On Feb 8, 2005, at 3:52 PM, dhbailey wrote:
I don't think it has anything to do with faith -- history will be the final arbiter, regardless of how great we currently may think any composer (currently living or long dead) might be.
Sorry, I wasn't clear. When I said "the permanence of history's verdict", I didn't mean to challenge the authority of history generally, only of this particular verdict. Andrew suggested that history's verdict on Janacek is "long since" in. I think it's way too soon to say that. I can think of a dozen opera composers who were considered great 75 years after their death but were discarded by history 50 years later. (Plus a few more who were great for a century, then discarded for a century, and then revived again.) Maybe Janacek will join them, or maybe he won't. But I don't think history has had its final say on him yet.
-- On Feb 8, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Lee Actor wrote:
I think you're overstating the case somewhat. [...]
Yes, I think so too. I meant only to give a short-hand version.
mdl
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