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 Re: famous people who play clar
Author: Tony Pay 2017
Date:   2011-04-17 10:55

My two favourite examples, though neither is still living, are Ludwig Wittgenstein, and David Marr (the neuroscientist, not the political journalist -- look him up in Google) with whom I used to play at university. David was really good, and could easily have become a professional. He died tragically early (35) of leukaemia.

Unfortunately I have no direct experience of Wittgenstein:-) but can report that in the 1920's, he chose to become an elementary schoolteacher in Trattenbach, south of Vienna.

"The villagers (including some of his own colleagues) were, in any case, disposed to take a dislike to this aristocratic and eccentric stranger, whose odd behaviour sometimes amused and sometimes alarmed them. Anecdotes about his 'fremdheit' [strangeness] were told and retold, until he became a kind of village legend.

"There is the story, for example, of how he once got together with two of his colleagues to play a Mozart trio -- himself on clarinet, Georg Berger playing the viola part on a violin and the headmaster, Rupert Koellner, playing the piano part. Berger recalls:

> Again and again we had to start from the beginning, Wittgenstein not
> tiring at all. Finally, we were given a break! The headmaster,
> Rupert Koellner, and I were then so unintentionally inconsiderate as
> to play by heart some dance tune. Wittgenstein reacted angrily:
> "Krautsalat! Krautsalat!" he cried. He then packed up and went.

(From 'Ludwig Wittgenstein -- The Duty of Genius', by Ray Monk)

Tony



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