Karl Miller wrote: > I guess, for me, the notion of a "hit" equates to popularity and that > within the context of popularity, the more popular a piece is, the better > it is. Does that make sense? Not to me. What does 'within the context of popularity' mean? I have often read that more of Holst's music deserved to be heard; the popularity of The Planets is due to the fact that when a record company executive or orchestra manager hears 'Holst' he thinks 'Planets'. If it hadn't been for Disney, most of us might never have heard The Sorcerer's Appentice; the March from Prokofiev's Love for 3 Oranges is very famous because it was used as the theme of a radio drama series about the FBI. None of this has much to do with the relative merits of the pieces involved. But even Irving Berlin allegedly thought that a measure of quality was how much money the song made. I'm probably on a losing wicket here. Donald *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html