The Best of Louis Danto

Thank you for the honour of including a work that has been inspirational to me in our library’s collection. I have chosen, ‘The Best of Louis Danto’. My Father was an enormous influence in my life. He was born in 1929 and passed in 2010. He was the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust. A champion of the bel canto vocal technique, he dedicated his life to bringing meaning and joy to others through music, prayer, and scholarship. The fact that he lived at all, was a triumph against incalculable odds; however, he subsequently performed around the world, recorded 24 albums, and received an Honourary Doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. His fundamental lesson to me was: Our physical presence is fleeting, leave a good name. Track 22 is a lullaby that he used to sing to my sisters and me.