John Smyth wrote:

>Tony Duggan writes:
>
>> And Malcolm Arnold even won an Oscar (for "The Bridge On The River
>> Kwai") which is more than BB and WW ever did.
>
>Is this tongue in cheek?

The first part was a statement of fact.  The second part was the tongue
in cheek bit.

Tony Duggan,
Mahler recordings survey at:
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/