T.T.:

I am one of the pedants who believe that the word "genius" refers to people
who have an inner drive, over which they have limited control, to produce
great things.
Of these, few can match Mozart.
He has said that at times the music wrote itself and that he did little to
alter it. Other composers, such as Beethoven, wrote more powerful and more
emotional music, but they wrote and re-wrote and polished and edited. There
must be a better word than "genius" to describe them and I would like to
hear what it is.

I believe that Bach was a far greater genius than Mozart--when I'm
listening to Bach. When I'm listening to Mozart I believe that Mozart
was a far greater genius than Bach. I'm glad I don't have to choose
between them, but I can easily choose the pair of them above all other
composers.

A musicologist speaking on Michael Lawrence's two-DVD documentary "Bach
and Friends" said that he didn't think that Bach composed in the way
that others did. He realized the music, played it, and wrote it down
later, the man asserted.

Please see http://mlfilms.com. The site also has a tribute to Steve
Jobs, whose contribution, first to music composers, producers, and
performers through Macintosh computers, then to the accessibility of
music through iTunes, the iPod, and other iOS devices, has also had a
huge impact on the world.

Davoud

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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