiah, among many other choral works. In 1997 he was made an honorary member of the International Bach Society—only the third American to receive the honor.

Mann’s wife, Carolyn Owens Mann, died in 1995. He is survived by three sons: Adrian, John, and Tim.

Rochester Hall of Famer Lyle Brown, one of the University’s most successful two-sport coaches, died on September 28. He was 83.

In 19 seasons as men’s basketball coach, Brown won 222 games and lost 181. He is third in career victories at Rochester behind Mike Neer and Louis Alexander. Brown succeeded Alexander in 1957–58 and was succeeded by Neer in 1976–77.

Brown also coached the men’s soccer team for 10 years, wining 50 games, losing 27, and tying three. His Rochester soccer teams were some of the most successful in school history, posting a 7-0-1 record in 1957 and a 7-1-0 record in 1958.

Brown came to the River Campus in 1955 after coaching boys basketball at Pittsford High School for 10 years. At Rochester, Brown took the Yellowjackets to the NCAA College Division basketball playoffs four times.

Two-time NCAA Coach of the Year, Brown was a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches for 38 years, chaired the Membership Committee, the Hall of Fame Committee, the Press Committee, and the Convention Committee. He was inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993, as part of the second induction class. He is the author of Offensive and Defensive Drills for Winning Basketball.

On the River Campus, Brown served as full professor in the Department of Sports and Recreation. He also served as chairman of the commencement exercises and was a member of the Faculty Senate.