On Feb 4, 2005, at 2:56 PM, dhbailey wrote:
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?
Excellent point, and one which will get you yelled at a lot (not so much discussing Vivaldi vs. Handel, but a whole lot discussing any pre-1900 female composer!)
Christopher
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