Music had nothing to do with my meeting my wife. I picked her up on the street (or maybe it was the other way around). But I proposed to her immediately after hearing a concerto grosso by a 17th-century Italian composer named Torelli. It was the best gift music ever gave me.
Dan...a couple of items in your parents' story jumped out at me. My mother was also a singer. In her 30's, she would entertain mostly women's groups. She would take a Broadway show (Most Happy Fella was one), tell the story and sing some of the songs in a 1/2 hour show. She died way too young...at 40. My father and grandfather set up a music scholarship in her name at Adelphi University. My Dad is an Erasmus grad...played the violin as did a classmate of his by the name of Henny Youngman. On my Dad's 80th birthday (1986), my brother got the idea to call Henny Youngman. Youngman actually answered the phone and he and my Dad talked about old times at Erasmus. The comedian even invited my Dad to have lunch at The Friars' Club. My brother and I were shocked that Dad turned down his invitation. He was too busy.
This isn't quite on point, but I loved the "story" about how a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra had a performance the same night that his wife gave birth at nearby Jefferson Hospital. Legend has it that there was a 500-bar gap between the notes he had to sound. During the gap, he left, briskly walked to Jefferson, kissed his wife and newborn, and returned just in time for the 500th note.
From reader Robert Zaller:
Music had nothing to do with my meeting my wife. I picked her up on the street (or maybe it was the other way around). But I proposed to her immediately after hearing a concerto grosso by a 17th-century Italian composer named Torelli. It was the best gift music ever gave me.
Dan...a couple of items in your parents' story jumped out at me. My mother was also a singer. In her 30's, she would entertain mostly women's groups. She would take a Broadway show (Most Happy Fella was one), tell the story and sing some of the songs in a 1/2 hour show. She died way too young...at 40. My father and grandfather set up a music scholarship in her name at Adelphi University. My Dad is an Erasmus grad...played the violin as did a classmate of his by the name of Henny Youngman. On my Dad's 80th birthday (1986), my brother got the idea to call Henny Youngman. Youngman actually answered the phone and he and my Dad talked about old times at Erasmus. The comedian even invited my Dad to have lunch at The Friars' Club. My brother and I were shocked that Dad turned down his invitation. He was too busy.
Mike Groothuis
This isn't quite on point, but I loved the "story" about how a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra had a performance the same night that his wife gave birth at nearby Jefferson Hospital. Legend has it that there was a 500-bar gap between the notes he had to sound. During the gap, he left, briskly walked to Jefferson, kissed his wife and newborn, and returned just in time for the 500th note.
Music wasn’t involved in meeting my wife. But my parents met when they were in a choir together.