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Note: N519 The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio); Fri, 30 Mar 2007; Page 24
Philip Gottling Jr. recorded memorable local music moments
He was a fixture at many performances
WYOMING - Philip Frederick Gottling Jr. had a 33-year career as a manufacturing manager at Procter & Gamble, but classical music played a significant role in his life
Musicians remember his meticulous, behind-the-scenes work as a recording engineer for hundreds of local and visiting performers over the last two decades.
A longtime resident of Wyoming, Mr. Gottling died on March 13 of coronary artery disease and emphysema. He was 76.
Mr. Gottling began making recordings of local concerts in the mid-1980s, beginning with church programs and the Middletown Symphony Orchestra. By 1990, he was taping more than 300 concerts annually all over the region, including concerts of Chamber Music Cincinnati, the Northern Kentucky Children's Choir, Hyde Park's Knox Presbyterian Church and faculty and student recitals at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He also made studio-quality recordings for professional musicians in his home. "Phil was a good friend to WGUC (90.9)," said Robin Gehl, vice president for programming. "The station did broadcast the fine, professional recordings he made, primarily of Chamber Music Cincinnati concerts." "He did hundreds upon hundreds of recordings of the finest quality," said his wife, Barbara. "You just don't find a recording engineer of his quality. He knew exactly where to place the microphones and he edited the production. That was distinctive about his work." His final recording was a December performance of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, which he had recorded for 30 years. "He was a fixture for those concerts," said Anne Cushing-Reid, manager of educational activities for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. "He recorded the Youth Orchestra concerts beautifully, and made sure that copies were available for the students."
Born in Baltimore in 1930, Mr. Gottling graduated from Cornell University in 1952. He received his master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge in 1955. Mr. Gottling served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1954 on the USS Scout, a minesweeper, in Charleston, S.C. He joined Procter & Gamble in 1955, performing management duties in plants in Baltimore; Kansas City; Quincy, Mass.; and Cincinnati. When he retired in 1988, he was manager of technical buildings operations in Cincinnati.
An accomplished organist, Mr. Gottling played a three-manual Allen organ and piano in his home. He performed as Cornell University Chimes Master from 1949 to 1952. When the bells at Library Tower were refurbished in 1998, Mr. Gottling donated a new playing stand. He created a doorbell for his Wyoming home that rings the hour strike of the Cornell Chimes. Mr. Gottling and his wife hosted numerous musicians for extended stays in their home. That began in 1978, when the LaSalle String Quartet, College-Conservatory of Music's quartet-in-residence, brought promising European ensembles to study with them for a school year. They included string quartets and piano trios from Hamburg, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Frankfurt, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Goteborg, Sweden; and Berlin.
GOTTLING
Philip Frederick Jr., devoted husband of Barbara Johnson Gottling, beloved father of Philip F. Gottling III, Kristin (Keith) Westehoff, and Elizabeth (Ruben) Mendoza, loving grandfather of Ann Suzu Gottling, Skye and Shawn Westehoff, and Maya Mendoza, also survived by many other dear family and friends. Philip died March 13, 2007 at age 76, long time resident of Wyoming, OH. A celebration of his life will be held 11 A. M. Saturday, March 17 at the Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, 225 Wyoming Ave, Wyoming, OH. A reception will take place after the service. Memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, Chamber Music of Cincinnati, or the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Schmidt-Dhonau-Galloway Funeral Home assisting with arrangements.
Social Security Death Index. Name: Philip Frederick Gottling, Born: 22 Jun 1930, Died: 13 Mar 2007, Last Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio 45215, SSN: 214-26-9072, State Issued: Maryland.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio); Thu, 15 Mar 2007; Page 25
Interment Record
Deceased Record
Interment Number:228020
Interment Date:08/06/2013
Location: LM-64WN-638F-0
Name: PHILIP F GOTTLING
Date of Birth: 06/29/1930
Birth Place: BALTIMORE, MD
Date of Death: 03/13/2007
Death Place: CINCINNATI, OHIO
Name of Father: PHILIP F GOTTLING
Name of Mother: RUTH (GOE) GOTTLING
Sex: M
Marital Status: M
Name of Spouse: BARBARA (JOHNSON) GOTTLING
Funeral Home
Funeral Home: FAMILY INURNMENT
Address: SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
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