Jozsef Cser

Jozsef Cser - photo by Nigel A. JAMES

Jozsef Cser


Living - Room Sounds - an Obituary


It is how we remember people that counts; and the one thing that I will never forget about Jozsef Cser, whom we sadly lost just two weeks ago, is his collection of radios.
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Jozsef Cser didn’t collect radios in the same way that people save stamps; his collection had a reason for being, and the purpose behind it was his finely tuned love and devotion to very fine music. For him, each type of music needed its own appropriate speakers; and that’s why his living room was full of all kinds of radios.

His radio for jazz had no fewer than four very large loud speakers; his receiver for his native Hungarian folk was somewhat smaller; and his wireless for pop was the size of a match-box. His taste in classic demanded only two medium sized boxes, while his love for Schubert’s religious works needed but one; and, the New Year’s Concert from Vienna recquired all his receivers at once – a celebration of all-round sound in the truest sense of the word!.

Living is enjoyment and enjoyment of life means health. Jozsef Cser, who was not far away from his nineties, enjoyed his music very much; and he, in all his long years, was never seriously ill.

Maybe, the harmony that some of us need is lying hidden in the beautiful music that we never have time for! Could it be that a collection of radios would be good for collecting our thoughts? Melody, after all, is harmony!

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