Oh I don't know if Mozart getting all the attention today is *that* bad.
With a steady diet of the Romantics (a lot of Beethoven) prior to 1950, Mozart was pretty rarely heard in the concert.And there wasn't any real significant recording efforts of large portions of his music until the late 1960s.
Idomeneo wasn't performed at the Met here in New York City, until Luciano Pavorotti interceded with the management. Attention given to Mozart is no doubt a burden to some, but it's a recent development in the larger scheme.
And yes it's sad that any composer is ignored, especially the one's you cited: in particular Michael Haydn (his Requiem Mass is a work of genius). I certainly hope those others neglected will eventually come to their own in terms of musical attention by the masses.
Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/27/06, Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At the risk of making enemies: I have already had enough of it. Mozart
has been all that interests the music world since the year began, and by
the looks of it, we'll have the same, very superficial "Everyone loves
MOzart" thing until the end of the year.
Last year was the 200th birthday of Fanny Hensel, probably the most
influencial woman composer ever, and noone noticed. Same for
Boccherini's bicentenary.
This year is also the 150th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death,
which sort of gets lost in all that Mozart Hype.
This year is also the bicentenary of Michael Haydn's death, a much
underrated composer, but he is a little unlucky to have died exactly 50
years after Mozart was born.
Not that I don't like Mozart...
Johannes
On 27.01.2006 Barbara Touburg wrote:
> He's all over the radio today, I'm very happy.
>
> Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
>> At the risk of overstating the obvious (and a wee bit off topic), I wanted to wish everyone on the list a Happy Mozart's Birthday (250th to be precise). His music was my first exposure to classical music over 25 years ago. My love of Mozart hasn't diminished at all. In fact, I can't imagine the art of music, without thinking of Mozart.
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