Klarinet Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 1998/01

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: Re: SV: re:Vienna women
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 20:15:43 -0500

If you would like to know more about this problem, click on the
following story of Abbie Conant(trombone)and the Munich Philharmonic.
http://metro.turnpike.net/~iwbc/ladies.html - size 67K - 20-Mar-97 -
English - Translate

Bert Amt=E9n wrote:
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> In face of having to pay a big penalty the Vienna Philharmonic orchestr=
a took in the female harpist that has played with them for many years wit=
hout being a member of the orchestra. The European Union do not allow for=
discrimination of females and have specifically warned off this orchestr=
a and their colleagues in Berlin for their habit of not letting in female=
s into their orchestras. Since both Germany and Austria are members of th=
e European Union they have to abide to the union's laws.
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> Bert Amten
> Stockholm
> Sweden
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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Fr@-----.com>
> Till: klarinet@-----.us>
> Datum: den 2 januari 1998 14:42
> =C4mne: re:Vienna women
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> >Harp barely counts. For a number of reasons. I guess she's the token g=
al.
> >I'm talkin strings (bowed), woodwinds, brass, percussion. I think Dan =
L.
> >got it right.
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Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium-Griffith University