Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2002/05

From: Alexander Brash <mactrek@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: sabine meyer
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 15:06:08 -0400

Wolfgang Meyer is Sabine's brother...do i get a prize?

~Alexander

> From: DGross1226@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:07:09 EDT
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Re: sabine meyer
>
> 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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