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{{cleanup|The "Rock, Rap, and other 20th- and 21st-century Pop styles" examples should be separated into more specific categories: Jazz, Folk, Rock, Rap, Metal, Pop
{{quote|''The [[Velvet Underground]] never sold many records, but, as many have said, it seems like every one of the group's fans went out and started a band.''|''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Third Edition'' (2001), p. 1034}}
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* [[Robert Johnson]] was an obscure blues artist during the 1930s who was only known in his own state. The legend and mystery surrounding his life have helped him gaining notoriety and acclaim after his death. Today he is for most people the
== Classical ==
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] was in his time well-regarded as an organist (with his compositions being seen as something of a sidenote), and after his death in 1750, the only people who took his work seriously were a small number of German composers (albeit some very good ones, such as [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven]]). Even then, those composers focused on his keyboard work, mostly ignoring his other pieces. However, a biography of Bach in 1803 and then [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s 1823 performance of Bach's ''St. Matthew Passion'' led to a renewed interest in Bach's work, and thence his acceptance as one of the greatest composers of [[Classical Music]] (broad sense) ever to have lived.
* Many of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s later works, including ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.
* Another [[Classical Music]] example: One of [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven's]] final works, the "Große Fuge" ("Great Fugue"), featured the sort of wild complexity and dissonance that would still be considered radical in the early 20th century, and at the time of its premiere in 1826, it was dismissed by critics and audiences as being completely unlistenable; fellow composer Louis Spohr (who was, at the time, as famous and well-regarded as Beethoven) described it as "indecipherable, uncorrected horror." It took more than a century for it to become widely regarded as a work of genius, though still quite "challenging" for most listeners.
* The opera ''Carmen'' was not a great success when it premiered in Paris, France on March 3, 1875 although the first act was well received as was the beginning of the second, the third and fourth act were greeted with stunned silence. Fortunately however it was well received at the second premiere (this time in Germany) just seven months later; however by that time [[Georges Bizet]] had already died (his death had nothing to do with the failure of the opera). Today Carmen is considered not only one of the world's greatest operas, but also one of the most popular operas ever written.▼
* [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' caused a scandal in 1913 due to its loud, dissonant music. Today it's one of the most popular, important, influential and famous classical works of the 20th century.
* ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', Béla Bartók's only opera, was rejected by Hungarian Fine Arts Commission as unstageworthy when Bartok submitted it for an award. It wasn't performed until 5 years later, but is now considered one of Bartok's most important works, and, despite its unusually small cast causing some difficulty - it only has two main characters, and three silent roles, which is a little awkward if you have a large group of performers on retainer - it receives regular performance.▼
== Ragtime and Blues ==▼
* [[Scott Joplin]], one of the greatest Ragtime composers. While he got some praise in the first decade of the 1900s, it would be in [[The Seventies]] when Joplin's work would hit the big time (thanks to the movie ''[[The Sting]]'') with his [[Signature Song|greatest tune]], "The Entertainer" becoming a top 10 pop hit and himself getting a posthumous Pulitzer prize among other major kudos. "The Entertainer" has become a [[Standard Snippet]].▼
** A particularly good example was his opera, ''Treemonisha''. It wasn't even performed in its entirety until 60 years after it was written.▼
▲* [[Robert Johnson]] was an obscure blues artist during the 1930s who was only known in his own state. The legend and mystery surrounding his life have helped him gaining notoriety and acclaim after his death. Today he is for most people the most wellknown blues singer of that period.fb
== Country ==
* When Gram Parsons died in 1973, he was only known as a former member of [[The Byrds]] and The Flying Burrito Brothers who'd released a flop solo album. Gradually, people began to realize that he'd invented country-rock.
* [[Dwight Yoakam]] may have had critical acclaim and decent hit songs during his prime, but nobody really thought of him as anything legendary... Then in the late 2000s new country artists were popping up listing Yoakam as a key influence. He had a strong influence on Alternative Country and may very well have been the first artist of the genre. ''This Time'' and ''Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room'' are now regarded as classics.
== Opera ==
▲* The opera ''Carmen'' was not a great success when it premiered in Paris, France on March 3, 1875 although the first act was well received as was the beginning of the second, the third and fourth act were greeted with stunned silence. Fortunately however it was well received at the second premiere (this time in Germany) just seven months later; however by that time [[Georges Bizet]] had already died (his death had nothing to do with the failure of the opera). Today Carmen is considered not only one of the world's greatest operas, but also one of the most popular operas ever written.
▲* ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', Béla Bartók's only opera, was rejected by Hungarian Fine Arts Commission as unstageworthy when Bartok submitted it for an award. It wasn't performed until 5 years later, but is now considered one of Bartok's most important works, and, despite its unusually small cast causing some difficulty - it only has two main characters, and three silent roles, which is a little awkward if you have a large group of performers on retainer - it receives regular performance.
▲* [[Scott Joplin]], one of the greatest Ragtime composers. While he got some praise in the first decade of the 1900s, it would be in [[The Seventies]] when Joplin's work would hit the big time (thanks to the movie ''[[The Sting]]'') with his [[Signature Song|greatest tune]], "The Entertainer" becoming a top 10 pop hit and himself getting a posthumous Pulitzer prize among other major kudos. "The Entertainer" has become a [[Standard Snippet]].
▲** A particularly good example was his opera, ''Treemonisha''. It wasn't even performed in its entirety until 60 years after it was written.
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