Charles Rosen wrote an interesting article in the New York Review of Books a while back defending the 'Avant-Garde' against its detractors like Andrew Lloyd Weber. His basic point was that works considered unlistenable when first published, often many years later come to be popular and a part of the repertoire. He lists Shoenberg, and Boulez amongst many others. He mentions that Beethoven's late quartets were considered too dissonant to be played before the public right up until WW deuce. I didn't know Rosen was such a defender of 'New Music' given his past writings and recordings. The title of the article was "Who's Afraid of the Avant-Garde". Can't remember the issue no. The 'Giants' of music are often only recognized many years after their works are published and debuted. Sam Pawlett