The year 1899 saw the completion of three works still in the standard
repertoire:
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (string sextet version)
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Anyone want to hazard a guess which three composers might come up this year
with a work likely to be standard a century hence? NOTE (esp.to Stirling
Newberry): The answer "Unknown Composer" doesn't count.
John Dalmas
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[To say nothing of Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte" and Debussy's
Nocturnes. -Dave]