[MinuteGal]

It IS an emotional thing when one thinks of the great composers who died young and you ponder, "What if"......"What if"......."If only"......."Would they......."

All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances.......

Ah, but some players are more than "merely". We silently mourn their early demises when listening to their masterpieces.

Shakespeare (quoted above) died at 52 (in 1616) which was probably a ripe old age for the era. I wonder what else he would have written if he had lived to be..........

Leni

[Publius]

When I hear the late song masterpieces, the String Quintet, the G Major String Quartet, the E-flat Piano Trio and the 9th Symphony, I wish I could rescue him with a time machine, bring him back, shoot him up with intravenous pennicillin and get him back on track.

Unfortunately, Schubert's problems with alcohol, opium, homosexuality and manic-depressive syndrome would have presented him with a brand new set of problems. The Prozac alone would have destroyed his musical talent.

And worse, we could end up with Schubert writing hip-hop anthems.

Better to leave him where he is, I guess.