Dear Nick,
1948 was 20 years before I met Ken Britzius, He never mentioned it,
but his party for Leadbelly is not surprising, given his genteel but
steadfast support for all kinds of liberal causes as well as his avid
interest in music and growing orchids.
Ciao,
DDR
On 1/11/12, Nick Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Dennis,
>
> Yes, I know about Britzius. How interesting that you met him. He contributed
> to The Gramophone and was quoted or named in it several times. In 1948
> Leadbelly played at a private party given by Britzius in Minneapolis,
> according to online discographies I have seen (but this is not my area).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Rooney" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Identity of Phonograph Monthly Review critic
>
>
>> I concur with Steve re Darrell's contributions to PMR. In
>> correspondence, he told me that he wrote most of the editorial
>> contents including the letters column. However, if you encounter the
>> name Kenneth Britzius, he was a dentist in Minneapolis whom I knew
>> when he was elderly, so that's one name that RDD did not invent.
>>
>> DDR
>>
>> On 1/11/12, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > I had many conversations with R.D. Darrell. He told me more than once
> he
>> > wrote all the reviews when Axel Johnson was incapacitated (drunk.)
>> >
>> > His full name was Robert Donaldson Darrell (I think- no time to check).
> He
>> > went by Rod. But R.O.B. is probably the first 3 letters of his first
> name.
>> >
>> >
>> > There should be a tape available of his talk to ARSC from years ago.
>> >
>> > Incidentally, he is the father of modern classical music discography,
> having
>> > imagined and compiled the 1936 Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia which,
> together
>> > with the later 2 editions, are the backbone of the World Encyclopedia of
>> > Recorded Music.
>> >
>> > Steve Smolian
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Morgan
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:23 AM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Identity of Phonograph Monthly Review critic
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > May I ask a bibliographical favour? Can anyone identify the critic who
>> > reviewed records for PMR under the initials R.O.B.? Was it Richardson
> Brown?
>> > Does anybody have access to an obituary or biography of this person,
> whoever
>> > it was?
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> >
>> > Nick Morgan
>> > Sheffield University / CHARM PhD student
>> > academic: [log in to unmask]
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dennis D. Rooney
>> 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE
>> New York, NY 10023
>> 212.874.9626
>
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