Ron Chaplin writes:

>I would love to hear a modern piece written in the baroque or classical
>style.

I would also.  If I'm listening to a great baroque work, I really don't care
when it was written.  However, as list member Richard Todd indicated, the
chances that a modern composer could actually write an outstanding baroque
composition are probably remote.  Even if I was a current composer, I doubt
I would try to do it.  Too much has happened since the 1700's to be content
with those musical restrictions.  I might try to incorporate some elements
of the baroque style into my work, but then I'd be on an eclectic path, and
I don't like that idea at all.

Don Satz
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