Bob Draper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I find this latter subject of great interest. But, attempts to generate >discussion on it have often floundered because only a few will take part. I had a coworker once who noticed that I listened to classical on headphones. Since she liked listening to Mozart and Baroque on the radio, she suggested that I play my music so that we could both listen to it. Imagining the looks I would get playing the fourth movement of Mahler's Sixth at work, I tried diplomatically to explain that I thought that she might find some of my music disturbing in an office environment. I used the words "ugly" and "violent" to describe Prokofiev for instance. I was moved to another office a few days later. I guess that ultimately, music that I like must have a discernable melody and rhythm. All of the 20th century music I like satisfies this criteria even if it takes a while to find the pattern in all the noise. Steve M. (Northern Virginia)