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cronxeh
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MotoH said:Wagner is the only classical I listen to. I just came in here to fish for some easy ones.
Technically it is not classical music. Richard Wagner was born when Classical period pretty much ended, and most of his music is definitely not classical. It is Romantic music. Beethoven was pretty much the transitional man between Classical and Romantic period.
In any event, I think this discussion is about the personal preference not who was better at what and who had a bigger ego. Mozart may have been a very skilled harpsichord player but he was no piano player. Beethoven was one of the first to get a 5 octave range piano and later a 6 octave range, as well as Haydn, long after Mozart has died.
So to sum up, I think music is subjective, and claiming that one was proficient than the other is false. I don't see Mozart's music as superior to Beethoven, simply because it does not evoke an emotional response from me. Mozart threw together notes that sort-of harmonized, but really, he was no mathematician to really come up with the perfect sound or perfect anything for that matter. Put it simply, Mozart is dead, long live Beethoven and the Romantic era!