Mom was scared to death of him. She was 13. P.J. Nebergall On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:57:00 -0400 Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Sir Thomas Beecham once called me an idiot, I think not deservedly. > Other than that, he was a pretty good conductor. > > Allen Zak > > On Sep 6, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Peter J Nebergall wrote: > > > 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 > > > > --- > 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