It is curious to note how posterity makes up for the failings of contemporaries. Neglected composers are brought to light 50 or 100 years after their lifetime, and are sometimes made more of than if they had been justly treated all along. Attention is...
It is curious to note how posterity makes up for the failings of contemporaries. Neglected composers are brought to light 50 or 100 years after their lifetime, and are sometimes made more of than if they had been justly treated all along. Attention is being drawn this year to Schubert, who certainly in his lifetime received only a very small share of the honour due to him.