David Wolf ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>...  he then talks about history's greatest musical disappointment based
>on his early promise: Mendelssohn.  He refers to the Octet and MSND,
>and then his successful career as a conductor but only as a second-tier
>composer.  Even Mendelssohn said, shortly before his death at 38, that his
>two favorite compositions were the aforementioined pair.  So he didn't
>fulfil his promise.

Wasn't it Liszt who described Mendelssohn as "a genius who became a
talent"? Not entirely fair mind...

Deryk Barker
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