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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.

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It says "the young composer." but Mozart was 33

That's nice. Listen to the Orphanage Mass (K. 139) which Mozart wrote when he was 13 (f%@()g 13!) and get back to me. And maybe you can supply me with a list of Bach's greatest operas? Mozart's operas are so great that no one can seriously say for more than a month, without changing his mind, which is the greatest.

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