Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!robdye From: robdye@ut-sally.UUCP (Rob Dye) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: leonardo the performance artist Message-ID: <1256@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 19:15:36 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.1256 Posted: Thu Mar 7 19:15:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 05:13:50 EST References: <849@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: robdye@ut-sally.UUCP (Rob Dye) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 17 Summary: Berg wasn't shot by an American MP In article <849@decwrl.UUCP> janzen@pipa.DEC (Thomas E. J. LMO4/B5 279-5421 ECL Test) writes: >2. Alban Berg was shot by American MP's while smoking an after-dinner cigar >on his porch. His brother-in-law, in the black market, had been pursued >there by the MPs. >Tom Janzen DEC 150 Locke Marlboro MA 01752 Not so. Berg died in 1936 (I believe), long before American occupation anywhere. You are thinking of Anton Webern, although I've never heard the bit about his brother-in-law. _________________________________________________________ Robert Dye Dept. of CS, UTexas at Austin UUCP: {ihnp4,harvard,gatech,ctvax,seismo}!ut-sally!robdye ARPA: robdye@ut-sally.ARPA