[_dps]

I am too ignorant of musical history to evaluate the analogy, but taking the myth-story as given in popular understanding (presumably based on "Amadeus") I think the content of the argument is clear, even if he picked terrible examples to highlight his case.

Having said that, I appreciate you pointing out these facts about Salieri and Mozart. Thank you for educating me a bit today!

[archagon]

I just think it’s especially ironic that the Mozart piece everyone knows and loves is in fact the one that’s a bit crowd-sourced!