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"John Atkinson" wrote:
Jenn wrote:
In article ,
(paul packer) wrote:
Britain's best 20th century composer was of course Vaughan
Williams.
I LOVE RVW, but I think of him as a 19th century composer, as
indicated by his harmonic language.
Yes. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Of course!
Same with Holst.
Well...
Followed possibly by Walton. And then another couple of
dozen before you get to Arnold.
I agree with you about Walton. Love his stuff: Crown Imperial,
Facade, etc
Never found the depths I expected there (might be me, of course). But
you guys are all forgetting Benjamin Britten!
Yep, perhaps the greatest of all British composers, IMHO. And he love
my guy, Percy Grainger. Well, he LOVED Peter Pears, but you know what I
mean ;-)
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile