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That's a good realization of this- but that would require a much more specific 'instrumentation' category mechanism (i.e. in place of the non-categorized text field). Which would also theoretically require quite a lot of cleanup work...

Thanks! And I updated the composition list accordingly.

We have two works marked as Op.18: http://imslp.org/wiki/Die_Kinder_der_Heide,_Op.18_(Rubinstein,_Anton) and http://imslp.org/wiki/Cello_Sonata_No.1_in_D_Major,_Op.18_(Rubinstein,_Anton) . Could someone please be so kind as to ascertain which is actually Op.18? (It should be noted that the score to ...

I do also consider Petrushka to be a more well-thought-out/constructed and interesting (and therefore better) work, but I'm not really trying to address that here. The Rite is by no means bad, whatever is thought about the actual innovation. That's quite an interesting quote. When, may I ask, did he...

This piece seems to be considered by quite a lot of people to contain the seeds of most forms of modernism as we know them today. Taruskin puts it best, I find: Stravinsky's radical simplification of texture, his static, vamping harmonies, and his repetitive, ostinato-driven forms were the perfect m...

I prefer to use either a solo instrument or trio/quartet of some kind rather than an orchestra, and therefore, when the need arises to write something for orchestra, it's for a very specific combination (usually one that could barely be termed an 'orchestra'). For instance, I'm writing a commissione...

Not from me. However, most people probably wouldn't think of that piece as a 'concerto', so maybe there should also be some kind of explanation displayed on the page for whatever you're hovering over (or something). Or maybe an alternate designation (less entrenched in the common idea of the word) w...

I have some Fasch, but it's newly edited and arranged *groan*. Also, I wish we had some more of Jan Dismas Zelenka, now there's an underappreciated composer. If I had anything by him, I'd make scanning that my primary project for this site. But alas...

What do you like about Ameriques? I like it because aside from being very good/well written, it seeks to get the best of as many worlds as possible by building upon the basic structure of centuries past and the megalomania of the Late Romantics, along with thematic, rhythmic, harmonic, and planar m...

OK, thanks- although unless I was hallucinating or something, the score of Jeanne clearly says 'Op.2' on the first page, but I'll just put it in Works Without Opus Number.

OK, Chausson appears to have two works labeled as Op.2: http://imslp.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%E2%80%99Arc_(Chausson,_Ernest) and http://imslp.org/wiki/7_M%C3%A9lodies,_Op.2_(Chausson,_Ernest) . Does a Chausson expert/enthusiast know if, say, Jeanne d'Arc was misprinted as Op.2, or something? (I came across...

1. Varese: Ameriques
2. Shostakovich: Symphony No.4, Op.43
3. Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No.5, W.263
4. Shostakovich: The Nose, Op.15
5. Stravinsky: Agon

Subject to change at any moment.

It is going to be difficult to come to a consensus on exact numbers. That is extremely, painfully true- which is why you might notice that in my suggestion, I left 'chamber' deliberately vague. Seriously, I don't think we can put, say, Shostakovich's 14th Symphony in with the others- 2 solo voices,...

That does not mean those pieces are overrated, if most people aren't as thrilled by it as some people. It just means those people like it differently. I'm beginning to think that the word "overrated" is overrated. I think they say it better than I can. Also, I'll repeat Perlnerd's comment...