Klarinet Archive - Posting 000306.txt from 2010/09

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart concerto
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:51:55 -0400

On 09/10/2010 01:12 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:
> When I was doing postgrad work on Victorian domestic music it came as a shock to discover that at the time Mozart was considered inferior not only to Beethoven but even to Spohr.

Spohr himself is an odd case -- if I recall right, during his lifetime
he was considered by many to be THE great composer of the age, the heir
to Beethoven, etc. etc. etc., and yet today he's largely forgotten.

I recall reading somewhere that, in the UK at least, it was Thomas
Beecham who had a lot to do with Mozart's revival and re-evaluation as a
composer of depth, as opposed to a a lightweight composer of "pretty"
pieces.
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