Donald Satz writes: >More of the Gloria in my next posting. It's good to have a Bach thread >interspersed with the triple whammy of Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky. I could think of worse whammies! My composition professor often discussed Tchaikovsky's influence on 20th Century composers, including some of the most towering figures, citing from a fashion-breaking book of which I can't remember the author's name. Does anyone remember? John Smyth