Steve Schwartz wrote concerning composers writing in the "style of a
master":

>>Let's take it from the other end.  Suppose you came across a piece of
>>music and you didn't know the composer.  The only thing you could say
>>about it was that it was written in a late Classical style.  Do you really
>>have to know who the composer is before you can decide whether it's any
>>good?

Bernard Chasan responded:

>Of course not, if the work were an authentic contemporary product of
>the classical era.  But if the work was a recent imitation, no!!!

As long as a composer does not put someone elses name on the work, why not
try to enjoy the music for itself? Weren't a lot of composers influenced by
Mozart or Haydn? Is a classical composition, for example, valid only if it
was written during the years 1750 to 1820? I would love to hear a modern
piece written in the baroque or classical style.

Ron Chaplin
Iselin, New Jersey, USA