This is so sad. I never had the opportunity to meet Schroeder, but his recordings with Barto (Weiss) & Crawford Young are first rate. His reconstructions of the Weiss duets are absolutely astonishing. In the only communication I had with him, he was so gracious to allow me to record one of the Weiss reconstructions.
This is a sad day for the lute world. ed At 08:34 AM 11/7/03 -0600, Hoban, Dick wrote: >we will miss is pleasant manner... Bob told me there are a couple more >Weiss duets that Charlie had done... maybe we can get these recorded. His >recent duet CD with Crawford is just one of my favorites... oh my, how sad. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Clair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 7:28 AM >To: Hoban, Dick >Subject: > >Hi Dick - > >Sorry to be the forwarder of sad news, but this arrived this morning from >Bob: > >From: "Robert Barto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri Nov 7, 2003 4:07:23 AM America/New_York >To: "ROBERT CLAIR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Pat O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: bad news > >Hi guys, >You may have heard already, but Charlie died (apparently natural causes >while sleeping) Wednesday night. >Bob > > >We should reserve some space in the next issue for a memorial. > >Take care, > >Bob > Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
