Bernard Chasan wrote:

>... classical music is less tolerant of arrangement because it is
>generally more structured and complex than popular music.  ...  Or is
>this a tad far fetched?

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

Karl