My friend and former colleague, the composer and academic Stanley Glasser, who has died aged 92, was head of music at Goldsmiths College, London, for more than 20 years, and forged one of the most forward-thinking university music departments. Its electronic music studio, which he helped to establish, bears his name. He believed that contemporary music, composition and ethnomusicology all had vital contributions to make to modern university teaching and research.
As a composer, Stanley was prolific in many fields, and pioneering in some of them. He was, it is said, the first South African to compose electronic music. His deep love of African music vaulted the colour barrier that was in place in his home country for more than 40 years. His output included concert music, incidental, commercial and educational music, and even a comic opera.
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