Steve Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Mats writes: > >>Although Edward Elgar was Englands leading composer, and in fact, the >>first English composer who seriously challenged the composers on the >>continent > >Oh, I don't know. Byrd? Weelkes? Taverner? Tallis? Costeley? Purcell? Go back even further to John Dunstable, who was the most adventurous composer of his time and whose influence was felt throughout Europe. deryk barker ([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)