Jon Johanning wrote: >Don, your stab at defining "Germanness" in music is quite interesting to >me, as another twig in the German "family tree." I thank Jon for his considerate response. I realize that I'm on "shaky" ground here, and it's gratifying that a list member would try to look at the possible validity of what I wrote instead of trashing it. There are two additional comments I have. The four criteria I outlined are not peculiar to Germanic music. Second, these criteria don't tend to operate in a vacumn. They coalesce in various combinations and further highlight the Germanic elements for me. Don