Re: Best American Composer.

Lane Singer (lsd@ix.netcom.com)
11 Apr 1995 06:05:43 GMT

In <Pine.SOL.3.91.950410103040.5724B-100000@dale> Rebecca Romani
<sz8704@peseta.ucdavis.edu> writes:

>
>Those lyrics are totally inferior to Cole Porter's.
>

Not only were Porter's lyrics great, his compositions were great -
certainly one of the best songwriters, world-wide. In fact, when
you think about it, that whole era from 1920 through the 1950s
produced amazing songwriters - virtually all American.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is absolutely horrible.