David Stewart writes: >I remember reading my 'Junior Music Dictionary' an entry about the Beatles >which claimed something along the lines of: 'By any reasonable musical >standards, their music is highly imaginitive.' I have yet to hear any >evidence of that, though I maybe have not listened to their best stuff. As far as I'm concerned, their best stuff is from Rubber Soul on, although I don't slight the earlier work. To each his own, one man's meat, etc. On the other hand, several classical composers have said roughly the same thing of the Beatles - Bernstein, Rorem, and Larsen among them. I know at least one local composer who studies a book of the original George Martin arrangements. >I suspect that the person who wrote that is probably a Beatles fan. Well, of course. >On the other hand if I had to ask myself whether I would sacrifice all of >Rock Music for one of the Brandenburgs or a Mahler Symphony, I wouldn't >have to think for too long. I suspect that the person who wrote the above is a Bach and Mahler fan. Fortunately, no one has asked you to make the sacrifice. Steve Schwartz, just messing around