Ed Zubrow [log in to unmask]> quoted Chekhov:
>... of others each particular work represents nothing
>outstanding; but, for all that, taken as a whole they are
>distinct and brilliant."
I find this an impossible nut to crack: All great composers wrote at
least one work that can be considered outstanding--especially Shostakovich.
There have been threads before about "one-hit wonders" who have never
achieved a "distinct" body of work, but I don't think these composers
fit the Chekhov definition, which for me is "distinctly" literary.
If I had to pick a composer to fit the above definition, I'd pick Conlon
Nancarrow.
Jeff Dunn
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Alameda, CA
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