Some music gets less recognition than it deserves – this is the point I’m trying to convey in this blog. With all its seeming evidence many people forget the main thing: emergence of interest towards lesser-known composers is not a natural phenomenon, there always is someone who has his (or her, which too isn’t rare) hand in it. Abstracting from classical music, John Peel took a huge part in future success of post-punk band The Fall and is also known for broadcasting Nirvana way before they became world famous.
This is now Handel and Mozart are big names, with the latter being willy-nilly heard by absolutely everyone. However, some of their works were out of the spotlight until Cyril Rootham, a composer, organist, and educator, introduced them to the repertoire. Unfeigned music devotee, Rootham was never guided by selfish motives and thus didn’t put too much effort promoting own works. Nevertheless, not only his musical catalogue is surprisingly extensive (given all the activities he was involved in), but also dignified and ingenious. Bypassing his works is a crime, no less. How could you, knowing that they were composed by a contributor to the growth of Arthur Honegger, the man who imitated the sound of a steam locomotive in one of his symphonies?.. So don't give the go-by and download Suite for Flute and Piano.
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