[78-L] Alex Steinweiss article

[fnarf at comcast.net]

Oh, that's good. A credible secondary source discussing the material is BETTER than a primary source.

The book is Miles Kreuger, Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Its library record says it's illustrated; I can't reserve books from that library so I can't tell if that includes a picture of the Brunswick artwork.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
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Back about 1979 or so, Miles Krueger wrote a book about "Show Boat" (correct title escapes me - published by Oxford University Press or somebody like that)  and he discussed the original 1932 Brunswick album with its original artwork and compared it to the Columbia re-issue with Steinweiss artwork.  While this is not primary source material, it is a credible, published reference, probably still available somewhere, and reinforces the concept we are trying to re-establish.

Rodger



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--- On Mon, 12/28/09, fnarf at comcast.net <fnarf at comcast.net> wrote:

From: fnarf at comcast.net <fnarf at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
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Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 2:20 PM

This is important! While the ramblings of a delightful bunch of old coots is very enjoyable, it's not evidence. People saying "Steinweiss wasn't first" aren't any more reliable than people saying "Steinweiss was first" without some solid documentary proof. Without it, journalists and authors are right to ignore us.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:52:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
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Liesl Bradner has asked me for permission to print my comments as a letter-to-the-editor, to be published in next Sunday's L.A. Times Calendar edition.

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