Leonard Burkat

American musicologist and music writer. Musical administrator of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (50s-60s). Head of public relations and creative services at Columbia (1963-1973). In his later years, he established the Leonard Burkat Program Note Service; he wrote program notes for thousands of works, and they were used by hundreds of prominent orchestras and soloists. Born: July 20 or 21, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts Died: August 25, 1992 in Danbury, Connecticut