Ed Zubrow notes that Michael Steinberg in a footnote in his own excellent book, The Symphony: A Listener's Guide: >"I specify the 1979 edition because in the original version of 1952 >Simpson had, in his own later words, 'seriously misjudged' the Sixth >Symphony. In his 1979 Preface, Simpson recounts his slow journey >toward comprehension. That so acute a critic, himself a fine composer >and deeply committed to Nielsen, found himself thus blocked should >give pause to all of us with our rush to judgment propensities." I remember Steinberg writing this. I read it after Andy Jackson pointed out to me the revised edition. By the way, where is Nielsen's "Old Hickory" when we need him most? I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in a dog's age. Ed's reference gives me the opportunity to show my appreciation for the Steinberg book. I do not count myself a musical scholar. I cannot even read music. So I don't read analytical books on music. But Steinberg's command of the mother tongue is so glorious and his analogies so visual that I had such pleasure in feeling while reading the book that a whole new world had opened to me, that I understood more than I probably really do. Mimi was recommending books and I defer to her. Well I have to or she hits me. But I was surprised she didn't include Steinberg's writings because I know she rates them highly and coming from Boston no doubt had the pleasure of reading them as program notes rather than in collected form. Andrew E. Carlan <[log in to unmask]> Standing Up For Nielsen