Posted by Brian Frederiksen on February 29, 2000 at 21:05:43:
In Reply to: Re: Brian Fredrickson-PLEASE READ!!!! posted by Brian Frederiksen on February 29, 2000 at 15:03:02:
Now that I am home with the data files from the book on the computer, here's what we found about Hamburg.
Jacobs� predecessor, George Hamburg was born in Chicago on February 22, 1886, and was the CSO�s principal tuba from 1920-44.
Edward Kleinhammer joined the symphony during the 1940-41 season, the final years of Hamburg�s career. He remembers Hamburg as a very nice man and recalls that Hamburg knew of Jacobs by reputation prior to 1942.
While Jacobs� contact with him was limited, when asked about Hamburg, he stated, �He was a very nice man. I got so embarrassed, because I called him Mr. Hamburger when he called me one time, and I�ll never forget that. He laughed�he had been called that before.
�I think he was having some sort of health problem and had to leave. I�m not sure. He may have had surgery due to cancer. I remember going up to see him, and he asked me to buy his Alexander tubas, which I did.�
Hamburg died in Chicago on February 6, 1963.
At one point, the CSO had two tuba players. Fred Boos was listed in the personnel roster on bass, 1932-45, second tuba, 1938-45, and as a librarian, 1938-56. He was born May 29, 1881, in Joliet, Illinois and died July 25, 1967 in Chicago. It was Fred Boos who built Jacobs� mute, which he used nearly his entire career with the CSO.