LOL That old saw? Mozart could do things Beethoven couldn’t do. Like write for the voice and make everything seem organic and not merely inserted for shock value...and was a better orchestrator.
Like die at 34.
Like write for the voice
Yeah, cuz no one's ever heard of the Ode to Joy or the Choral Fantasy. The former is the most powerful piece of choral music ever written. And the second is a dress rehearsal for the first.
and make everything seem organic and not merely inserted for shock value
Right. "Shock value," like what Wagner and Handel and Bach wrote ... What you call "shock value" I call "majesty."
...and was a better orchestrator.
Arguable. But so what? Beethoven was a composer, not an arranger.
Mozart had a gift. Beethoven was touched by God.
Mozart was a lyrical composer; many of his themes from his symphonies, concerti, etc., sound as if they are being sung, Bach was the greatest pure musician/composer ever—IMO. Beethoven put it all together adding emotion to brilliant writing; I think his symphonies pale in comparison to his chamber music.