Who is the Greatest (Not Favourite) Composer

Be as honest as you can - Greatest must not mean Favourite (unless its Beethoven).

Haha, hard choice.
Maybe i chose wrong, but its either Beethoven or Mozart..
Maybe slightly Mozart.. its hard.
Voted now anyway

Roar

Is this limited only to Late Baroque/Classical/Romantic genres?

Beethoven, for almost singlehandedly ushering in the Romantic era. Mozart could not have been, as he was simply the logical next step from Haydn. Technically, Beethoven's ability to spin entire major works from the simplest and briefest of motives is virtually unrivaled. On that count, only Bach, Brahms, and perhaps Shostakovich are near him.

Of course, this does not stop me from preferring Brahms.

I have heard that if Mozart had lived longer he would have "ushered" in the Romantic era. I can't recall where, but I know it is a valid source.

If Mozart had lived longer, there would not have been the Romantic era as we know it, and we would all be talking about Beethoven the unjustly neglected master...if he had even dared be what he ended up being at all.

Mozart was the greatest of all those listed, because unlike Beethoven or any of the others, there was literally nothing he ever attempted - nothing - that he was not the undisputed master of. End of story.

I'm confused can you elaborate more.
What do you mean attempted nothing?

I think you got mixed up with J Lee's rhetoric there.

"there was literally nothing he ever attempted - nothing - that he was not the undisputed master of."

The nothing is just repeated for emphasis. The sentence without that reads:

"there was literally nothing he ever attempted that he was not the undisputed master of."


(p.s. exactly )

Ha ha. Well, yes.

But I want J to get into more detail on Mozart.

Sincerely,
Extremely interested in whats coming up next.

"there was literally nothing he ever attempted that he was not the undisputed master of."
(p.s. exactly )

Yeah, ... Untill Beethoven came along !!