From George Bernard Shaw: "You can chain a terrier to Richter's desk, and force it to listen to all the symphonies of Beethoven, without changing its opinion one jot as to the relative delights of rathunting and classical music; and the same thing is true in its degree of mankind. The real point is, that most of us, far from being chained to the desk, never get the chance of finding out whether we can appreciate great music or not." ("The World" 2 May 1894) Seems relevant. George Marshall, Cheshire, England ([log in to unmask])