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>There are a few *moderately* highly respected composers whom I feel
>over-rated: Alexander Glazunov, Benjamin Britten, Malcolm Arnold, and
>Phillip Glass, to name three and a half.

Over-rated by whom?  I would not have thought Glazunov or Arnold were
highly rated by many people whilst Britten and Glass have more supporters
yet at the same time many detractors.  There is no universal view to follow
or resist.

Paul Silverthorne