I don't think so. It's there if you sense it and if you sense that that's the intent. I don't feel much counterpoint in the following. I feel a vocal...
But what exactly is "implied counterpoint"? By that sort of logic, wouldn't what Chopin said of Mozart ("there's counterpoint in all of Mozart") also...
For the last time, will anyone listen to me when I say that the universal truth I am talking about is an abstract concept and NOT something concrete?...
I like Stravinsky a lot, but his ballets are not my favorite works by him. So in a close call I voted MM. It's not near the top of my favorite works...