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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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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