Sylvia Wolfe asks: >Is there anybody out there who really likes serial music, and if so, can >you put your finger on what it is that appeals? Just curious. Yes, I like many works written using the serial technique. There are also a couple of them that I do not like and there are many I think are interesting for a couple of reasons but I do not really like. I think there is no reason to put serialism appart from the *rest* and treat serial works as an isolated group. Serialism is/was a tool used by some composers to create their musical ideas. The outcome mostly is/was quite varied. IMHO serialism not a *style* that has easy to recognize common features (at least without looking at the score), thus for me it makes no sense to like or dislike it in general. One should judge for each single piece of music. Therefore I can not answer Sylvias question what it is that appeals, as this differs from work to work. Achim Breiling