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Fink, Robert
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Description area
Dates of existence
1935-2016
History
Robert “Bob” Fink was born on Dec. 29th, 1935 in New York. He earned a music degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he also worked as a graphic artist. He moved to Saskatoon in his 30’s, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was a social activist as well as a musicologist, and won a precedent setting case for the right to poster in public locations. He wrote extensively on music as well as composed musical pieces of his own, and kept up a website called Greenwych which hosted his publications. He also published a journal called Crosscurrents and published his music under the series name of Some New Old Music. He has also worked as an artist and illustrator, journalist, and machinery designer. He passed away on September 8, 2016.
[Info from his obituary in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Sept. 9 to Sept. 16, 2016 as well as from his website, http://www.greenwych.ca/wik-fink.htm]