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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 1998/01

From: "Robert E. Winston" <rewinston@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Vienna Phil. - women not allowed
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 01:04:53 -0500

At 1:05 AM -0500 1/2/98, Labadorf wrote:

> Our local Public Radio Station here in Connecticut just congratulated the
> Vienna Phil for accepting their first woman in their employ as harpist. The
> commentator, also a woman, might have been too excited to confirm her report.
> Does anyone know the real story?

"[We] only take white men to play white music by white composers for a white
audience."
Attributed to Werner Resel, VPO Chairman and cellist

<http://www.dorsai.org/~buzzarte/zapvpo.html>

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Robert E. Winston rwinston@-----.com