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Haydn’s symphonies are remarkable. Even his early ones (where he was basically inventing the form) are interesting and the later ones are on a level with Beethoven.

It is in music that the superiority of Western Civilization is most clearly demonstrated. Now much of the talent playing it at the highest level is Asian.

[billorites]

I always recall what Harold C. Schonberg of the New York Times wrote about Haydn, probably in his book Lives of the Great Composers.

He wrote, "...Haydn was among the least neurotic of all the great composers."

To my ear, it comes through in his music.

He also included Dvorak, as I recall, on that brief list.