While Schubert has a very strong case, I would like to call attention to:
Alban Berg - who seemed to have found a method which unifed both his inner
and outer desires. Yes we lost much Schubert, but we have much Schubert.
We have so little Berg.
Robert Schumann - whose late music has often been thought of as poor, but
instead I find it filled with explorations to new directions.
Chopin - who was writing brilliantly all the way to the end.
Karl Maria vonWeber - who grew more brilliant and fantastic with each opera.
Stirling S Newberry
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