Ramon Khalona wrote: >To say that he died too late implies that he was past his prime or that, >at the very least, his late works do not measure up to his earlier ones. I think that that is precisely the way Gould felt: the contrapuntal style he detected in Mozart's earlier music gave way to a more melodic/harmonic style which GG hated. Thanks for not shooting the messenger though: I don't agree with him either. Deryk Barker dbarker @camosun.bc.ca