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   Diner to David Samuel Barr   
   Re: Peter Schickele, Composer and Musica   
   19 Jan 24 09:38:25   
   
   From: bwaystars@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:53:40 AM UTC-5, David Samuel Barr wrote:   
   > Completely overwhelmed to see this this    
   > morning, oddly even before getting word    
   > from the family. Peter was my second-    
   > oldest friend, since 1972 (the oldest    
   > is another Peter, since 1965). He was    
   > a really wonderful person and a brilliant    
   > musician. I was at nearly every concert    
   > and recording session of his music (PDQ    
   > and his own) in New York for decades    
   > and performed & promoted his work in a    
   > variety of venues. He used to tell    
   > people who would come up to him after    
   > concerts asking about his music that I    
   > knew more about it than he did and pass    
   > them off to me to field the inquiries.    
   > I've got all sorts of anecdotes but I'm    
   > not really in the mood for sharing them    
   > right now; maybe later. It's really an    
   > incomparable loss to the music world.   
      
   So sorry for your loss. What a rare talent he was.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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