Iain Simons ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>This is clearly a debate that I could lose sleep over.  I can see many
>parallels: Bach vs. Handel; Mozart vs...well, who would we compare WAM to???

I'd like to weigh in with another which IMHO shows the futility of these.

Chopin vs. Schumann.

Schumann obviously, hands down the winner:  Chopin only wrote great piano
music after all, no chamber music worth speaking of, ditto concertos
(sorry, I consider Chopin's 2 PCs to be extended solo works with orchestral
interruptions), no choral music, precious few lieder....

So why do I consider Chopin by far the greater composer?

Deryk Barker
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