L. Glavin writes:

>(Oh, BTW, since the thread started with ruminations on the greatest
>composer ever...undoubtedly Beethoven...how could SCHUBERT's name not
>be on the heretofore proferred lists?)

I take the conventional point of view that if it isn't Beethoven then
it is Bach.  But I quite agree with Laurence that Schubert is way up
there- top five material!!

And  I would ALSO give Sibelius an honorable mention.

Bernard Chasan