His music has gone from almost complete obscurity in the West to considerable prominence since the turn of the century.
By Russell Platt March 1, 2017 Mieczysław Weinberg's music has gone from almost complete obscurity in the West to considerable prominence since the turn of the century.
And Prokofiev from Shostakovich, too — a distinction particularly relevant in the case of the Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 1996), whose music has gone from almost complete obscurity in the West to considerable prominence since the turn of the century.
His music achieved considerable renown in Weimar Germany, then fell into obscurity after the war.
Despite their occasional obscurity, these early historians accomplished the considerable task of organizing the past into units of the same size (years) and assigning events to them.
Groups like Belle and Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Wilco and Ben Folds Five have enjoyed considerable success in the fertile ground between indie obscurity and the top of the pops.
Jarvis rose from the drab obscurity of his Vermont surgery to considerable wealth, largely from peddling outlandish claims about the supposed health benefits of vinegar mixed with honey, or "honegar" as he painfully called it.
All for a figure who rose from obscurity and a difficult life — Lead Belly served a considerable amount of time in prison — to eventually play Carnegie Hall and tour England.
Finally, critics on both sides of the Atlantic largely concluded that the work of Nell Zink, a novelist who was lounging in obscurity until talent-spotted by Jonathan Franzen, lived up to the considerable hype.
The obscurity and ambiguity are sometimes irksome but generally add to Lord Of Light's considerable appeal.
He moved to Paris in 1925 and quickly achieved considerable success, but a 1936 move to New York City was followed by dashed hopes and years of obscurity.
