Karl Meyer: >For me, prizes are just that, prizes. As to what they say...I love the >definition in my dictionary: "Something offered or striven for in >competition or in contests of chance." While I don't know the Brant piece, >I can't say that I have really paid much attention to the >Pulitzer...unless of course, they consider offering one to me. When I was an undergraduate at Columbia I reviewed a Brant work for the Columbia Spectator. (Brant must have been on the Columbia faculty.) All I remember was that it was pleasant, and featured instruments in various parts of the concert hall, which I believe, was Carnegie Hall, but might have been Town Hall. This was in 1953-4, so Brant has demonstrated great durability. He has got to be well into his seventies at least. >On the other hand, I find Liebermann's music undistinguished. Liebermann's Second Symphony is gorgeous and hollow, IMHO. Bernard Chasan