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> Johann Sebastian Bach is a notable instance of this -- he'd languished into near complete obscurity until "rediscovered" (IIRC by Mendelsohn). I believe that
by dragandj 7y ago
> Johann Sebastian Bach is a notable instance of this -- he'd languished into near complete obscurity until "rediscovered" (IIRC by Mendelsohn).
I believe that was Beethoven, not JS Bach.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNot according to my sources. As an example of the lost Bach works, he composed a full five liturgical years of works: a cantata for each Sunday, and for each Holy Day (ten or fifteen per year), a Passion for each of Christmas and Easter. Of the five years, we have two and a fraction -- that's well over 100 works that are lost to all time. By contrast, Beethoven never lost popularity or awareness. So far as we're aware, none of his works are lost, and there are in fact numerous "juvenalia" -- immature works, not included in the standard opus catalog, which survive.