Yes, it is. There is so much baroque music that is really good but that doesn't get played or recorded as much as it deserves. I don't know enough about classical music to say whether that applies to other eras too.
Certainly in English Literature, as you recede from the age, only one or two of the Giants seem to go on being read. There were lots of Victorian novelists, for example, who were very highly rated in their day, but I haven't actually read - writers like Meredith and Mrs Humphrey Ward. I suppose one can only do so much, so I choose not to make up for my deficiencies. And in music, though I will continue to follow up links to modern or romantic music where it interests me, I am going to 'major' in Early Music, Renaissance and Baroque.
So many tunes - so little time!
I have seen other giants of the Baroque Era dismissed as stolid or boring too, according to other posts on TC. e.g. Telemann. From the little I've listened to by him, that's completely unjust. He's number 31 on the List, and with so many other fabulous composers en route, not to mention exploring a few byways, I can wait to get on to him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baroque_composers
I'll continue hunting up Sweelinck's organ music, and then take a break before tackling the Monteverdi Peaks, desporting myself first in the delightful foothills - all the links posted in this thread so far.
Thank you, everyone, for contributing - not only the links, but all the insightful comments.![]()