By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

Roman Totenberg, the distinguished violinist who was for decades a pillar of Boston’s music community, died Tuesday morning at age 101. Born in Poland, he made his professional debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic at age 11. As a student of Carl Flesch and Georges Enesco, he represented one of the last living bridges to older European styles. In its prime, his playing possessed a virtuosity mixed with a rare elegance and spontaneity of phrasing, a sense of music’s lyrical imperatives far beyond the printed score.

By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff

Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, has passed away at the age of 47, according to the website of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. As one third of the pioneering New York hip-hop trio, with band mates Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, Yauch experienced great critical and commercial success over the course of a nearly 30 year career. Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland last month.