I know from the "sub"-communist people´s liberation army of China" that there were no rank signs on their uniforms, but everybody knew the commander & the commander of his commander & the general - by name.
And in the orchestra ? How often adresses a conductor (commander) the members not by name, but by e.g. 2nd horn or 3rd trombone or the violins ..... but we even forget the names of these conductors (commanders), if we knew them before, which was not the case always & was not necessary either. ###################################################################################### Am 30.08.2010 um 16:11 schrieb Leonard & Peggy Brown: > On the subject of the title of members of the orchestra: > > Principal > sub Prinicipal > Co-Principal > etc. > > Did the communist party allow players to be ranked or was it all > "Comrade > Hornist"? I know that sounds goofy, but after reading Gulag > Archipelago a > few times it is believable. > > Comrade Brown > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
