re: #327 austin_blue
Mozart wrote pretty, complex tunes for small orchestra and light opera. Bright kid, but he burned out like a member of The Pretenders and croaked.
It would be interesting to see, if he had lived longer, if he grew a set of stones like Beethoven did, and write masterpieces. He may have just continued to be a pop music writer in his dotage. Pretty, complex, but ultimately empty.
I reject your thesis that Mozart didn’t write masterpieces. However, I’ve occasionally wondered what Mozart might have produced if he’d had the chance to hear middle-period Beethoven (which he would have done if he’d reached his 50’s).