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None. Couldn't think of anything more boring than arranging other pieces (plus I don't believe anyone should arrange pieces anyway).

it's spam.

What is the (likely) percentage of dial-up users? I know of no-one (personally or otherwise) that still uses dial-up.

Don't really get his mention of Foxit Reader, but good nonetheless!

It shouldn't be downloadable though, unless there is more information. We are following US laws.

What about Noteworthy Composer format? Why should we exclude the lesser known formats also? We should include ALL formats…… It's here where it gets very messy.

I see absolutely no point in having these files.

Call it a preemptive strike. If Shostakovich is mentioned more often (especially in regard to nationalism) it is assured Volkov will come up. I knew it! Need I say I told you so? If you want to read something that puts a neutral (and amazingly not subjective) view on Shostakovich, read Laurel E. Fa...

They aren't my favourite pieces, but I don't dislike them and there is nothing wrong with them at all. I believe there are better composed and more musical concertos out there (and would argue such) but in the end, it is still mostly subjective.

I'm well aware of what Wagner wrote, but they do contribute much to his opus (numbers aren't everything). Same with Puccini, Verdi and even Rossini to an extent.

Indeed! most composers do tend to decompose after their death.

</badmusicaljoke>

Many of the 'Opera' composers rarely compose anything but operas. That said, I read somewhere that Mahler was planning to write some operas… but he died (the opposite I remember to have read being the case for Wagner).

I could not quite understand what you just said, Yagan, could you clarify that?

Call it a preemptive strike. If Shostakovich is mentioned more often (especially in regard to nationalism) it is assured Volkov will come up.

Why talk about Kindle instead of Sony Reader? Apart from the deal with Amazon, it's mention, as opposed to other ebooks, is that it has been getting a LOT of press coverage (recently, quite negative), so it is generally well known. gibarian, you've got to realise, Wikipedia's management get paid bu...

So you would consider Shostakovich's The Fall of Berlin and March of the Soviet Militia and Prokofiev's Hail to Stalin as Russian nationalism.

Yes. Volkov is BS. That said, I'm not saying that Shostakovich loved Stalin any more than not everyone love Obama. Are those critical of of Obama dissidents?