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If I didn't enjoy what I'm doing, I wouldn't bother doing it at all. That doesn't put me above or below any other YC member. (In fact, if I thought so highly of myself, I wouldn't "waste" my time mingling into a site such as YC asking for help and offering it whenever possible). You also can't seem to make up your mind, since you call me "far from the best composer on this site" but when I said essentially the same thing you call it "a show of blatant pseudo-modesty to bait for compliments". It's fine if you just dislike my works on whatever grounds, but you can't have it both ways. It's up to the listeners to judge on whether they like, dislike or plainly ignore my works, as with any other composers' (heck, I seem to recall we were discussing a piece by Mozart). But I don't see anything wrong on a composer wanting his music to be heard and respected, especially by people he expects to learn from.

I don't think he is - but to be fair, he's never claimed he is. At least he doesn't write random nonsense with some pseudo-scientific explanation, or much less belongs to the "Oh-I-am-so-cool-and-modern-because-I-despise-Haydn-and-Mozart" crowd. I'm no big fan of Mozart myself, but I've so far heard almost nothing over here that can compete even with any average Mozart piece.

My point on Mozart's piece is that for some people it's fashionable to deride anything Mozart, if only to pat themselves on the back and say "wow, we're so much into cool things and know better than all those Mozart-worshipping plebs" - but without any achievements to give them any authority. I was just pointing out that none of us have even come close to outachieving Mozart. You know, there are still some of us who are old-fashionedly modest. A "facade of modesty" might be too modern for my taste...

devastating burn.

His point still stands.

There is book called classical forms by William E. Caplin which describes -with examples- how different part of sonatas function and especially deals with different types of phrases.I found it very helpful.I think you'll too

But I bet none of the above (nor myself) can do any better ;) .

I'd guess nobody even knows what that site is.

Professional music theorists laught too much, produce so little. They laught like hyenas from everything they can... academicism this way is a virus. I recommend check it out every good book on a topic, and if not satisfied, elaborate a personal reviewed version. It's a win/win situation.