Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >I find Peggy's 'starter' list of 20th century works interesting as it >made me think of how I got started. My initial loves were Berg, Webern, >Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Diamond, Schoenberg, etc. That seems like >ancient times, because I eventually landed on Bach; I just kept going >backwards in time. These days, all music for me flows through Bach, and I >don't regret it at all. For the 1985 tercentenary, Argentinian composer Maurizio Kagel wrote a "St. Bach Passion". When asked about the title, he replied: not all musicians believe in God. They *all* believe in Bach. Amen. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]