Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to my query about "happy music." Some very good suggestions -- so good, in fact, that I'll probably pick up a number of duplicates, especially the Bach and the Bartok (quite a contrast!). Luckily, many of these are available on Naxos, so it's a relatively small expense. Thanks to Prof. Rabushka for jogging my memory about Dvorak's 8th and Schubert's 5th. Another thought I had: Mahler's 8th, especially the first part, is tremendously uplifitng. At least it is for me. My friend isn't doing nearly as well as I'd hoped. Her fiance says that the music would do her good. Best, Bob Chen Los Angeles, CA