Bob Draper finds the story behind Schoenberg's tone poem sick: I too, think the story is sick. So sick it makes me want to---(hold on, my neighbor's at the door.) "My music is too loud?" (hold on while I turn down Strauss' "Solome.") Anyway, I find the story behind "Verklarte Nacht" so sick---(Oh great, now the phone is ringing--it's BMG Music Club!) "What, Ligeti's "Le Grand Macabre" is on back order?" "Prokofiev's "Fiery Angel too?" Well, now I'm too upset now to finish this posting. John Smyth