Hello -- Since most of us have to struggle with the aftermath of death, I thought I'd pass this idea on to you. MAybe it'll lead to some consolation and relief, and maybe you'll have other music to add to the list -- including from other genres. Here's a list of music meant to be distress/despair antidotes -- mood lifting and/or calming and/or cheering (w/o, of course, being silly or jarring). Which do you think best match the bill? Any you'd cut out? But, more important, what else do you recommend? Pachebel -- Canon in D Grainger -- Blithe Bells, Country Gardens Grieg -- Lyric Suite Mozart -- Concerto for Flute and Harp Telemann -- Flute concerti, Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra James Galway (soloist) The Magic Flute, Annie's Song Gluck -- Dance of the Blessed Spirits Debussy -- Claire de Lune Susam McDonald -- Miscellaneous harp music Mendelssohn -- A Midsummer Night's Dream Chopin -- Polonaises Tchaikovsky -- Waltzes from Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite Kreisler-Dvorak -- Humoresque The list comes from the book I was describing in an earlier post, Katherine Cramer's Staying on Top when Your World Turns Upside Down. [Posted in FML 6763]