I was mistaken in what I said about Prokofiev the other day. After a little more research, I see that he went back and forth in the eyes of the Soviet Leadership. In fact, in Feb. 1948, Prokofiev found him on a list denouncing "Formalist Composers." There was a trial that he did not attend. After this, the regime took his first wife to Gulag for High Treason and performance of his works were virtually banned. It seems that I was wrong. As an aside, I also came to find out that Prokofiev died without much of a funeral and no ceremony, because he died on the same day as Stalin. Interesting. Daryl Loomis [log in to unmask]