Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 1996/07

From: niethamer@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: trivia question
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 22:48:44 -0400

On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Dan Oberlin wrote:

> Leon Russianoff was married to Penelope Polatschek. Victor Polatschek
> was first clarinetist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the early
> 1900's. Were Victor and Penelope related?

I don't know, but legend has it that Leon and Penny met when she came for
a clarinet lesson.

David Niethamer
Russianoff student 1973-?