Dr. de Silva writes:

>Is there anyone who "hears" Lerner & Lowe in Meistersinger (or
>Meistersinger in Lerner & Lowe)? Incidentally, which one was the composer,
>Lerner or Lowe?

I don't, either way, but I haven't heard Meistersinger in over a year.
Frederick Loewe was the composer, Alan Jay Lerner, the lyricist.

Now you've whetted my appetite for Meistersinger.  My evening is planned.
Hurray!

Steve Schwartz