[lbo-talk] Happy Birthday Mozart

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 27 17:32:13 PST 2006


John Lacny wrote:


> As the saying
>goes, had Mozart lived another ten years, he would have invented Beethoven.

I was joking in part, but really, I'm with Adorno, it's all about development, which is why Beethoven's so great. When I hear Mozart I hear pleasant tunes, but not much to chew on. I don't think he'd have been Bach, if he'd lived 70 years earlier; more likely Vivaldi.

Doug



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