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Carl Frei List and Friberg Passing
By Matthew Caulfield

Just to make sure I didn't lose anyone from the list of those who 
requested the Kern-Keller list of Carl Frei tunes, here  are  the 
names  I  have: Conant, Deland, Jamison, Rhodes (Robbie variety), 
Rutoskey, and Yost. 
         
The vast majority of titles are in German, so  it will be helpful 
if  you can read the language a little, so that, for example, you 
can recognize "Fruhlingstimmen" as Strauss's "Voices of Spring."  
Even then it's  a  grab bag  (at least for  me)  with titles like 
"Cowboy Jimmy" or "Rosamunde" or  "Das Karussell."  By  the  way, 
the figure 3880 for one of  the tune counts was  my typing error; 
it should instead be 380. 
         
On another, sad subject:  It  was  a  shock  to  learn  of  Claes 
Friberg's sudden death.  I never had  the pleasure of meeting him 
myself, but  my wife, who  is also Danish, was warmly received by 
Claes and his rather new wife a year or two ago on one  my wife's 
trips "home."  I had some questions for her to put  to Claes, and 
he  not  only answered them  but extended gracious hospitality to 
Mrs. Caulfield, when  she appeared at  the  Friberg doorstep with 
only a phone call of advance warning.                             



(Message sent 30 Apr 1996 13:25:13 EST , from time zone -0500.)

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