Stirling S Newberry wrote:

>It should also be pointed out that Brahms' compositional methods are closer
>to Mozart than Beethoven...

In what ways??? I don't think I've *ever* heard that.  I'd pin Brahms
closer to Bach, if I had to pin him to anyone...(just look at the
counterpoint in Brahms' music...doesn't look like [much] Mozart I've seen.)

-Lindsey Orcutt
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