"John G. Deacon" wrote:

>In the London Financial Times of April 17th Andrew Clark wrote:
>
>>For Barenboim, a former pupil of Furtwaengler, the artistic directorship
>>of the Berlin Philharmonic would be the summit of a brilliant career.
>
>Some talented pupil (b.1940) to have studied with WF (d.1954)!!

I read someplace that B took some of his inspiration from F.  Certainly
that could be the case but I seriously doubt he was ever a "pupil." I've
never heard of it anyhow.

While I'm at it I might as well say that while I love F I've never cared
much for B as a conductor.  Maybe it goes to show that aping someone's
mannerisms (I'm talking about musical not gestural) is no guarantee they
will carry the same weight as the original.

Chris Bonds