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In Reply to: RE: Huh? posted by learsfool on August 20, 2015 at 16:08:27
And just for fun, I came across a great Stravinsky quote on Facebook this morning:
"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead."
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Actually, I still think that Prokofiev's music is insufficiently appreciated in comparison to Stravinsky's or (ugh!) Shostakovitch's. So maybe I'M the one who's bitter! LOL!
BTW, I had read that Stravinsky was worried that, at least for awhile, his spot as the foremost modernist composer might be rivaled by another Igor. . . Igor Markevitch! Strange how things turn out sometimes.
Hi Chris - I remember coming across that as well, back when I was in undergrad and had never yet encountered anything by Markevitch, LOL!
I wouldn't say that Prokofiev's music is under appreciated, at all, especially among musicians, though I suppose you are referring to the general concert going public in this case. I would guess that there is currently more Prokofiev programmed than Stravinsky these days, if only because of the piano concerti. Romeo and Juliet is also probably quite a bit more performed than even the Rite.
The piece of Prokofiev's that I try to recommend to people is his ballet Cinderella. Fantastic music.
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