John Dalmas wrote:
>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
Also Elgar's Sea Pictures, which admittedly is not quite as "standard" as
the above.
Roger Hecht
[And Sibelius' Finlandia, and dozens of worthwhile, but non-standard works.
How about Schmidt's 1st Symphony? -Dave]