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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