Klarinet Archive - Posting 000523.txt from 1997/06

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Einstein info
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 14:15:31 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.79
> Subj: RE: Einstein info

> >Not according to Einstein's daughter. While the two men were
> >born in the same town (Buchau am Federsee), went to the same
> >schools, and even sang in the same chorus, the assertions that
> >they were cousins has never been documented. There was a
> >reference to that alleged relationship in Grover's Dictionary
> >which will change it in the next edition as a result of my
> >letter to them. While it is, of course, possible that they
> >were cousins, the issue is one of proof. You know what they
> >say: everyone on the earth is related to everyone else by a
> >maximum of five degrees of separation. The problem is proving
> >it!!
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> Only in genetics would I ever dare contradict Dan Leeson (who,
> among others on this list, has provided this rank amateur
> with a top-notch clarinet education) but the saying is that
> we're separated *by acquaintance* from one another by five degrees
> (or six, or seven, depending on who you talk to) of separation.
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> Genetically however, no matter your ethnicity, you're at least
> a 66th cousin to anybody else on earth. So, be nicer
> to that trumpet and/or viola player. They may be your 23rd
> cousin.
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> Lisa K. Clayton
> clayton@-----.edu
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Recognize that in my family, the main use of relatives was to
borrow money or eat dinner. So, anyone on this list related
to me will get a visit on my next cross country trip. That
person will be sitting home, relaxing, practicing, whatever
and the doorbell will ring. On answering, they will find me
standing there saying, "Hello cousin. Feed me." I figure
I can get across the US on I90, I80, I70, I40, I30, I20, and I10
without buying a meal. Ah, if only there were an I50.

And so as to make sure that I don't go too off topic, are you
aware that Mozart was related to Carl Maria Von Weber through
his (Mozart's) wife? Her maiden name was Weber and she was
(I think) a second cousin the composer.

Now that I think about it, how many great clarinet players were
related to each other (like Baermann, father and son)?

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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