Indeed, there were several things with Raschér on the Belgian label Alpha. One album I have been looking for nearly 30 years is the Alpha recording of the Raschér Quartet performing Jean Absil's Suite sur des themes populaires roumain; taped it off a library album, but no longer have the tape. David "Uncle Dave" Lewis South Lebanon, OH On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Melissa Widzinski <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi Roger, > > Yes, there are plenty more recordings! There are a great deal of live > performance tapes from concerto and recital performances, that few people > have ever heard. Yes, there are the NY Phil, Boston and quartet recordings. > He also played with numerous orchestras and wind ensembles across the US, > in > Europe and Australia. There are about 500 individual source items, > including > open reel tapes, cassettes, vinyl records, 45s, instantaneous discs, 78s > and > CDs in the collection. > > -Melissa > > > On 11/1/10 9:35 PM, "Roger Kulp" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Pardon my ignorance,but I was not aware Rascher made all that many > recordings > > on > > his own.I am aware of his time as soloist with The New York > Philharmonic,and > > Boston Symphony,but the only recordings I am aware of,are a small handful > of > > recordings he made in the 70s,and 80s,with the quartet he formed with his > > daughter. > > > > Are there more? > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Melissa Widzinski <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 1:47:13 PM > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Support an audio preservation project with a Pepsi > Refresh > > Everything grant > > > > Dear ARSC list, > > > > I am writing you all today to ask you to help the State University of New > > York Fredonia Archives & Special Collections department in a grant > program > > that we are participating in. I am currently implementing an audio > > preservation, digitization and restoration project for the archives on > the > > historic Sigurd Rascher audio collection. This collection contains rare > and > > unique recordings of the influential twentieth-century saxophonist, > Sigurd > > Rascher, and his students. We have been privately funded to this point, > but > > will need outside funds in order to complete the project. > > > > I have submitted an application for the Pepsi Refresh-Everything grant > > program. They have 1,000 grant applications each month, and the money is > > awarded based on popular vote. There are 10 awards of $5,000, 10 awards > of > > $25,000, 10 awards of $50,000, and 2 awards of $250,000 each month. My > > application is for $50,000. With this money, we will easily be able to > > complete the project without having to look for other funding. > > > > Each person can vote for an idea once per day per project for the entire > > month of November. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me out > by > > voting at the link below: > > > > http://www.refresheverything.com/rascheraudio > > > > Just click on the link, then click the "Vote for this idea" button on the > > right-hand side. You will be prompted to create an account. > Alternatively, > > you can sign in with your Facebook account, if you have one. > > > > I am creating a daily mailing list for the month of November. I will send > > out reminder emails each day with a link to the page for voting. Please > let > > me know off list ( [log in to unmask] ) if you would like to be > added > > to this mailing list. > > > > I¹d appreciate any and all support in this endeavor! It would be great if > > you could share this link with your friends, family and colleagues! We > need > > as many votes as possible to be successful in this extremely competitive > > program. > > > > Thank you, > > Melissa Widzinski > > > > -- > Melissa M. Widzinski > Audio Engineer > Curator to the Rascher Collection > Archives and Special Collections > Reed Library > State University of New York at Fredonia > Fredonia, NY 14063 > > email: [log in to unmask] > Facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/22rcfcv > Blog: http://rascherarchive.wordpress.com/ >