Jocelyn Wang wrote: >All the critics combined have not contributed to music as much as even >a single, semi-talented composer. Berlioz, maybe? But to the point of the thread, here's a revolutionary thought: If "Mozart Were Alive Today" and he wrote the same music, same works, with the equivalent promotion and hustle that Pops and publisher employed (today it would be major-network advertising and tee-shirts) I belive he would be enormously famous. His music is of such genius that it works no matter what. Sure, perhaps some would poo-poo it for being old-fashioned, but on the other hand today there are lots of composers writing old-fashioned music. The Return Of Tonality. Composers are finding niches writing tonal, non-squeaky music, and most of it is absolute boring rubbish. A truly talented composer writing tonal music of the quality and quantity of Mozart would be popular beyond the wildest dreams of today's pseudo-tonal composers. Dave Runnion Mallorca, Spain