Your Letters

Henry Holt, Sydney, Australia: I am trying to find the address of the NY collector who has the "Wesendonck Lieder" with Toscanini (and LL)... I don't know what the sound will be like, but still it will be something to treasure...

Elizabeth Witherell, Curator of Manuscripts, University of California Santa Barbara: We have received a couple of requests for the Lehmann "Winterreise" video...The price...is $100... As I'm sure you realize, we're not making money on this. $100 is a flat rate that takes into account the cost of production, materials, copying, administrarive time required for distribution, and shipping. I'd appreciate it if you could mention this correction to the $35 price... so that we can avoid disappointing those who might be interested...

Roger York, Richmond, Virgina, writes of his almost complete LL collection and notes an 85th birthday interview of her. "I was amazed at her sober assessment of her own voice, especially in her admission that her voice had peaked by 1930. Of course, she knew how to manipulate her weaknesses to dramatic advantage."

Hertha Schuch, Vienna, thanks us for the latest newsletter and the inclusion of some of her LL memories. Regarding the new CDs, she writes, "die neuen CDs sind sehr interessant als Beweis dafür, dass LL auch in der Jetztseit und Zukunft wieder und weiterhin gefragt ist und dass Menschen die LL nie auf der Buhne gesehen haben, durch die Stimme allein so fasciniert sind... " trans.: "The new CDs are very interesting as proof that LL also in the present and future is sought after and that people who never saw LL on stage, through the voice alone are so fascinated."

William Moran, La Canada, California, wrote that he, "just ran into an entry in a log of recordings made by The Gramophone Co. (Electrola) in Berlin. (I) do NOT have the record. You might want to put out a call in the LL Newsletter to see if anyone has it and what it might be all about. Artist: MARK WEBER und sein ORCHESTER. Matrix number BW-1129-2, recorded 14 October 1927. Released on Caralog No. EB 668 Title: 'Lotte Lehmann ging 'mal spazieren'. A Fox-Trot, composer Borchert." A translarion of title might be: "LL went once out walking".

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