Stephen E. Bacher wrote:

>A while ago there was a thread on this list posing the question of which
>composer's premature death had been the greatest loss of potential musical
>genius.

I'll throw in a vote for Carl Nielsen.  Admittedly, he lived to a much
more advanced age than Mozart or Schubert, but I wish he'd had the chance
to complete the cycle of wind concerti he had planned.

Scott Peterson
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