Len Mullenger wrote:

>My own life bears that one out.  There was no musical background in my
>family and I discovered classical music through the radio and record
>libraries.

I did the same.  The library in my town had a pretty good classical lending
section and there was a good classical music station to listen to also

>Looking back I was listening to (and buying)Szymanowski, Mahler, Webern,
>what contemporary American music I could find Len Mullenger

I started with Prokofieff and Hindemith and Shostakovich.  At that time
they were all still alive.  Copland introduced me to American Music.

Dave Harman
El Paso, Tx