Josef Rheinberger: Hear Today, Agon Tomorrow
Minor composers
Are often forgotten
Unless they have written
Repetoire which
Fills up a void by
Plugging a slot in
An otherwise vacant
Programming niche.
Chances are Rheinberger
Thought he had got in
By writing for organ
At fever pitch,
And so it’s a pity
His Orgel-Sonaten
Are often remembered
As noisy kitsch.
