Klarinet Archive - Posting 000365.txt from 2002/07

From: "Klumpes, Ron" <Ron.Klumpes@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Leupold
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:24:36 -0400

Neil Diamond?

Neil Young?

I know, showing my age again ;-)

/Ron

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Leupold
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> > Honestly, I don't know. I'm curious however, since you=20
> mentioned it.
> > Maybe I'll do a little digging in my spare time (which=20
> means it's never
> > going to happen). Considering that I was born in 1970 to=20
> immigrant par-
> > ents who wanted their newborn son to reach for the stars=20
> (or shoot for
> > the moon, at the very least), can anybody guess the=20
> particular American
> > after whom I was named? ;-)
> >
> > --- rien stein <rstein@-----.nl> wrote:
> > > Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com> wrote
> > >
> > > <<
> > > Being both a serious musician *and* a thoroughbred German,
> > > >>
> > >
> > > Wasn't Leupold the first name of the count of=20
> Dessau-Anhalt, somewhere
> > > between 1750 and 1800, the one they called "Der alte=20
> Dessauer" ("the old
> man
> > > from Dessau")? Despite your very American first name: is there any
> > > rlationship between you and him?
> > >
> > > (For those not well-vrsed in tyhe history of the German state of
> > > Sachsen-Anhalt_ Dessau is a small town in the German state of
> > > Sachsen-Anhalt. Its prince Leupold (if I remeber right,=20
> however) used to
> go
> > > through his land (and also outside of it) incognito. He=20
> had many special
> > > qualities, but his most special hobby was to be a=20
> matchmaker, especially
> > > where there was a difference in rank, he liked to couple=20
> the duke's or
> > > baronet's son or whatever to the maiden, so to speak. He=20
> even provided
> the
> > > money. He sometimes required to beat the weding, at all=20
> cases however
> his
> > > main demand was that he be the godfather of the first=20
> child born into
> this
> > > marriage.)
> > >
> > > Rien
> > >
> > >
> > >=20
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