 This was in marked contrast to many pianists of the post–19th-century era, who considered the composer's text sacrosanct.Living composers whose works Horowitz played (among them Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Poulenc) invariably praised Horowitz's performances of their work even when he took liberties with their scores.Horowitz's interpretations were well received by concert audiences, but not by some critics.