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I have to agree with you about Bach. I'll commit a bit of blasphemy by saying that Beethoven at times gets on my nerves and Mozart, here and there, is a little too sweet. But, Bach's genius never fails to make the hair on my neck stand up; I find it almost frightening at times. Not that I'm denying the genius of Beethoven and Mozart. Incidently, when I was young, I soaked up 19th century music, particularly late Romantic stuff and its culmination (IMO)with Mahler. But now I find myself avoiding it or being fussy about it. All in all, Bach is among a truly select few, one of the towering geniuses of the last 500 years, at least. His music makes me think too many others are sharing the label "genius."