Who was a better musician: Mozart or Beethoven?

Question

Or is it too difficult to decide?

Answer 1

Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig Van Beethoven were world-renowned performers and composers. However, Mozart has gained overall prevalence within the realm of classical music.

This year we celebrate Mozart’s 250th birthday. History records that Mozart’s prodigy was magnificent in all respects. He was technically able to perform the classics of his period on both the piano and violin at a young age. (Whether his father lied about his age or not, Mozart was remarkably young.) Furthermore, Mozart produced the greatest volume of works, far outweighing any other composer, beginning to write timeless music as an adolescent. Mozart was a musical savant in all respects. During his lifetime, he produced music of every mode and manner. He created the most tuneful and memorable music of history. To put it mildly, Mozart was and is the master.

It is no doubt that Beethoven also exhibited amazing musical skill, but in comparison to the master, he and all other musicians are secondary. Beethoven wrote beautiful and moving music and perhaps best captured the quintessential grand-scale symphonic sound better than any other composer (although some may assert Wagner’s influence). Nonetheless, Beethoven was a limited composer and needed work as a piano teacher for royal children in order to support himself.

The real question of debate is who, among the many great musicians to grace our earth--who was truly the greatest pianist, violinist, vocalist, et cetera.

Franz Liszt is quite possibly the greatest pianist of history. He once met a highly skilled pianist who had studied a particular piece of music for years. Having introduced himself, Liszt sight-read the composition perfectly and with more dramatic awareness than his contemporary.

Felix Mendelssohn, having watched his father play the violin since birth, is said to have picked up the instrument and played entire compositions from memory with technical precision. (Any violinist you ask will be disgusted at such a thought.)

Great and notable musicians are well-deserving of praise, but far from unique. However, Mozart rises above the masses because he defined the world’s most basic concepts of musical expression, performance and composition.

Answer 2

I like to listen to Beethoven better. But to relax, I prefer Mozart. Mozart was a genius who composed his first symphony at age 4. Beethoven, on the other hand, composed music even though he was deaf. That makes it pretty hard to decide.

Answer 3

Beethoven He is much crude real and more strong he reflects the joy and the rough of life and despite deft he go on he have not natural talent like Mozart but his perseverance compensate his lack of born ability
Mozart is to childish play full and powerless he was a genius with an unmatched born talent but his talent is no match for Beethoven perseverance

Answer 4

Mozart 4 me

Answer 5

That's a really difficult question to answer. I don't know which I personally like better, but they're on the same level in the musical world. I'm a musician, but I have no idea. That's like asking which is the better ice cream: chocolate or vanilla? lol!

Answer 6

there's a difference between being a good musician and being a good composer. I would say Mozart was a better musician; it's a toss-up regarding who was a better composer

Answer 7

Both as composer and musician Beethoven was the better one. Much more complicated and accomplished.

Answer 8

Beethoven! Mozart in his later years just created music to please people, he lost his passion. Beethoven never lost his passion and didn't care what people thought of his music.

Answer 9

Wow, that's a tough one. Beethoven wrote some of his most impressive works while deaf...so I think he wins for me. Both are incredible though.

Answer 10

Mozart was better