A composer's "sound"

[Luegwig]

Well, in my mind, Mozart is lesser, but that's personal taste. Beethoven is more weighty. He had a moral authority in his music that Mozart didn't display. He gets more to the center of our hearts than Mozart does. <P>That said, Mozart's music tends to be more beautiful. Dare I say, it's more dramatic at times (Don Giovanni, Piano Concerto No. 20). <P>But, Beethoven was the first composer who was popular enough in his own time to be able to be able to live off his own work rather than work for a patron. There is a quality of his music that we all down through the generations appreciate.<P>If I had to pick one on a desert island, I'd bring along Beethoven, but I'm glad I have both.<P>Regards,<BR>Bill

[EJA_2]

Don't get me wrong on Mozart. He was a tremendous genius. Some of his music is extremely beautiful. Like I said, I really like the queen of the night aria (mostly because I have a weakness for sopranos, and that's kind of the ultimate). It's just that a lot of the time I think Mozart was time-clocking. Still, when I have a real intellectual challenge to overcome, his music is about the best stimulant I know. However, when I want to hear something brilliantly beautiful, I don't think of Mozart first. <P> -- EJA

[~Leslie]

Mozart had a pet bird he called Vogle Starling (sp?). He purchased this little critter with his meager funds because he was strolling down the street one day, when he was totally blown away by the sound of one of his works being sung by the bird, in a pet shop.<P>This phenomenon files into the Carl Jung synchronicity zone. <P>Mozart loved that little bird. When it died he even gave it a proper burial(soooooo ironic),<BR>and wrote a eulogy for it.<P>Mozart's sound? A vogle starling. ~<BR>