THE DOUBLE REED 9

The History ofthe

InternationalDouble Reed

Society

[as written by the members of the society]

Compiled and Edited

by

Ronald Klimko

and

Daniel Stolper

PART IV

IDRS HONORARY MEMBERS10

Honorary Members

Maurice Allard(1923)

Günter Angerhöfer(1921)

Lady Evelyn Barbirolli(1911)

Philip Bate(1909)

Gwydion Brooke(1912)

Donald Christlieb(1912)

Lewis Hugh Cooper(1920)

John de Lancie(1921)

George F. Goslee(1916)

Ralph Gomberg(1921)

E. Earnest Harrison(1918)

Norman H. Herzberg(1916)

Cecil James(1913)

Karl Öhlberger(1912)

Ivan Pushechnikov(1910)

Mordechai Rechtman(1926)

Lowry Riggins(1930)

Roland Rigoutat(1930)

Sol Schoenbach(1915)

Leonard Sharrow(1915)

Ray Still(1920)

Laila Storch(1921)

K. David van Hoesen(1926)

Robert Bloom

(1908-1994)

Victor Bruns

(1903-1996)

Robert De Gourdon

(1912-1993)

Ferdinand Del Negro

(1897-1986)

Fernand Gillet

(1882-1980)

Leon Goossens, CBE

(1897-1988)

Benjamin Kohon

(1890-1984)

Simon Kovar

(1890-1970)

Dr. Paul Henry Lang

(1901-1991)

Lyndesay Langwill

(1897-1983)

Alfred Laubin

(1906 - 1976)

Robert M. Mayer

(1910-1994)

W. Hans Moennig

(1903-1988)

Frederick Moritz

(1897-1993)

Fernand Oubradous

(1903-1986)

Jerry Sirucek

(1922 - 1996)

Louis Skinner

(1918 - 1993)

Robert Sprenkle

(1914-1988)

Deceased Honorary Members

THE DOUBLE REED

A Pictorial Collection of Mostof the Honorary Members of the

International Double Reed Society

Compiled and Edited by Ronald Klimko and Dan Stolper

11

CHAPTER 5Part 3

IDRS

Honorary

Members

Hans Moennig at work in his shop

Fernand Gillet

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS12

Karl Öhlberger

Benjamin Kohon with Mrs. Simon Kovar and Alan Goodman in Los Angeles in 1978.

Lyndesay Langwill with Karl Öhlbergerat Edinburgh in 1980.

Leon Goossens as painted at the time of his 85th birthday.

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Lady Evelyn Barbirolli

Lady Evelyn Barbirolli chatting with WilliamWaterhouse in Manchester in 1980.

Frederick Moritz and bassoon.

Ferdinand Del Negro and his contrabassoon.

Robert Bloom (left) with his wife Sara, daughterJulia, and friend.

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS14

Sol Schoenbach from a 1957 photo at theSettlement Music School, Philadelphia.

Sol and wife Bertha in Tallahassee in 1996.

Fernand Oubradous

Robert Bloom

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Robert Sprenkle in a portrait by Stanley Gordon.

Victor Bruns.

A portrait of Ralph Gomberg.

Leonard Sharrow:at work and atplay!

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS16

A portrait of Jerry Sirucek.

Jerry Sirucek and Maurice Allard.

Maurice coaching Jo Ann Simpson on the Buffet in Edinburgh, 1980.

Maurice Allard and other French bassoonists at Edinburgh, August, 1980.Robert Mayer.

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Don Christlieb lecturing on reedmaking.

Cecil James and his Buffet in an earlier picture. Cecil James and wife Natalie in 1989.

Earnest Harrison.

Don Christlieb (l) and Earnest Harrison at the time of their inauguration.

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS18

Gwydion Brooke in 1960.

Gunther and fellow bassoonist/author WernerSeltman conversing with the Püchners.

John de Lancie in performance.Ray Still performing and lecturing

at an early IDRS Conference.

Gunther Angerhöfer trying out bassoons.

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A portrait of George Goslee. George Goslee.

Norman Herzberg (second fromleft) posing with other famousbassoonists (l to r) George Goslee,Herzberg, Lou Skinner, SolSchoenbach, Bill Waterhouse, and Leonard Sharrow.

Another shot of a famous bassoon septet with Milan Turkovic (second from right) joining the group.

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS20

A portrait of Laila Storch. Laila Storch and oboe.

Mordechai Rechtman. Lou Skinner slaving over a reed.

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Simon Kovar Ivan Pushechnikov.

Roland Rigoutat looking very natty! Lewis Hugh Cooper.

THE HISTORY OF THE IDRS22

Robert de Gourdon.

Lowry Riggins

Alfred Laubin