Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2011-10-01 12:45
I'm not sure when Herb Couf joined the DSO, but I'm guessing it was in the early 1950s.
The DSO went through a very rocky period in the 40s, and disbanded for a few years at the end of the decade. They came back in 1952 with Paul Paray as the new conductor. As far as I know, it was at around this time that Couf was hired. I know of another clarinet player who was offered the job (his son told me the story), but turned it down because the pay wasn't good.
Barney Rosen, DSO bass clarinet player in the 40s and early 50s, was very active in the Detroit music scene. During the few years when the orchestra was defunct, Rosen and others kept music alive with a small orchestra they helped to form named the Little Symphony. I'm not sure if it was the low salaries at the time or not, but Rosen left the DSO about a year after the orchestra came back. He continued to play professionally (which he did for most of his life), but he later became a social worker.
I recently happened to stumble across another interesting bit of DSO information from the early 1950s. One of the flute players was Larry Teal.
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