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Mats writes:
>Although Edward Elgar was Englands leading composer, and in fact, the
>first English composer who seriously challenged the composers on the
>continent
Oh, I don't know. Byrd? Weelkes? Taverner? Tallis? Costeley? Purcell?
>,... it might seem remarkable that he chose a subject like "Falstaff"
>to constitute the program of a Symphonic Study
Doesn't seem remarkable to me. He was, after all, known in his day as a
fine amateur (ie, non-academic) Shakespear scholar, with at least one
journal article to his credit.
>Elgar had a natural aversion against strict counterpoint actually, but
>that stemed from his idea of what kind of music he wanted to compose,
>and not lack of manage of the craft.
Really? He sure wrote enough of it.
Steve Schwartz
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