Neglected composers

[Richard Barrett]

Listen carefully, I shall say this only once...

Klaus Huber (1924-) and Hans Huber (1852-1921) are Swiss composers.
Nicolaus A Huber (1939-) and Klaus K Hübler (1956-) are German composers.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Listen carefully, I shall say this only once...

Klaus Huber (1924-) and Hans Huber (1852-1921) are Swiss composers.
Nicolaus A Huber (1939-) and Klaus K Hübler (1956-) are German composers.

Only one of whom supervised Brian Ferneyhough's studies in Germany in the late '60s.

Easy mistakes to make - I once heard a piece by Nicolaus A, thinking he was Klaus. I was impressed that someone with so completely different an aesthetic should be so encouraging to Ferneyhough's.

[Bryn]

Actually though a large amount of Ashley's work is available on CD.

Now that I have booked my place ('ticket'), I can safely encourage others here to attend Cafe OTO this Sunday (30th March) to hear and see a performance of Robert Ashley's Automatic Writing. Fortunately the ticket prices are the usual £10 on the door or £8 (with an 80p booking fee)) if bought online, rather than the £25 per evening paid by those who felt the need to attend last week's three Yoko Ono performances. A little bird tells me that the usual (and sometimes annoyingly disruptive) photographers were put off by the rights fees demanded by the diva's agent. I decided there were better things to do with £25.

[Stanfordian]

My nominations for neglected composers would include Ernő Dohnányi, Hans Pfitzner, Hans Werner Henze and Rodion Shchedrin. Focusing on British composers I find the most neglected are Bantock, Bax, Stanford and Malcolm Arnold. Although Vaughan Williams is often played it tends to be just small section of an output that I consider to be of an especially consistently high standard. I would love Delius to be played far more often than he is currently. Of the major composers in relation to their talent Mendelssohn seems the most neglected.

[richardfinegold]

I'll add Walter Piston. Many critics refer to him as an academic and are ignorant of his highly original and accessible music.