Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Vienna Phil. - women not allowed
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:32 -0500

"Werner" is a MALE name, before anyone draws strange conclusions from this
one ......
Roger Shilcock

On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Craig E. G. Countryman wrote:

> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 11:24:55 -0500
> From: "Craig E. G. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Vienna Phil. - women not allowed
>
> Robert E. Winston wrote:
> "'[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 don't understand this quote. If Werner Resel is chairman of the VPO
> than obiviously she would not be saying this as her(??) own opinion. Is
> she representing this as the belief of the Vienna Phil. leaders?
> Perhaps you could enlighten me by putting this in further context.
>
> Also, one must realize that this woman is going to be on the extreme
> opposite side of the Philharmonic, so her comments may be somewhat
> biased. I still haven't seen anything from the Philharmonic itself,
> unless of course I must understand this quote.
>
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