I came up with a statement that is very bold, if not impertinent and wanted to get feedback. I am thinking could this be an accurate representation or am I just very shallow in my knowledge of music. Tell me what you think and, even better, revise the statement to a more accurate representation. Here it is:
"The major composers before and during Beethoven's lifetime were largely building the framework that Beethoven built on, expanded, and took to new dimensions. All musicians after Beethoven were either detractors (in the sense that listening to them takes you away from the heights that Beethoven achieved) or poor imitators (insofar as they thought they were making works as great as those of Beethoven, but really the best of them only came close)."
"The major composers before and during Beethoven's lifetime were largely building the framework that Beethoven built on, expanded, and took to new dimensions. All musicians after Beethoven were either detractors (in the sense that listening to them takes you away from the heights that Beethoven achieved) or poor imitators (insofar as they thought they were making works as great as those of Beethoven, but really the best of them only came close)."
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