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Dr. Allen Whear, a noted Baroque cellist and educator who was the artistic director of Baltimore’s Pro Musica Rara and chamber recital director of California’s Carmel Bach Festival, died Feb. 10 of cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Dr. Allen Whear, a noted Baroque cellist and educator who was the artistic director of Baltimore’s Pro Musica Rara and chamber recital director of California’s Carmel Bach Festival, died Feb. 10 of cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

HUNTINGTON — Composer and Marshall University professor emeritus Paul Whear, 95, died last week after a lifetime of creating music for audiences and performers alike. “Paul did not write just to make Paul Whear a better person; he was not writing to satisfy his ego,” said Don Williams, professor emeritus at Marshall University and friend of Whear. “He was writing for an audience, the audience and player, whether they were in junior high or a professional; he was able to write for them.” A former professor of music theory and composition, Whear was known as a talented ...