Donald Satz reviewed a Centaur CD of solo piano works by Andre Jolivet (1905-1974), and it touched my heart to read it. I had the privilege to study orchestration with Jolivet in Paris in '71-72, and have in my library two of his works with personal inscriptions. He was always polite and intensely interested in the music I brought in for his critique, and I remember especially a discussion of weights and balances in the Britten piano concerto (I was writing my own concerto that year). A lovely human being, and immensely musical; never boastful, but someone I continue to admire for his purity of expression, and willingness to help others. -- Our lessons must have been pretty comic to observers (such as Mme. Jolivet, who hovered): I used my college French, and he replied in his evolving English. A wonderful year! Judith L. Zaimont Composer www.jzaimont.com