Alan Carrier: >Wasn't King Eric (probably the wrong king) of Sweden a conductor (It >seems to me Danacord recently issued some of his recordings). Paderewski >was pianist first but did become the first President of Poland. And the >the former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut (?) Schmidt plays and records >as a pianist. I think it was Frederik IX of Denmark who you mean. Not that it's impossible that there was a conducting Swede too, but Frederik even recorded some music. While we're at Frederiks, Frederik the Great of Prussia (aka 'der alte Fritz') was qutie a decent flautist, one hears. His compositions definitely are pleasant if not more. Jan