[rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR - The History by Ian Parker

  • From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:50:29 -0500

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-----
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> [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
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