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I don't see how you could say Mozart is a genius but Beethoven isn't. If the definition of musical genius is to be able to hold and improvise an entire orchestra in the mind (and it's up to you if you agree or disagree), then Beethoven was a genius. When he wrote his ninth symphony I believe he was deaf. How could he possibly write such a work without any external reference?
Also, the notion that Mozart's work was more polished than Beethoven's is subjective for one thing!
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