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To: Pharmboy
Mozart is #1, and so far beyond everyone else in greatness that words just cannot suffice.

After Mozart there are quite a few greats. In no particular order: Beethoven, Bach, Verdi, Wagner, Rossini, Haydn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky ...

ML/NJ

39 posted on 01/09/2011 7:57:10 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj
Mozart is #1, and so far beyond everyone else in greatness that words just cannot suffice.

Mozart was good but

Mozart, visiting the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, upon hearing a Bach motet for the first time, exclaimed "Now there is music from which a man can learn something." Whereafter, it is recorded, Bach's grand-successor ushered the young composer into the library where Mozart quickly spread out reams of Bach in earnest study.

It says "the young composer." but Mozart was 33, and lived to be only 35.

69 posted on 01/09/2011 10:14:06 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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