Steve Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Mats writes:
>
>>Although Edward Elgar was Englands leading composer, and in fact, the
>>first English composer who seriously challenged the composers on the
>>continent
>
>Oh, I don't know.  Byrd? Weelkes? Taverner? Tallis? Costeley? Purcell?

Go back even further to John Dunstable, who was the most adventurous
composer of his time and whose influence was felt throughout Europe.

deryk barker
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