Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>I unearthed the Bach Guild LP equivalent of Gene's tape, which reminded me
>that the Esterhazy Orchestra was an American outfit founded by Blum who was
>born in 1935.  I had a very faint memory of having heard them in another
>Haydn symphony, # seventy something, perhaps.

A bit of searching indicates he (and the Esterhazy Orchestra) recorded (in
addition to Nos. 60 and 62) Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 39, 59, 70, 73, 75, 81,
90, 91.  I must also mention that Berkshire <http://www.broinc.com/> is
offering a CD of Blum's Haydn Nos. 39, 70, 73 & 75 for $3.99.

>Google found for me the news that Blum died at some unspecified date,
>reported in a 1998 International Cello Society newsletter.

According to the New York Times, he died on April 17, 1998 of cancer.

Gene Halaburt