[rodgersorgan] Interesting story of Walcha
- From: "noel jones, aago" <zimbelstern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 15:59:01 -0400
Interesting message taken from another pipe organ list...from a German
Organist talking of his father:
Then came the sad reality so often viewed in the Germany of his time:
"I am afraid that I am the only survivor of my class. All my buddies had
to
go to Russia and never came back. One of them was lucky: he was blind,
and
the draft didn't get him for that. A real luck; this young man -he was
several grades ahead when I entered the Conservatory- true was a gifted
musician; had great honors, and played at almost every alumni concert".
The name of this young man was Helmut Walcha. Father survived because he
was
taken war prisoner in France; no Russia for him. But he got handicapped-
partially paralyzed at the right hand, no concert career for him either.
So
much for remembrance.-
--
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
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