Musicians can be so bitchy sometimes – which of course is just one more reason to love them. Throughout history, especially since the 19th century, musicians have frequently been divided into opposing camps: Brahms vs. Wagner; Callas vs. Tebaldi; Elvis vs. The Beatles.

Of course, as often as not, it is the figures-in-question’s deranged followers that throw kerosene on the flames. Still, it’s affirming in some way to reflect on just how much to some people music really matters.

Stravinsky vs. Schoenberg:
http://www.laweekly.com/music/stravinsky-vs-schoenberg-who-was-more-gangsta-2405079

Elvis vs. The Beatles:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/04/beatles-met-elvis-liverpool-exhibition

The War of the Romantics (Brahms vs. Wagner):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Romantics

Brahms vs. Tchaikovsky:

Brahms and Tchaikovsky