Hugo Wolf's death notice, and other treasures
I found this fascinating site you can waste hours and hours with. It is Roger Gross, Ltd! This site can make your work day go whooosh, right down the tubes.Mr. Gross sells all kinds of musical memorabilia: signed photos, autogr

'A bon viveur of the best kind'
I do not like to write about the newly departed two days in a row. We do not want to become the Obituary Web Log. (Although that would have a neat acronym, OWL.)But I learned of the passing of the great Haydn and Mozart scholar H.C. Robbins Landon and it hit me like a ton of bric

Goodbye, gospel man
It is funny, the people who cross your path. During the months I was out in California with Leonard Pennario, we went to Steinway Day, a gathering of Steinway dealers and artists. We sat at this table that included another pianist. His name was Larry. I could not remember Larry's last name and

No angel
Wow, I had not realized Max Reger was such a baddie! Yesterday our good friend Prof. G wrote in his own inimitable way:He was a wild man who ate, drank, did drugs, and composed, all at a tornadic rate. His

The Max factor
Max Reger is a polarizing composer. You either love him or you hate him and there is nothing in between. The other day I was talking with a co-worker and we realized we were on opposite sides of the Max Reger chasm. Guess what side I was on?