A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right
Glad that he&#x27;s finally getting some of recognition that he has been unfairly denied for centuries. There is extraordinary intelligence and personality behind his music. It&#x27;s almost inexplicable that he doesn&#x27;t get more attention. By far the most &quot;underrated&quot; composer that I am aware of.<p>Reicha&#x27;s work proves that the style pioneered by Haydn was not only fundamentally sound, but capable of change and development far beyond what music scholars would typically have thought to have been possible. Music history, and perhaps world history would be very different if subsequent composers had continued along the path broken by Reicha rather than that taken by &quot;The Romantic Generation&quot;.