It’s historical fact that contemporaries of the time were actively promoting and writing about. Rousseau called for the ‘abolition of counterpoint’.
Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to give you the impression I was arguing about that....or about anything, actually. I was agreeing with the premise that mediocre minds could exert control over, or stifle better contemporaries. And I agreed because it just happens that exact situation was the last straw that led to me having a nervous breakdown at 16 and why I’ve tossed pretty much everything I’ve written.
I had already been terribly abused as a child and that damage is permanent in the form of C-PTSD. There’s no way I’d ever let talentless morons take the one thing I have left away from me so, I never pursued a career. I throw the music away out of spite. (Don’t try to make sense of it. Child abuse victims almost always have strange behaviors that make sense only to them.)
I’ve seen you for years and know you have an expertise in music history I wouldn’t challenge. As for music itself, I don’t need to argue. I got that.
So, again, sorry. If you ever see anything from me that looks like I’m arguing with you, just assume I’m not......unless I address you with the honorific “Jerk”........