7 APRIL 1979, Page 18

. . . and Mr Donat's

Sir: In the course of an article which contains some flattering remarks about myself, Hans Keller invites any reader to think of a dozen great E major works whereupon he will, he says, publicly eat his polysyllables. Well, confining myself to non-vocal music (and thus omitting, for instance, Bach's splendid Cantata No.8, Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?), I submit the following list of twelve substantial masterworks in E major: Major Piano Trio K.542 Haydn Piano Trio Hob. 28 String Quartet Op. 54 No. 3 Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 109 Fide/io Overture Bruckner Symphony No.7 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture Bach Violin Concerto Violin Partita No.3 French Suite No.6 Wagner Siegfried Idyll Strauss Don Juan I wish Mr Keller bon appetit.

Misha Donat 3 Bramshill Gardens,

London NW5