John Detwiler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>First, take two fairly similar pieces of music (I was thinking two early
>string quartets by Beethoven...  not too likely to be well-known by the
>college audience).  Tell one group of people that string quartet A is
>written by Beethoven, and the other by (some unknown composer), and have
>the audience compare them afterwards.

IIRC RAvel did something similar for the frist performance of the Valses
Nobles et Sentimentales.  They were programmed under another name and
something else alleged to be the Ravel.

The "Ravel" was considered far superior to the work of the "unknown"
composer.

Deryk Barker
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