"There is not a single case in musical history of a composer being a century ahead of his time: the greatest composers have been perfectly comprehensible to the average instructed music-lover of their day"
- Sir Ernest Newman, 1925
In partial reinforcement of my thought-probe in the previous post....
Although that said
a/ a century is long time to be in advance .... how about someone who's five years ahead of their time?
b/ greatest composers being comprehensible to the average music-lover of their day .... how about a not-so-great composer who is incomprehensible to most everybody?
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