Joel Hill wrote: >If anyone only saw the photos of Rachmaninoff, would they believe his >music was written by that austere looking guy? Not unlike how we all hear different things in music, I see the pictures of Rachmaninoff as images of a very depressed individual. However, I wonder if my perception of those images is a reflection of all that I have read about him...and I have read just about everything I can find. And on a related note, new to our library...the New York Times backfiles online. Your searches will bring up the actual clipping of the article, pictures and all...incredible...while I had most of the clippings of articles about Rachmaninoff...those articles seem to me, to bring to bring such a different perspective on history...and make it easier to understand how these musicians were viewed during their lifetimes...and how that may color our current thinking. Karl