Classical

Our culture has a tendency to see accomplished personas as stand-alone success, who did it on their own. Probably also because mentoring as such isn't that common in its original sense. 

That said, there's plenty of examples of the contrary in classical. One you probably didn't know about: Dvorak & Brahms.

Chances are, if it wasn't for Brahms, Dvorak might have never had his breakthrough success with the Slavonic Dances.

Our culture has a tendency to see accomplished personas as stand-alone success, who did it on their own. Probably also because mentoring as such isn't that common in its original sense. 

That said, there's plenty of examples of the contrary in classical. One you probably didn't know about: Dvorak & Brahms.

Chances are, if it wasn't for Brahms, Dvorak might have never had his breakthrough success with the Slavonic Dances.  

https://houstonsymphony.org/its-all-about-who-you-know-brahms-dvorak/

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I think generally in arts and music for sure it has always played a big role.

But even outside of that, I've had people who were decades older than me help me out in figuring out living my life and.. That's beautiful and I'm forever grateful.

I’ve always thought mentorship to be a big part of the classical world, jazz world too! I’ve been so lucky to have amazing mentors and I try to help young composers when I can.

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674001879