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I've just read a slightly different take on this. Michael Shmith (yes, Shmith, not Smith - he's the son of Athol Shmith), writing a travel piece in The Age on 18 February 2006, says:
So, it looks like de Lancie didn't actively seek Strauss out in order to commission the work, but just happened to stumble across him while a GI. He would obviously have known Strauss by reputation, but do we know whether he'd long harboured a wish to commission this work, or did the idea come to him purely because their paths happened to cross? I guess it doesn't really matter - he did commision it and the concerto was written. But saying "he visited Strauss' home while stationed in Germany" doesn't seem to give quite the right flavour to the story. Any ideas? -- JackofOz 03:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
"where Strauss was living in April 1945, following World War II" World War II wasn't over in April 1945. Even V-E Day wasn't until May 1945 and V-J Day in September 1945. World War II wasn't over until V-J day; no part of the war was over in April 1945 2601:249:8700:CC20:759B:D7A1:46CB:AA1A ( talk) 22:46, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
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We currently say:
I've just read a slightly different take on this. Michael Shmith (yes, Shmith, not Smith - he's the son of Athol Shmith), writing a travel piece in The Age on 18 February 2006, says:
So, it looks like de Lancie didn't actively seek Strauss out in order to commission the work, but just happened to stumble across him while a GI. He would obviously have known Strauss by reputation, but do we know whether he'd long harboured a wish to commission this work, or did the idea come to him purely because their paths happened to cross? I guess it doesn't really matter - he did commision it and the concerto was written. But saying "he visited Strauss' home while stationed in Germany" doesn't seem to give quite the right flavour to the story. Any ideas? -- JackofOz 03:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
"where Strauss was living in April 1945, following World War II" World War II wasn't over in April 1945. Even V-E Day wasn't until May 1945 and V-J Day in September 1945. World War II wasn't over until V-J day; no part of the war was over in April 1945 2601:249:8700:CC20:759B:D7A1:46CB:AA1A ( talk) 22:46, 29 September 2023 (UTC)