A Chara, - I was delighted to hear, as a brief background in the third episode of Sean O Mordha's fine current TV documentary on the history of the Irish State, Seven Ages, the strains of a period recording of Victor Herbert's lovely song, "Indian Summer".
A Dublin man, Herbert's rich success in the world of American popular song is without another Irish parallel. I suggest that "Indian Summer", given the classic recorded treatments by such as Frank Sinatra and the incomparable Sarah Vaughan, is the greatest popular song ever written by an Irishman. - Is mise,
Colm O'Sullivan, Terenure Road West, Dublin 6W.