Don Satz wrote:

>Since I have the time, here's my current list of favorite second
>stringers;
>some of them might be third string:
>
>Zelenka - Buxtehude - Planicky - Krommer - Kuhlau - Spohr - JPE Hartmann -
>Reicha - Lortzing - Hamerik - Marek - Pfitzner - Schmidt -Schillings -
>Zemlinsky - Sauget - Gade - Onslow - Borresen - Hill - Hummel - Dotzauer.

Interesting list.  Unfortunately, the determination of "second stringers"
is often determined more by recording quantity than compositional quality.
I might be tempted to put Zemlinsky, Buxtehude and maybe Schmidt in the
"first string".

In any event, I will add the following to your list (off the top of my
head):

Bax, Robert Simpson, Arensky, Malipiero, Martinu, Borodin, Braga Santos,
Piston, A. Scarlatti, and a whole slew of pre-Baroque composers.

Ron Ackermann
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