[TPIN] Touvron on Andre

[Wilmer Wise]

The statement makes no sense.
  Why would an orchestra schedule a concert knowing the musicians  
were not going to be paid?  Was the orchestra's management insane?  
Hire a world famous soloist and not pay the musicians? The American  
Federation of Musicians would have had a field day. Things don't  
happen in the USA the way you have described.
Wilmer
On Jun 4, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Ian McKechnie wrote:

> On 4 Jun 2006 at 13:00, Wilmer Wise wrote:
>
>> That is an unfair statement.
>
> Re:
>>
>>> There is very little mention of the other trumpeters who must have
>>> crossed Maurice's path over his long career, and very little of the
>>> contact with other nations' musicians is entirely complimentary.
>>> For example, there is a story about Maurice doing a concert with the
>>> orchestra in Boston, and because he knew that they don't get paid
>>> for out-of-season work he donated his large fee to the players.  The
>>> very next year, he again played with the same orchestra, and asked
>>> for a copy of the recording of the piece he had played.  They
>>> demanded $100 for a copy of the tape !  (Apparently Maurice does not
>>> appreciate the mercenary attitude underlying the music business in
>>> the USA!)
>>
> Maybe it is unfair : I'm just reporting what's in the book (I could  
> give
> you the whole passage, not just the precis, except it takes typing
> time.)
>
> The real question is, is it TRUE statement ?
>
>
>
> Ian McKechnie
> mckechnie at enterprise.net
>
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