St. Augustine's City of God, the Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History, the Danish chronicle of Saxo Grammaticus, for example, were all written in Latin, as were most major works in the fields of philosophy, theology, history, and science.
Until the publication of The Well of Loneliness, most major works involving lesbianism were penned by men.
English continued to be used on a modest scale to write local religious works and some poems in the north of England, but most major works were produced in Latin or French.
In fact, a case could be made that this 45-minute, four-movement Sonata in C (D. 812) is the most neglected major work by any major composer, music fully worthy of comparison with Schubert's most enduring symphonies, string quartets and two-hand sonatas.
Ms. Akiyoshi, the jazz pianist, has run a big band in the United States for 30 years and has decided to retire it with a performance of her most major new work.
His most recent major work, "Le Temps l'Horloge" ("Time and The Clock"), was introduced by the soprano Renée Fleming, the conductor Seiji Ozawa, and the Orchestre National de France in 2009; it is a major attraction of Fleming's new Decca disc, "Poèmes".
His most recent major work, a tribute to the struggle for civil rights titled "It Seemed Like Reaching for the Moon," was dedicated at the Richmond, Va., statehouse in 2008.
However, he looks presidential, can speak fluently on most major issues, works hard and presents himself as bright and mature.
There is a week in which all Beethoven symphonies are confronted with the most recent major works of Pierre Boulez, played by the most recently founded of great orchestras, the West-Eastern Divan orchestra.
