Donald Satz wrote:

>First, Bob was criticizing Mozart's music.  Then, he was saying kind things
>about Haydn.  Now, he's using Haydn to criticize Mozart again.  And, it's
>all in the name of serious analysis.  Does this have an ending?

I don't think my original piece read like that.  I was merely pointing out
that Mozart and Haydn were different types of composers.  And that Haydn
was in fact closer to Beethoven in the way he wrote and created forms that
Mozart.  Hence Haydn would more likely have replaced Beethoven had such a
ludicruis proposition come to pass.

This seems perfectly sensible and non partisan to me.

Bob Draper
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