Baris Kilicbay said in reply to me:

>I think it is a little bit unfair to say that Reicha is a *minor* composer.
>It is true that he is underestimated and partly forgotten but this fact
>doesn't mean that he is a minor composer.

I'm trying to stick up for Reicha here!  The construction of his music is
on a par with the best.  But I guess the yardstick I'm using to decide if
composer is minor or not is the number of recordings/performances of
his/her music.  Not very satisfactory, I know.

Bob Draper
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