Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> agrees with me:

>I entirely agree with everything you say (and the stuff I omitted).
>
>But...if we take a straw poll of the great composers themselves, I think
>the answer would be that they consider Bach to be the man.

Let us make the agreeing mutual.  The thing is I think you have a point
here.  Sjostakovitj, Mendelssohn and Reger are only a few examples of
composers who expressed admiration for Bach as the greatest of composers.

Mats Norrman
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