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outh Korean scientists who have computer-analysed major works by great composers have concluded that Rachmaninov was more innovative than the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. The, explored over 900 works written by 19 different composers between 1700 and 1910, judging their originality on the basis of their chord sequences. The findings have not met with universal agreement among experts.

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