Bernard Chasan replies to me:
>>.... Handel is as English as Stravinsky is American. Handel merely made
>>money off of the English.
>
>If Steve is serious, this is a a remarkably cold and cynical way of summing
>up a the creative life of a master. Handel gave full value, after all.
Well, I'm certainly not *entirely* serious. Stravinsky gave full value as
well.
Steve Schwartz