On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:07:48 -0600, Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >John Dalmas replies to me: > >>>The one success that eluded [Morton] Gould was Broadway and pop song. >> >>I would say that success eluded Gould generally. > >Actually, he was one composer who could live off his royalties. That >argues strongly for success. His conducting, arranging and piano playing didn't just buy chopped liver. > >>>Gould is one of those American interwar and postwar musicians - along >>>with Piston, Diamond, Schuman, Sessions, Mennin, Fine, Talma, Hanson, >>>Foss, Blitzstein, Lees, Bergsma, Shapero, and Thomson - too good to lose. >> >>I find this an example of extravagance by association. > >Really? Why? Who's on the losing end? Pick one! Actually, if I had to choose just one who is diminished considerably by adding Gould's name to the list, and I say considerably, it would be Shapero. John Dalmas [log in to unmask]