Thanh-Tam Le asks what he calls a "weird question for all listers." >Does it make any difference to you if you know that the piece of music >you are listening to was composed by a woman?...I mean, in terms of >expectations, appreciation, etc. No. If I ever had such expectations they have long since been defeated by the actual music I have heard by composers who happen to be female. I am also sure that anyone who might think s/he could tell the gender of a compser by listening to the music would fail a "blindfold" test based on listening to previously unheard pieces. Jim Tobin