Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 2002/05

From: DGross1226@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Re: sabine meyer
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:07:09 -0400

In a message dated 5/4/2002 1:13:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
LClarinetB143@-----.com writes:

<<I'm a clarinetist doing a research paper on Sabine Meyer, and I need
as much information as possible. I especially need the story of her triumph
with the Berlin Philharmonic (since she was the first woman). If anyone
knows a significant amount of information, please share.>>

Lola,

A little know fact is that the primary reason she was hired by the Berlin
Philharmonic is that she is the illegitimate daughter of American wiener
king, Oscar Mayer, who made a major anonymous gift to endow a clarinet chair
with the orchestra. However, in accepting the gift, the Berlin Phil
stipulated in that she change the spelling of her last name to avoid all
possible connections with the donor, an amateur clarinetist, who played a
Boehm system Buffet R-13. Good luck on your research.

Don Gross
La Canada, California

p.s. If you want a real challenge, research her "real" relationship to
Wolfgang.

p.p.s. David Naden is also an expert on Sabine. You might want to contact
him, too.

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