Bernard Chasan wrote:

>>... classical music is less tolerant of arrangement because it is
>>generally more structured and complex than popular music.  ...

But Karl Miller points out:

>What about Bach's arrangements of Vivaldi Concerti, Stokowski orchestrating
>anybody, Casella rearranging Scarlatti and Paganini, Schoenberg rewriting
>Monn, etc.?

Yes, true enough.  Another beautiful theory knocked off just because it
doesn't fit the facts.

Bernard Chasan