Steve Schwartz wrote:

>I don't see why an intellectual pleasure is any less a pleasure than a
>sensual one.  Once I say that, however, I must add that there are many
>works that give me sensual pleasure and are mysterious to me for that very
>reason - that there's no intellectual hook or hold by which I can prise the
>work open.

I didn't intend to pose intellectual pleasure against the sensual
(sensuous?) variety.  I do remember vividly your saying once that sometimes
the appeal of the simplest music is the hardest to understand.  Anyway,
thanks for sorting out my puzzlement.

Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]>
California, USA