Because of my mother (concert pianist) I met a lot of conductors. ALL (except Thomas Schippers) were big egos. I was a brat undefoot -- but Karajan wasn't nasty to me. Mom was discovered by Beecham -- now THAT was an ego! PJ Nebergall On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:57:22 -0500 "Jeffery Smith" <jls@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I think that Von Karajan probably had the biggest ego of just about > anyone > in the 20th century. I wouldn't expect him to have repented. He felt > himself > incapable of error. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen Zak > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:47 PM > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR - The History by Ian Parker > > > > On Sep 5, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > Parker's exact wording is "The firm Franke & Heidecke were ardent > and > > proud > > supporters of Hitler's National Socialist Party and I would > quickly > > hasten > > to add that many other German industrialists also supported > Hitler, > > and with > > large sums of money." > > > > One fellow from the LUG asked me how I could possible listen to > music > > conducted by Herbert Von Karajan as he was not opposed to Hitler. > I > > suppose that it is the same reason why I drive Japanese cars. I'm > not > > buying them > > for Japan's sake. I'm buying them for my sake. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > New Orleans, LA > > http://www.400tx.com > > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > Von Karajan, who joined in 1935, was a member of the Nazi Party. > Afterward, he was unrepentant. I never bought any of his recordings > > because I don't support Nazis, no matter what they are selling. > > Allen Zak > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list