Wes Crone: >I wholeheartedly agree with Don on this one. I would love to hear a Bach >Opera!!!! Imagine the duets and choruses all done by the master. Sheesh!! >I would also have loved to hear a Bach symphony had the time been right for >Bach to be alive during the time of the Romantic period with the newfound >freedom of form and harmony. Bach's complete musical mastery would have >most certainly turned out some awe-inspiring work! If only......... If only he had been a bit more adventorous! Yes, what stopped him, one of the greatest composer of all time?! Bach and especially Mozart just refined the musical languages they developed in early years. I think that's a limitation, and if they were lesser known composers people might have called it musical mannerism instead of refinement. Mikael [log in to unmask]