Mitch Friedfeld wrote:
>Sigh. One of my musical heroes, Puccini, seems to have been a person
>with not a few less than admirable qualities. Still, it's difficult
>to define "undisciplined and shiftless." ...Maybe amoral and unethical.
Apparently Puccini was also an ardent smoker. I read an anecdote once
wherein he sold the pipes off of a local organ to get money for tobacco.
Bob K.