<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3516.2800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>After 10 years of attempting to figure out whether there is = anything intrinsically wrong with the statement "I don't know art, but I know = what I like" and failing to do so, all I can say for certain is if ya likes = Delius, then good on ya (just keep the volume down ; ) .....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers!</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:RptBob1@aol.com" = title=RptBob1@aol.com>RptBob1@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 25, 2003 = 4:06 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: M Bach</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Arial = lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 7/25/2003 4:44:59 PM Eastern = Daylight Time, <A = href="mailto:kennyfin@jetstream.net">kennyfin@jetstream.net</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">to bother you LIST:</FONT><FONT color=#000000 = face=Arial lang=0 size=3 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bach was = the first of the great composers. He was a culmination of generations of = musicians. I'm listening.</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 = size=3 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Delius is = the last of the great composers. It never ceases to amaze me the distinct = American idiom of Delius and Dvorak. </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=3 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Once you've been to Ireland, you're = Irish!</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR>  <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT = color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Ken:<BR><BR>Are you making these statements = with tongue firmly planted in cheek???<BR><BR>Maybe I am missing something that = was said earlier and you are making light of someone elses opinions.  All composers you mentioned were great, but were not certainly the "best" = or the greatest.  Delius the last great composer?? Come on, get serious.<BR><BR>Bob Bergantino, RPT<BR>Willoughby Hills, Ohio<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>