Glenn Miller wrote: >There are certain composers who died young and showed great promise, yet >not producing great works in their last few years--does Mendelssohn fit >this description? Yes, and yes again: Schubert. Mozart also had a future, obviously. But Schubert is the one. Grillparzer was the one who composed the epitaph: Here lies a great artist, and even fairer hopes. Had Schubert lived and worked another twenty years I believe the entire course of music would have been different. Bill S