I wrote:

>Ives amalgamated all of these transitional European composers, Brahms,
>Dvorak, Bruckner and Dvorak into an entirely new American form of distinct
>composition, analogous to what the Abstract Expressionists accomplished
>in the mid-20th century world of painting?

Errata: I meant to include Mendelssohn, rather than repeating Dvorak,
in my recent post.

Rosemary