In reply to Mats Norrman, Jos Janssen writes:

>All the same, a composer no longer en-vogue in the west, going back to
>Russia with the notion that he'll be more popular in some european counties
>just by having "Soviet" stamped upon him? Not very convincing to me.

I personnaly agree with Mats, remembering that in the Fifties and partly
in the Sixties the predominant pro-soviet "intellighentsia" in Europe and
particuarly in Italy, indulged in celebrating Khachaturian as one of the
great composer of the century and incensed his ballet "Spartacus" as an
absolute masterwork!!!!

Franco Destefanis