PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS: 
The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Julius Stockhausen
Baritone and concert director Julius Stockhausen was born in Paris on 22 July 1826. One of the first of a new class of singer specialising in oratorio and recitals. Brahms wrote the baritone part in Ein Deutsches Requiem and the Magelone-Romanzen for Stockhausen. Stockhausen died in Frankfurt on 22 September 1906.