I have worked incredibly hard to get this to play on my SuSE 7.1 box. I resolved when I set out to get this working that I would not post this until I had my midi working. It is my understanding that this is a variation on a traditional German theme arranged by van Beethoven: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~hattons/be-pv16r.mid I used the instruction in Chapter 8 of the _Configuration_ book. Had to install the sound fonts, load them and hattons@nariana:~ > pmidi -l Port Client name Port name 64:0 External MIDI 0 MIDI 0-0 65:0 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 0 65:1 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 1 65:2 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 2 65:3 Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 Port 3 hattons@nariana:~ > pmidi -p 65:1 be-pv16r.mid 64:0 did not work. Read the book. They do a better job than I at explaining the steps. Steve