John Detwiler writes:

>I have never heard anything abut Petersson before these postings (which, i
>guess, helps prove your point).  I'm just curious...  what exactly are his
>radical political views? Also, just to give me an idea, can you describe
>him as a composer a bit? Thanks!

Rather than trot out my favorites to the dismay of the list, I can
suggest looking at the Pettersson pages at these web sites:

   http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/acc/pettersson.html
   http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/pettersson/syms.html

and

   http://oz.uc.edu/~cauthep/allan.html

As far as politics, as far as *I* can tell, Pettersson would probably fall
somewhere in the political spectrum between your average Hollywood social
activist and a member of the German Green party - hardly a radical, and
really more devoted to individual freedom than either group.  His settings
of the poetry of Pablo Neruda may contribute to his image as a "radical",
but in reality, he didn't fit into *any* easily-defined political box.

Mark
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