Everitt Clark wrote in response to me:

>>Rachmaninov's place among "late-romantic composers is very secure.
>>I think he's in a similar bracket to Strauss and Mahler,
>
>Do you think so?........ Strauss (R, that is) and Mahler don't  really
>occupy comparable positions either in the minds of the  general public or
>the general concert-going public to Rachmaninov,  do they?

I was just referring to general level of name-recognition and popularity,
not to a specific musical style.  Sorry for any confusion.

Peter Varley wrote:

>I'd say that his reputation is about the same as that of Elgar: he
>wrote a comparatively small number of major works of very high quality.

I think that in the USA, Rachmaninov has a much bigger reputation than
Elgar.  He certainly sells better than Elgar.  I am not talking about
any "critical" evaluation, just general reputation.

Don Satz
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