Tim Horwood ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Daniel Beland wrote: > >>>Truscott - Elegy >> >>Can you tell me more about this composer? I suppose he's British:-) > >Yes of course! There are web links at > >http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Truscott/index.htm >http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/horwood/ > >He is best known for his writing on music. I first came across him when >reading The Symphony ed. R Simpson where he wrote about Havergal Brian. And the chapters on Sibelius, Schmidt and Mahler, the last of which contains the follolwing, IMHO wonderfully perceptive remark: of this [the 9th symphony] I will say only that the great and unearthly Rondo-song which forms its first movement is a rare example of music influenced by Beethoven's last period. deryk barker ([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)