I had a birthday yesterday. It lasted all day. I woke up feeling no older than I did the day before, but not feeling I had slept the sleep of children. It was a nice day. Sunny....

My recent encounter with Schmidt’s Notre Dame and an upcoming concert performance of Weber’s Der Freischutz got me thinking about neglected Austro-German music of the Romantic and Post-Romantic eras. One name that stands out there is Erich...