DP Horn asks about Ives's Third Symphony, "Camp Meeting": >However, I have yet to be convinced about the Third. Is the musical >argument compelling enough if one cannot count on a nostalgic reaction >to its materials? It's safe to say that I know *none* of the tunes Ives quotes in that symphony, and to me it's wonderful. Thus, I must be responding to something else "purely musical." Ives symphonies from most to least favorite: 3 (or 4), 4 (or 3), 2, 1. Steve Schwartz