Music Historian Interview - Gertrude Clarke Whittall - Budapest String Quartet Story

Clip: 537803_1_1

Year Shot: 1985 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: Color

Tape Master: 11464

Original Film: 91-2610

HD: N/A

Location: Washington D.C. USA

Timecode: 15:57:23 - 15:58:20

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Music Historian Interview - Gertrude Clarke Whittall - Budapest String Quartet Story MCU man with cello resting between his legs telling a story about Gertrude Clarke Whittall & the Budapest String Quartet: Apparently Ms Whittall was hearing impaired & spoke in a voice louder than most, one night between movements just as the quartet was about to play Ms Whittall began talking loudly, the audience laughed & giggled at the scene & from his 2nd violin chair with a grin on his face Alexander Schneider says to the crowd "And now a word from our sponsor". Gertrude Clarke Whittall being the one who donated the Stradivarius instruments in which the quartet was playing.