Jocelyn Wang writes: >Since the entire process of atonal composition is inconducive to >producing anything resembling beauty, it does not take a leap to >dislike every last one of them. What an extreme and inaccurate declaration! Many members of this list have stated that they have found beauty in atonal music. Even I have, and I'm not a regular listener to this music. Besides, each of us decides what is beautiful and what is ugly. The overt hostility to non-tonal music is amazing. You'd think that its existence has caused lasting damage to classical music lovers. Don Satz [log in to unmask]