diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
index aa37467f2c..1f400310ae 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
@@ -1967,7 +1967,10 @@ NoteResizeDrag::start_grab (GdkEvent* event, Gdk::Cursor* /*ignored*/)
 		MidiRegionSelection::iterator next;
 		next = r;
 		++next;
-		(*r)->begin_resizing (at_front);
+		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*>(*r);
+		if (mrv) {
+			mrv->begin_resizing (at_front);
+		}
 		r = next;
 	}
 }
@@ -1979,7 +1982,10 @@ NoteResizeDrag::motion (GdkEvent* /*event*/, bool /*first_move*/)
 	for (MidiRegionSelection::iterator r = ms.begin(); r != ms.end(); ++r) {
 		NoteBase* nb = reinterpret_cast<NoteBase*> (_item->get_data ("notebase"));
 		assert (nb);
-		(*r)->update_resizing (nb, at_front, _drags->current_pointer_x() - grab_x(), relative);
+		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*>(*r);
+		if (mrv) {
+			mrv->update_resizing (nb, at_front, _drags->current_pointer_x() - grab_x(), relative);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1990,7 +1996,10 @@ NoteResizeDrag::finished (GdkEvent*, bool /*movement_occurred*/)
 	for (MidiRegionSelection::iterator r = ms.begin(); r != ms.end(); ++r) {
 		NoteBase* nb = reinterpret_cast<NoteBase*> (_item->get_data ("notebase"));
 		assert (nb);
-		(*r)->commit_resizing (nb, at_front, _drags->current_pointer_x() - grab_x(), relative);
+		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*>(*r);
+		if (mrv) {
+			mrv->commit_resizing (nb, at_front, _drags->current_pointer_x() - grab_x(), relative);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1999,7 +2008,10 @@ NoteResizeDrag::aborted (bool)
 {
 	MidiRegionSelection& ms (_editor->get_selection().midi_regions);
 	for (MidiRegionSelection::iterator r = ms.begin(); r != ms.end(); ++r) {
-		(*r)->abort_resizing ();
+		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*>(*r);
+		if (mrv) {
+			mrv->abort_resizing ();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 1f23aa4319..6dbbb4073f 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -4000,8 +4000,10 @@ void
 Editor::cut_copy_midi (CutCopyOp op)
 {
 	for (MidiRegionSelection::iterator i = selection->midi_regions.begin(); i != selection->midi_regions.end(); ++i) {
-		MidiRegionView* mrv = *i;
-		mrv->cut_copy_clear (op);
+		MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*>(*i);
+		if (mrv) {
+			mrv->cut_copy_clear (op);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.cc
index bf9b88899b..f98f696444 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.cc
@@ -17,29 +17,19 @@
 
 */
 
-#include "gtkmm2ext/gui_thread.h"
-#include "midi_region_view.h"
 #include "midi_selection.h"
-#include "region_view.h"
 
 MidiRegionSelection::MidiRegionSelection ()
-{
-	RegionView::RegionViewGoingAway.connect (_death_connection, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, boost::bind (&MidiRegionSelection::remove_it, this, _1), gui_context());
-}
+	: RegionSelection ()
+{}
 
-/** Copy constructor.
- *  @param other MidiRegionSelection to copy.
- */
 MidiRegionSelection::MidiRegionSelection (MidiRegionSelection const & other)
-	: std::list<MidiRegionView*> (other)
-{
-	RegionView::RegionViewGoingAway.connect (_death_connection, MISSING_INVALIDATOR, boost::bind (&MidiRegionSelection::remove_it, this, _1), gui_context());
-}
+	: RegionSelection (other)
+{}
 
-
-void
-MidiRegionSelection::remove_it (RegionView* rv)
+MidiRegionSelection&
+MidiRegionSelection::operator= (const MidiRegionSelection& other)
 {
-	MidiRegionView* mrv = dynamic_cast<MidiRegionView*> (rv);
-	remove (mrv);
+	RegionSelection::operator=(other);
+	return *this;
 }
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.h b/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.h
index f2c2d3fc60..2aa04356d7 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_selection.h
@@ -20,22 +20,19 @@
 #ifndef __ardour_gtk_midi_selection_h__
 #define __ardour_gtk_midi_selection_h__
 
-#include <list>
-#include "pbd/signals.h"
+#include "region_selection.h"
 
 class MidiRegionView;
 class MidiCutBuffer;
 class RegionView;
 
-class MidiRegionSelection : public std::list<MidiRegionView*>
+class MidiRegionSelection : public RegionSelection
 {
 public:
 	MidiRegionSelection ();
-	MidiRegionSelection (MidiRegionSelection const &);
+	MidiRegionSelection (const MidiRegionSelection&);
 
-private:
-	void remove_it (RegionView *);	
-	PBD::ScopedConnection _death_connection;
+	MidiRegionSelection& operator= (const MidiRegionSelection&);
 };
 
 struct MidiNoteSelection   : std::list<MidiCutBuffer*> {};
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
index d4604b265d..fcdde48487 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ RegionView::~RegionView ()
 bool
 RegionView::canvas_group_event (GdkEvent* event)
 {
-	return trackview.editor().canvas_region_view_event (event, group, this);
+	if (!in_destructor) {
+		return trackview.editor().canvas_region_view_event (event, group, this);
+	}
 }
 
 void