[78-L] Larry Adler anecdote

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Sat Dec 6 22:29:34 PST 2008


Stephen Davies wrote:
> In a Time magazine review (1941-may-26)
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765648,00.html
>
>
> Composer Ravel, who objected violently to the way some conductors (notably
> Maestro Toscanini) played his piece,

I wonder what his complaint was.  Usually Ravel objected to any change 
in tempo, but when I got the broadcast Toscanini played it on I compared 
the opening and closing tempo and they were identical.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com




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