> It’s inconceivable that another composer could take Bach’s place...
I'd like to put my vote in for Lennon-McCartney.
I know we're talking about classical music here and I'm not trolling. I just think they're the toppermost of the poppermost.
I'd like to put my vote in for Lennon-McCartney.
I know we're talking about classical music here and I'm not trolling. I just think they're the toppermost of the poppermost.
But I can imagine a world where an alternate Lennon-McCartney arranged all their own string parts, dominated the symphonic world, wrote wildly popular church service music, performed guitar showcase music with prominent (probably improvised) cadenzas, and had multiple hits running on Broadway.
I think you could pick any single genre, burn everything else Mozart wrote, and he'd still be regarded as one of the greatest composers of his time. (That doesn't work for Beethoven because of the opera genre.)
Rich people at parties are still playing the throw-away background music he probably wrote for a rich person's party. (Btw-- if you listen to the rest of his background music you won't be disappointed.)