Linda Phillips responds to me: >>The U.S. has been a great source of 'contribution' to many areas of >life, but art music is not one of our strengths or priorites. > >Hello? Has no one here ever heard of Charles Ives, Samuel Barber, John >Cage, Morton Feldman, Virgil Thompson, Alan Hovhaness, Lou Harrison, >Harry Partch....... Linda continues and lists 21 additional U.S. composers, and I've heard of every one of them. However, I am not attempting to point out that there are not a large number of classical composers of stature from the U.S. My point was simply that our society pays little attention and gives little support to the world of Art, and I make no value judgement concerning the situation. I also hope that the discussion does not degenerate into a "This country's composers are better than those in the other country". In my view, there is one nation of composers. Don Satz [log in to unmask]