CLAUDIA VON CANON, 79; WAS AUTHOR, MIT MUSIC INSTRUCTOR

The Boston Globe | June 21, 2002| | Copyright

Claudia von Canon, 79, a retired music and Latin instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, took great interest in cultural affairs and often invited friends to her favorite restaurant, Legal Seafoods, for warm meals and heated discussions about music, history, and literature. She died of pancreatic cancer June 11 in Amsterdam, where she spent most of her time.

Conversations with the opinionated former choir singer and harpsichordist were rich with debate and wit, said longtime friend Susan Larson. "Being with her was like being in a Viennese coffeehouse," Larson said.

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