Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonWhy can't you compare Mozart to Beethoven? You can clearly hear Mozart's influence on Beethoven's work, especially his earlier pieces.

Very true... but you are going the other way with it... What I was trying to show is that just because Beethoven is influenced by Mozart (Van Halen by Hendrix) doesn't make either one better than the other... Different personalities, different eras... different people...And the fact is there will always be arguments of who is better... and in the end it will never matter.