To add to Boston's radio woes, in the late 1940s or early 1950s, there was an all-classical music AM station in the city. I remember hearing the announcer saying (after a long description of the opera, probably from the back of the record jacket, "We will now hear Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte or," he proudly went on to translate for us musical illiterates, "The Magic Flute." I can't remember how long that station stayed on the air.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/5/2004 6:35:50 PM >>> To the boners below, add the novice announcer on WCRB, the classical music station in Boston, who introduced a recording as "Concerto A - Five" by Tommaso Albinoni. And the "Duo Kontarsky (the two brothers pianists) booked a flight somewhere in Brazil and got just one seat reserved upon the name "Duo Kontarsky". Or the famous poster in Vienna, announcing the premiere of the new production of Trobadour in the State Opera: Il Trovatore Director: Herbert von Karajan Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Music: Herbert von Karajan Reminds me of the BBC announcement: .....Adagio & Allegro op.70 for value horn & piano by Robert Schumann Or - "that was the Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn, arranged by Bartholdy" or - "The Sinfonietta by Jan - a Czech". _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/glick%40unt.edu _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
