Music Dedicated to the Memory of Paul Tseng
Paul Tseng, a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington, disappeared during a kayak trip in China in August 2009 and is presumed to have lost his life, although his body was never found.
This page contains some sheet music and musical performances dedicated to his memory. These pieces were composed and performed by Paul’s classmates from the MIT Operations Research Center, with some help from others.
- A Man Well Loved:
- Music composed by Deborah Wan
- Lyrics by Deborah Wan and Jackie Kee
- Musical performance, key of D by Jie Zhu (vocal) and Deborah Wan (piano)
- Musical score for piano and soprano voice, key of D
- Musical score for piano and soprano voice, key of C (for vocalists with a lower range)
- Flagg Street:
- Melody composed by Jonathan Eckstein, with harmonizing chords suggested by Carlos Oliveira
- Musical performance, including improvisation (key of F) by Jonathan Eckstein (solo tenor saxophone)
- Lead sheet/jazz chart in concert pitch (key of F)
- Lead sheet/jazz chart for B-flat transposing instruments (concert key of F, notated key of G)
- Melody composed by Jonathan Eckstein, with harmonizing chords suggested by Carlos Oliveira