Tom Lehrer

Thomas Andrew Lehrer (/ˈlɛər/ i; Afrilu 9, 1928 - Yuli 26, 2025) ɗan ƙasar Amirka ne, mawaƙi-marubucin waƙa, satirist kuma ɗan lissafi, wanda daga baya ya koyar da lissafi da wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa. Ya rubuta waƙoƙin pithy, masu ban dariya, kuma sau da yawa na siyasa waɗanda suka zama sanannun a cikin shekarun 1950 da 1960. Waƙoƙinsa galibi suna yin amfani da shahararrun nau'ikan kiɗa, kodayake yawanci suna da waƙoƙi na asali. Wani banda shi ne "The Elements", inda ya saita sunayen abubuwan sinadarai zuwa sautin "Major-General's Song" daga Gilbert da Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance .

Ayyukan farko na Lehrer sun shafi batutuwa marasa mahimmanci da baƙar fata a cikin waƙoƙi kamar "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". A cikin shekarun 1960, ya samar da waƙoƙi game da batutuwan zamantakewa da siyasa, musamman ga sigar Amurka ta shirin talabijin That Was the Week That Was . Shahararren waɗannan waƙoƙin ya wuce batutuwan su da nassoshi. Lehrer ya nakalto bayanin abokinsa: "Ko da yaushe annabta mafi munin kuma za a yaba da ku a matsayin annabi. "  A farkon shekarun 1970s, Lehrer ya yi ritaya daga aikin jama'a don ba da lokacinsa ga koyar da lissafi da tarihin wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa a Jami'ar California, Santa Cruz.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Thomas Andrew Lehrer a Birnin New York a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1928, kuma ya girma a Upper East Side na Manhattan. Shi dan Morris James Lehrer ne (1897-1986), mai zane-zane mai cin nasara, da Anna Lehrer (née Waller; 1905-1978) kuma ɗan'uwan Barry Waller Lehrer (1930-2007).  Lehrer ya gaya wa wani mai tambayoyin cewa ya tuna wani yaro mai ban sha'awa a kan Manhattan's Upper West Side wanda ya haɗa da halartar wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway tare da iyalinsa da tafiya a cikin Central Park rana ko dare. Shi da iyalinsa sun kasance Yahudawa ne, suna bin salon rayuwa na duniya wanda ya haɗa da halartar Makarantar Lahadi ta Yahudawa amma kuma suna murna da Kirsimeti; ya ce dangantakarsa da addinin Yahudanci "ta fi dacewa da kayan abinci fiye da majami'a (...) kuma 'Allah' ya kasance da farko mai zagi (.) " Yayinda yake yaro, yana son ƙididdigar tunani da lissafi. Ya fara karatun piano na gargajiya yana da shekaru bakwai, amma ya fi sha'awar shahararren kiɗa na shekarun. Daga bisani, mahaifiyarsa ta tura shi ga malamin piano wanda ya koya masa yadda za a buga waƙoƙin wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway da yake so. A wannan ƙuruciya, ya fara rubuta waƙoƙin nunawa, wanda daga ƙarshe ya taimaka masa a matsayin mawaƙi da marubuci a cikin shekarun da yake koyarwa a Jami'ar Harvard kuma daga baya a wasu jami'o'i.

 Ayyukan ilimi da na soja 
Lehrer ta kamMA karatu daga Harvard tare da digiri na farko a fannin lissafi, Magna cum laude, [undefined] a shekara ta 1946. [1] A Harvard, ya kasance abokin zama na masanin tauhidin Kanada Robert Crouse . [2] Ya sami digiri na MA a shekara mai zuwa kuma an shigar da shi cikin Phi Beta Kappa . [3] Daga baya ya koyar da lissafi da sauran azuzuwan a MIT, Harvard, Wellesley, da Jami'ar California, Santa Cruz.[4]

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