Day 249: Jean-Pierre leaves
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
friends.
Day
249 — Jean-Pierre leaves
07-April-1972
(Freitag–Fri.)
TRANSCRIPT
Not a bad day. A little work.
Jean-Pierre left today, for Paris. I can honestly say
that I learned an unbelievable amount in how to play
the horn—breathing, etc. He knew an awful lot about
it and will probably be known as a new inventor of
the horn (right-handed, no resistance, better
position.)
I know that one day I’ll
meet him again. Perhaps in Montreal, if I can ever
get up there. What do I mean, again?
Had an interesting discussion in Prof. C’s class. A
Turkish composer was there. I didn’t prefer his music
(like Stravinksy). However, a Korean guy who I always
saw around, was as I found out, a composer. He had
works published by Peters. Moral—appearances can be
deceiving.
REFLECTIONS
A
good friend leaves. Jean-Pierre,
friend, and a great horn player leaves today. It
sounds like I really liked his knowledge of horn
playing and horn. I didn’t realize that he may have
had ideas about building horns. Interesting.
Although, I did see Jean-Pierre in Montreal years
later, we eventually lost touch with each other.
Composers.
In
Professor C’s composition class today, we have a
guest composer visiting us. I like Stravinsky’s music
and so it may be my youthful critical arrogance in
play again on this day. I also learn that another
student in the composition class is actually a
published composer by Leipzig music publisher, C.F.
Peters. That is pretty amazing.
John
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