Just reading an article about a little-known composer, Joseph Marx, and it's scattered with quotes from a major figure in music, Riccardo Chailly, lamenting his obscurity among music lovers. This happens a lot, where fans of a composer's music will say that that music should be more well-known, that if it was presented to the masses, it would go down well. And how many of these composers have had a sustained boost in popularity in recent years? It probably hasn't really happened since Bernstein championed Mahler's music and helped push that into the standard repertoire, where it very much remains to this day.
Basically, there's a lot of talk and very little action. Saying you wish this composer or that composer could be better known/have more performances of their music, is all well and good, but we actually need the people in power to do something about it! And not just a token performance to shut people up; grant them token recognition on an anniversary.
So, people, what can we actually DO, rather than just saying words, to push composers' cases for being better appreciated by people?