Klarinet Archive - Posting 001398.txt from 2004/03

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Richard Strauss concertino for clarinet, bassoon, string
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:11:49 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:

> The man for whom Struass wrote this work was Hugo Burghauser and I
> knew him. He was one of the bravest and most remarkable men I ever met.
>
> <Snipped for space, but read in its entirety>
>
> The last time I played Elektra, it was with the San Francisco
> opera and, as I played it, I thought of this gentle, kind, brave, and
> righteous man. It was later that I decided to plant a tree in his
> memory.

Dear Dan and klarinet list,

Hugo Burghauser was, indeed, a great man. It is of such moral fabric
that the saints of all faiths are made. Thank you, Dan, for sharing his
story with us.

Patricia Smith

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