Felix Delbrueck wrote:

>Don Satz in his last post on this strand mentioned Handel, and that
>sent my thoughts to a question which I have always found curious: why
>is it that Beethoven and Mozart seem to have found particular praise for
>Handel, rather than Bach? ...

Isn't there a story that Mozart was in a church and heard something by Bach
being played.  He supposedly said "this is good, very good".  I always
understood that what he liked about it was the multilined counterpoint.

Bob Draper
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