Jean Casadesus [SEP] manner of death
Jean Casadesus died in a car accident in Canada early in 1972. His father died later the same year in Paris.
External links.
- Brief biography of Jean Casadesus with photographs on the Casadesus family site
his last composition, the Symphony no. 7, "Israel," was a tribute to the people of Israel and was dedicated to his frequent collaborator George Szell ; Szell died in the year the work was completed, 1970, and it was not premiered until shortly after Casadesus's 1972 death, by an ensemble led by conductor Frederic Waldmann at Alice Tully Hall in New York City.
Robert and Gaby Casadesus had three children, Jean, Guy and Therese. Casadesus died in Paris, 19 September 1972, after a