[rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR - The History by Ian Parker
- From: "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:14:01 -0500
Do you know Beecham's comment on Hitler who was attending a performance of, if
memory serves me right, La Traviata? I'll check the opera and write later
tonight.
Doug
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
Reply-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-----
>> 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
>>
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