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Re: Contrabass Clarinet

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2023-11-16 07:50

MusikFind1 wrote:

> There is also a woman in the back of the cello section.

I wonder if that was Elsa Hilger. According to Wikipedia Stokowski hired her in 1935 as fourth chair cellist (which would date the picture more closely). In this picture, the woman seems farther back than that in the section, but the Wiki writer could have been confused between 4th chair and 4th stand. I wonder if Stoki hired another female cellist?

Elsa Hilger moved up to assistant principal under Ormandy and was playing when I began to attend Philadelphia Orchestra concerts in the early 1960s. She was something of a character.

> The 8 basses and 6 horns were standard in The Philadelphia
> Orchestra for many years.

FWIW, they still list 7 basses and 6 horns in their permanent complement of players. They now use 5 horns routinely for standard repertoire - 4 plus an assistant 1st.

Does anyone recognize the first clarinetist?

Karl

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