Dear music lovers, I am a new member of the list, having joined only three days ago. I also have a request for you. In connection with my research activities as a linguist and ethnographer, I travel frequently to the Republic of Georgia (in Transcaucasia, not the southern US). While in Tbilisi this past winter, I met a composer named Felix Glonti (or to be more phonetically accurate, Pheliks Ghlont'i), now about 80 years old. Some of my friends consider him the finest Georgian composer -- or at least one of the finest -- now alive, but his music is little known outside of the former USSR. Personally, I find Glonti's music extraordinary, and I would like to help make it known to a larger circle of listeners. Since Felix has no computer and no access to the Internet from his home in Tbilisi, I offered to make a few excerpts from his compositions available on the Web (with the composer's permission, of course), at the following address: http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/tuitekj/caucasus/glonti.htm I would like to know, first of all, if any of you are already familiar with Glonti's work, and what you think of it. I would also appreciate any comments on how to improve the web page & what further information I ought to publish there. With thanks and my sincere best wishes, Kevin Tuite