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Originally Posted by robinjessome
Rachmaninov is likely just as unrecognizable a name as Henry Cowell. Once you stray from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart: the BIG THREE in classical music, John Q. Public doesn't know anyone.
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Actually I made a joke to a friend of mine that he should be more 'cultured' and needed some Rachmaninov in his life. He thought I was talking about a Pokemon, so I guess you are right. The big three as you put it are the recognisable names, but I guarantee most people will be able to recognise music written by tonal composers, even if they don't know who they are. Most English people surely by now have hear the middle bit from Jupiter. Pretty much everyone alive can recognise and sing along with ET or Star Wars.