Lee Actor wrote:
I don't know how many times I performed C�cile Chaminade Flute Sonata, which was written in pre-1900 IIRC, and is C�cile not female name?
Maybe you're thinking of the popular Chaminade Concertino for Flute & Piano (or Orchestra), written in 1902. And yes, Cecile was a gal.
Ah, but was she a "major" composer? That teacher's statement begs the entire issue of what makes a composer a major composer -- is it the total output, is it the number of performances of a single masterpiece, is it the number of different organizations which have programmed that composer's works, is it the name recognition when a random person in the audience is questioned, is it the number of reprintings the person's music makes it through (if so, all the rental-only composers are doomed not to be major composers, aren't they)?
I have no clue how to define "major composer" anymore -- so I attempt to steer clear of that title in discussing composers. Who was more major during their lifetimes, Salieri or Mozart? Who is more major now?
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