From: Bruce R.Burningham [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 15:07
To: Lauer, A Robert
Subject: Nancy Knopka Obituary

Dear Robert,

Could you please forward this message (along with the attached pdf) to your Cervantes listserv?

Best,
Bruce



From: Mikael Elsila
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:50 PM
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Subject: Hi Professor Burningham, re: Dr. Nancy Knopka (1926-2010)

Dear Professor Burningham,

I work for the New York City musicians' union (AFM Local 802). We just
received word that one of our longstanding members, Dr. Nancy Knopka,
died last August. It turns out that she was a founding member of the
Cervantes Society of America. Perhaps your society is already aware
of her passing, but if not, you may want to forward this information to
whom it may concern:

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Dr. Nancy Jean Cahen Knopka, 83, died last Aug. 18, 2010, reported the
New York City musicians' union (AFM Local 802), where Dr. Knopka had
been a member since 1959.   Dr. Knopka trained with the National
Orchestral Association from 1945 to 1951 under music director Leon
Barzin and was the principal bassoonist for the Havana (Cuba)
Philharmonic Orchestra from 1957 to 1958. In the 1980's, she played with
the Brooklyn Heights Orchestra (now the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra) and
in recent years with several community bands on Long Island, including
the North Shore Pops Band. In addition to being a musician, Dr. Knopka
taught Spanish language and literature for 30 years at Stern College for
Women at Yeshiva University, and later at Rutgers University. She was a
founding member of the Cervantes Society of America, which studies
the work of Miguel Cervantes. She is survived by her nephew Jeffrey
Sokolow.

END

Best wishes,

Mikael

Mr. Mikael Elsila
Editor, Graphic Designer and Advertising Manager
Allegro: the magazine of the New York City musicians' union (AFM Local
802)
322 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036
(646) 765-9663
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Bruce R. Burningham
Interim Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Editor of Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
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