tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1164762251331594902006-11-29T01:04:00.000Z2006-11-29T01:04:00.000ZThe presentation and reception of Shostakovich and his work in the West has always been carefully managed, a rare example of close cooperation between the Soviet cultural apparatus and Western commerce. This is a topic that certainly deserves further study.<BR/><BR/>One wonders in this particular case if Shostakovich's publishers have now promoted that body of work at the expense of other, living composers in their catalog. This would make, of course, perfect business sense, as those scores are capital with a limited shelflife, and maximizing income opportunity from those scores now is better for the current account than risking an investment in newer scores that may never return that investment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com