William Copper:

>. . . but his work is --- IMO --- barren.  (Unless he has changed in the past
>5 years or so, since I have not heard any recent music.)

I disagree.  I consider him uneven, but when he clicks -- as in Commedia,
Open House, and the Cabaret Songs, as well as the 2nd violin sonata -- I
think him very moving indeed.

Steve Schwartz