Frederic Cowen

[parkermusic]

Tortellini?
(Or Marcello cello sonatas?)

Yes, "Tortellini" could serve as Marcello or any number of far less talented composers, in my view.

I've only ever heard Cowen's 3rd symphony, and I'd love to hear the 4th and 5th. Their names alone are inviting, at least to my traditional English ear - located as I am out here in the far-flung colonies! !

There is quite a lot of people that share your view on this...

[eschiss1]

What, that Marcello was allegedly un(der)talented? ( The work most people know by him is an oboe concerto by his less-talented brother; I gather his magnum opus, a very diverse set of psalm settings, is a very different beast to _that_...- unless one's just allergic to Baroque music as people here are more allergic, it seems, to "Modern music" than they are to _bad_ music, but that's another, if rather the crux, of the matter...)

Anyhow, no, I don't quite follow, I guess... though more, well-performed, Cowen would be welcome (and even more so certain other ccontemporaries, but this is a Cowen thread, so mooooven on...)