John Dalmas replies to me: >>The one success that eluded [Morton] Gould was Broadway and pop song. > >I would say that success eluded Gould generally. Actually, he was one composer who could live off his royalties. That argues strongly for success. >>Gould is one of those American interwar and postwar musicians - along >>with Piston, Diamond, Schuman, Sessions, Mennin, Fine, Talma, Hanson, >>Foss, Blitzstein, Lees, Bergsma, Shapero, and Thomson - too good to lose. > >I find this an example of extravagance by association. Really? Why? Who's on the losing end? Steve Schwartz