an international professional music fraternity. Towards the end of his career he lost his sight from diabetic retinitis. He continued to teach, remarking that the event had possibly improved his hearing. At his death he was a beloved and universally respected and admired artist and pedagogue whose conservative and highly disciplined approach to instrumental technique influenced generations of clarinetists. Robert Marcellus died on March 31, 1996. Clarinetists on Robert Marcellus References External links Interview with Robert Marcellus Interview with Robert Marcellus (in Spanish) American classical clarinetists Cleveland Institute of Music alumni 1928 births 1996 deaths 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American musicians Northwestern University faculty