>> There have been plenty of acrimonious breakups in the classical world,
>> indeed in the early music world, some of them involving big-name lute
>> players.
>>
>> Art is a passionate business, which magnifies differences of opinion, and
>> egos can be large, which also magnifies differences. Enormous amounts of
>> money and intense press scrutiny can really blow things out of proportion.
>>
>> Roman's remark about a "classical personality" being unable to break up with
>> himself ignores reality: most important music until the 20th century was
>> vocal, and involved a writer of words and a composer of music. Mozart and
>> Da Ponte, and Handel and Morell, were artistic committees no less than Elton
>> John and Bernie Taupin.
> Except the lyricists taking and BEING CONTENT WITH taking the back seat, in
> those cases when the lyrics weren't in public domain.
> RT
Handel could send his librettist packin', and write for oboe instead. I
don't think Elton could ever write for oboe.
RT
