Deryk Barker wrote re my comments on the story:

>As for your assertion that "few men would react in such a way", just how
>familiar are you with the poem? The woman got pregnant before she met her
>lover.

This completely changes things!  It did not say this in the article I read.
Which shows how crutial one small omission can be.  Thank you.  I will
enjoy the work even more next time I listen.

>Where is the difference between this and taking on the child(ren)
>of a former marriage or marrying a single mother?

Either is admirable.

On Same subject from Don Satz:

>Well, I've never even heard this Schoenberg work.  Guess it's time
>to take the Scoenberg late-romantic plunge.

I have heard it said that one can hear the shadow of Haydn in this work.
So I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Next stop Prokofiev whose favourite composer was?

Bob Draper
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