Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Yehudi Wyner comes from a musical family.  His dad, Lazar Weiner (who
>changed his children's names, but not his own), was a choral conductor
>and a composer himself and is regarded by many as the father of Yiddish
>art song.

my parents and I knew Lazar very well.  used to play for our camp music
programs many years ago.  I once played some Debussy for Yehudi.  he was
not impressed!!!

AB