At the moment...Ernest Gallo. We'll see how that pans out come morning. EDIT: My real list: 1. Nietzsche. Some others have mentioned him. Too often he's thou

At the moment...Ernest Gallo. We'll see how that pans out come morning. EDIT: My real list: 1. Nietzsche. Some others have mentioned him. Too often he's thought of as a proto-Nazi, and maybe he is, at least in terms of attitude. But every reading lends to the belief that above all else he's an endlessly untapped pool of thought. 2. Debussy. I'm increasingly convinced that he is Beethoven/Bach/Mozart's superior. Each among the latter wrote endless meadering or cliche'd passages. Debussy produced consisent note-by-note perfection, combined with experimentation. He, however, has no "great works". They all stand about the same, even La Mer. 3. Rachmaninov. Reached some of the greatest possible heights, though he is full of mistakes and lapses. The Paganinni variations sits on a pedestal along with the 9th, Brahms' requiem, and Bach's Bm mass. 4. Chopin. A composer of limited scope and a laughable arranger, still has the incomparable distinction of writing the world's greatest melody, in the E flat major etude. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-idMTyc0AY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-idMTyc0AY 5. Rochefoucauld. The perfect man.