Klarinet Archive - Posting 001158.txt from 1997/08

From: SusiPontow@-----.com
Subj: Re: Beethoven's heritage
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:39:32 -0400

In a message dated 97-08-27 00:21:42 EDT, you write:

This is a good thing to point out, so one wouldn't embarass themself when in
a conversation with a musicologist or someone else who knows better.

--Susan
SusiPontow@-----.com

<< "Just like with Ludwig von Beethoven and other German names"

Let me rush in here to be the first to point out, Craig, that it's van
Beethoven, not von Beethoven, and, as its owner was often proud to point
out, it is a Dutch name, not German (von is German, van is Dutch).

Bill E., being priggish again >>