Norman Schwartz wrote:

>(On a very pessimistic note, if a composer's livelihood were dependent
upon his/her's musics acceptance, their compositions would of necessity
have to achieve wide appreciation.) This includes both popular and
classical composers, and even the birds sitting in trees whistling their
pretty tunes!

"Sing for your supper and you'll have breakfast, songbirds always eat."
Hart, Lorenz:  *Boys from Syracuse*

Walter Meyer '48