A composer is great if I think he is great. A composer is great if Aaron
Rabushka thinks he is great, or if Don Satz thinks he's great, or if Wes
Crone thinks he's great or if Dave Lampson thinks he is great etc etc.....

My point is that greatness is subjective.  If I think that Beethoven is
great and Mozart smells then who is to say that I am wrong so long as I
don't prohibit anyone else from thinking otherwise.  All that one can argue
in this debate are the characteristics of one composer's style over those
of another that I find appealing or unappealing.

No one is right or wrong.

Kevin Sutton