Billy Kitson responding to me:

>Rage over a Lost Penny by Ludwig van??
>Telemann's "Dead Canary"  Cantata??
>Does this mean "nonsense" excludes a
>Composer from "Greatness"??

Hardly!  Any of the music written since about 1945 (just kidding, maybe).
Even "Wolfie" wrote "Ein musikalischer spass" K.522 included along with
other nonsense on the CD:  Mozart, A Little Light Music played by the
Orpheus Ch.  Orchestra on DG 429 783.  Ludwig van's Wellington's Victory,
some more nonsense.  It might be of some importance to note however, that
nonsense by the "Greats" is enjoyable!  Nonsense by the non-greats is just
straight plain nonsense, therein lies a critical distinction.

Norman