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Originally Posted by Hip Priest
Classical composers who, despite the trend, were largely bobbins: Beethoven (one decent part of one average symphony and what does he get? hundreds of years of respect!)
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Bzzz. Wrong. I was pretty much with you up to this point. But Beethoven is brilliant.
Mozart on the other hand...
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It seems to me that jazz is the only major musical genre where it's quality that gets respect.
In jazz, the cream rises to the surface, whilst in other genres the pollution just kind of floats there.
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"Classical", for the most part, is that way as well.