James Tobin wrote:

>Steve Schwartz:
>
>>I can count my list of great composers for the keyboard on my fingers,
>>with no necessity to resort to my toes: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven,
>>Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin, and Bartok.  Your list
>>will probably differ from mine.
>
>Right.  I would add Mozart, Schumann, Satie, Poulenc and Prokofiev.
>Brahms I have reservations about, except for his Handel Variations.

I'd certainly not want to omit Haydn, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Busoni,
Medtner, Rzewski, Grainger, Stockhausen, Messiaen....

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