All other composers are inferior to Beethoven

[val]

MN Dave
Thank you, and good night! 

Bach was as very strong opponent. But in the end of the race, Ludwig wins. The old Ludwig is still the number one!

So the silver medal goes to Johan Sebastian and the bronze medal to the young Amadeus.

During the race Herr Richard and Herr Johannes were disqualified for trying to push each other out of the track.

The russian Mr. Modest was also disqualified in the doping tests. He had a strange substance in his blood, called Cognac.

[Mark]

Bach was as very strong opponent. But in the end of the race, Ludwig wins. The old Ludwig is still the number one!

So the silver medal goes to Johan Sebastian and the bronze medal to the young Amadeus.

During the race Herr Richard and Herr Johannes were disqualified for trying to push each other out of the track.

The russian Mr. Modest was also disqualified in the doping tests. He had a strange substance in his blood, called Cognac.

[Bogey]

We are not being reasonable today, Don. Yes, other composers may now approach and kiss the ring.

Possibly post of the year.

[Bogey]

I'm sorry. LvB has never heard of Rod Corkin.

Possibly post of the year.

[Bogey]

Re: All other composers are inferior to Beethoven

Thank you, and good night! 

Possibly post of the year. 

[Bonehelm]

Possibly post of the year.

Possibly post of the year.

Possibly post of the year. 

Possibly triple post of the year. 

[marvinbrown]

Not far off, he truly was a great, the finshed article. Mozart was also fantastic but lacked the real development that LVB displayed. IMO only Wagner ever showed any real development after Beethoven

 Thank God there is another Wagnerian on this forum!  Welcome Millfields, glad to have you on board!  And I heartily agree with you that Beethoven was truly GREAT!  All other composers are inferior to Beethoven??- notwithstanding my adulation of Beethoven I would like to dispute the title of this thread.  I think that Wagner's  Ring Cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Meistersinger von Nurnberg  and Parsifal  present an acheivement in musical composition that is certainly not inferior to Beethoven but pays tribute to Beethoven's legacy- I am prejudiced here but I think that Wagner's way was the best way to carry on Beethoven's legacy.  

 marvin

[Josquin des Prez]

I am prejudiced here but I think that Wagner's way was the best way to carry on Beethoven's legacy. 

Well, yeah, didn't Wagner himself say so?

[marvinbrown]

Well, yeah, didn't Wagner himself say so?

  I rest my case  0:).

  marvin

[12tone.]

I can assure you that the post of the year has yet to arrive. 

Beethoven was great and Menuhin was there to showcase that with the Sinfonia Varsovia!

[greg]

I think all other composers are inferior to Elgar.

[MN Dave]

Re: All other composers are inferior to Beethoven

Possibly post of the year. 

A man of taste!

[Bogey]

A man of taste!

He's the trunk and the rest are merely branches.  You can lock it down now Dave.

(Granted there are some other pretty strong limbs out there...Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Copland...)

[MN Dave]

He's the trunk and the rest are merely branches.  You can lock it down now Dave.

(Granted there are some other pretty strong limbs out there...Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Copland...)

You had me till Copland. 

[Bonehelm]

I think all other composers are inferior to Elgar.

Wtf Greg, how the hell do you make your username into Chinese? Didn't even know you can change it.

[Bogey]

Ahhh yes and along those lines it was good ol' Ludwig Van himself who said,

"Not Bach (German for "brook") but Ocean should be his name." Nuff said. Case closed.

We can lock this sucker up!   

And Beethoven in 1801 referred to Bach as "the immortal god of harmony...just showing his gracious side.

http://books.google.com/books?id=JsaG1AP1I0cC&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=the+immortal+god+of+harmony+beethoven&source=web&ots=RJCPUSPIqR&sig=5v_Rs_XmX2JqtZUrtsYWJOm79FI

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Wtf Greg, how the hell do you make your username into Chinese? Didn't even know you can change it.

I put 復活交響曲 through Babelfish. It means Reactivating Symphony...

[Millfields]

We are going to be great friends, you and I.

WOW, my first friend on GMG. I'm home 

[karlhenning]

I put 復活交響曲 through Babelfish. It means Reactivating Symphony...

Gotta love Babelfish.  I am going to guess that the reference is to the Mahler Second . . . .

[jochanaan]

Gotta love Babelfish.  I am going to guess that the reference is to the Mahler Second . . . .

"Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n
Wirst du, meine Symphonie..."