John Dalmas writes about Rameau vs. Bach: >His [Rameau's] imagination and daring harmonies make his contemporary Bach >look like a museum curator... [and other similar comments] The interesting thing here is that we have yet another list member trying to convince the rest of us that Bach is overrated, the emperor has no clothes, etc... The simple fact is this: there are a *very* large number of people well-versed in music (and there were in every age after about 1800) who consider Bach a pinnacle creative genius, not just in music but in the entire history of human civilization. If you don't "get" Bach (and there is nothing wrong with it if you don't; not every creative mind "connects" to every member of its audience), it is very, very highly improbable that this is because Bach's music is deficient (and, consequently, that this diverse group of music lovers through the ages are and have been a bunch of fools). In this case, to insist otherwise, and to search for explanations for your failure to "connect" in Bach's supposed inferiority relative to his contemporaries is, for lack of a better word, just plain silly. It certainly will not challenge those who disagree with you into changing their minds; at most it will simply annoy them. Ulvi Yurtsever E-mail: [log in to unmask]