Deryk Barker wrote:

>I have always found it odd that North Americans tend to refer to this as
>the "Lord Nelson" mass, whereas the British call it the "Nelson" mass.  I
>wonder what this says about their respective attitudes to the aristocracy?
>
>Or it could be because Lord N would have signed himself merely "Nelson"...

I think it's familiarity.  Most British people know automatically (or at
least they did) that when you refer to "Nelson" you mean the Admiral.  I
would be interested to know what others would make of Nelson's final words,
though: "Kiss me, Hardy" would have to become "Kiss me, Captain Hardy" or
there might be a whole new complexion put upon the relationship between
Stan and Ollie.

Tony Duggan,  England.
My (developing) Mahler recordings survey is at:
http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/Mahler1.htm