Scott Morrison wrote:

>>The BBC 3 radio announcer said he was one of the three indisputably (great?)
>>composers every produced in England: Purcell, Elgar, Britten.
>>
>>Anyone care to argue with that?

B Chasan (the present writer) replied:

>All is opinion, humble opinion at that.  But I would stick Vaughn Williams
>in there with Purcell and Elgar.

I think that the BBC announcer was indisputably incorrect, and my answer
inadequate.  How about Byrd, Tallis, and Gibbon among others?

Bernard Chasan