I wrote:
> The version I heard was about Klemperer and George Mendelssohn, descendent
> of the composer and founder of Vox Records, who was recording Klemp at
> the time. I think this happened in the USA; Klemp wanted to know if Vox
> was getting his records into the shops. When Mendelssohn says, 'No, I'm
> Mendelssohn', the clerk is supposed to have said, 'Hey, man, I really
> dig your wedding march.'
I should have added that for any record shop in Berlin in any era not
to have had any Furtwangler on hand is a bit unlikely.
Donald
http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com
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