Re: [Cz-L] [Fwd: Joseph Schmidt]

If there is glory because of connection to Josef Schmidt I'll tell you my
story, as somebody who met him many times.

My family was living in a village called Moldovitza some 70 Km SW of Cz. The
best friend of my mother was "Frau Dr. Stein" the physicians wife in our
place, who was the sister of Josef Schmidt. He visited his sister many
times, together with his mother, and on some of these visits we had dinner
both families whether at the Steins or in our house. We also made beautiful
 excursions in the forests around the village.
I still remember the Steins together with Mrs.Schmidt- which spent the
summers at her daughter- sitting in our Speisesaal and listening to the
concerts of Josef on the radio. Always, on all his concerts he started with
" Guten Abend Mama" and Mrs. Schmidt's eyes were full of tears.
.

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

> If we are going to claim glory because of a connection to Joseph Schmidt,
> then I want to claim my share too. My mother was born and lived till 1924
> on
> the Karolinengasse (currently Zankovetska) #4. This is the large apartment
> house adjacent to the Tempel. My mother sang in the quire when Joseph
> Schmidt was the cantor, I am not sure of the dates, but think it was in the
> mid to late twenties. So, I know from my mother that he definitely was a
> cantor at the tempel. He was also a neighbor, but I do not know whether he
> lived in the same apartment house, or nearby.
>
> Mimi
>
>
> On 3/7/10 11:12 AM, "Anny Matar" <annymatar_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > As I told before, he was family -a little bit a Babes a Zwock -, he was
> my
> > uncle's nephew, Pinie Spektor, the beloved cantor of the Kor-Shil, was
> his
> > uncle. So I rub shoulders with the famous!!!
> > Schmid's greatest role was "Bajazzo", he sang it beautifully and his ugly
> > face made it most believable.
> > I could recognize his voice anywhere it was so beautiful. He either sang
> > in a synagogue or was cantor himself and all his songs had the softness
> and
> > beauty of prayers.
> > Regards,
> > anny
> >
>
> -snip-
>
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