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If you’re American, you’ve probably met more than one John Smith in the course of your life.  I would bet that there are a few Jan Johansson figures in Sweden that one might run into in the course of a lifetime there.  But how many names does one encounter on a day-to-day basis that are completely overlooked?  This post is dedicated to a variety of coincidences:  First, people who have the same name.  Secondly, people who have the same name from entirely different life paths who happened to be noticed by a person who likes remembering trivial bits of information.  Thirdly, people from entirely different life paths with similar names who are not only noticed and remembered by said person, but whose unforeseen linking somehow fatefully merges to tangentially related areas of the observer’s life.  And so…..a presentation of two people named Werner Haas.  For the moment two…..who knows when a third might arise?  To any Werner Haas out there…feel free to leave a comment and get some free publicity!

Werner Haas – the German pianist who lived from 1931-1976.  Recorded the complete works of Debussy.

Werner Haas – Co-author of  German: A Self Teaching Guide.  Former professor of German at Ohio State University.  I know his book was in use at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz during the summer of 2010.

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