Few on the company's board could see the need for investment in composers who might take a decade or more to reap a dividend.

This was to accommodate the international scene for new art music that showed an increasing interest in Danish composers.

Still, it was his interest in obscure works and composers that won him the most attention.

Because I developed, early on, an interest in obscure composers.

But then, so is a course in 19th-century composers.

His faith in both once-maligned composers apparently has not failed.

His interest in forgotten composers, for example, extends far beyond mere novelty or shock value.

It is given out to commemorate achievement in young Belgian composers.

Two projects on the horizon offer hope that American opera companies are ready to put more trust in strong composers.

First they have to put more trust in composers.