Karl wrote: >It was nice to read Steve's comments about Louis Lane. I got to know >Louis when he taught here at the University of Texas. I remember sitting >with him in our rare book library going over the manuscript of Ravel's >Daphnis and Chloe. He was preparing it for performance in Atlanta. I >was impressed at how well he knew the published version and was able to >note several differences between the manuscript and the published score, >recalling the published score from memory. What great stories Louis had >to tell...he worked with so many of the greats of his time. I can't say I was one of them, but I did play Don Givovanni under Lane him many years ago. Sadly, it was the year Szell died. Szell must have passed in the summer, because it was a summer opera company, and I recall Lane having to leave when it happened. At least that is how I remember it. For what it's worth. Funny the things you remember out of the blue. Roger Hecht *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html