Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Vienna Phil. - women not allowed
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 13:58:16 -0500

At 01:04 AM 1/3/98 -0500, Robert E. Winston wrote:
>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
>
I suppose this means that Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw would not be hired
for playing jazz since that is, in theory, black music? I really hope he
did not say that.

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.