Alastair Scott said, and I cut out most of it:

>Macdowell: Piano Concerto no.2
>Ives: Central Park in the Dark
>
>which, I suspect, would be fairly standard in the US but caused a
>sensation here (rather a few people thought Macdowell was Scottish:)

I am afraid that the US has quite a way to go before MacDowell is even
remotely standard.  I am sure that most people would have no idea who
he is.  I have loved his piano concertos since college, and even then,
my piano teacher and the conductor of the university symphony scoffed a
bit at me.

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