Hi Peter;
Yes, the Raff Society has a fantastic website and a great forum called "Unsung Composers' Forum" in which I participate.
I doubt if any composer outside of Vienna ever heard of Schubert during his very tragic and short lifetime. Schubert, perhaps the most prolific composer ever, published very little of his massive oeuvre of nearly 1,000 compositions; and of the little that he did publish, only one work was published by a publishing house outside of Austria. So, with Schubert working isolated in Vienna, and Eggert working in periphery of music world in Stockholm, I seriously doubt that Eggert ever heard of Schubert.
The finale of Eggert's C-major symphony is the jewel of the work featuring Eggert's musical signature: a massive and well written fugue. This C-major's fugue is most energetic and vibrant.
Yes, the Raff Society has a fantastic website and a great forum called "Unsung Composers' Forum" in which I participate.
I doubt if any composer outside of Vienna ever heard of Schubert during his very tragic and short lifetime. Schubert, perhaps the most prolific composer ever, published very little of his massive oeuvre of nearly 1,000 compositions; and of the little that he did publish, only one work was published by a publishing house outside of Austria. So, with Schubert working isolated in Vienna, and Eggert working in periphery of music world in Stockholm, I seriously doubt that Eggert ever heard of Schubert.
The finale of Eggert's C-major symphony is the jewel of the work featuring Eggert's musical signature: a massive and well written fugue. This C-major's fugue is most energetic and vibrant.
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