Ed Zubrow wrote:

>Recently, I came across the name of a composer much admired by Mahler
>by the name of Hans Rott. He was a classmate, and for a time, roommate
>of Mahler's. He died, insane, of tuberculosis at age 25. ...

I remember on one occasion, I was perusing the classical offerings of a
Border's Books near Boston.  At that time, they had a more than passable
classical selection, and in one slot near the Mahler Symphony recordings
was a card that read: "If you enjoyed these recordings, you may also
enjoy recordings of pieces by Bruckner, Richard Strauss and Hans Rott".
That't the first time I can recall encountering his name, so I subsequently
looked him up in Wikipedia.  It seemed odd that Border's mentioned his
name on its card, but there were no Hans Rott recordings.

Laurence Glavin
Methuen, MA

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