Was Beethoven the King of Composers?

If anything, Beethoven proved just how far someone could go with determination, a gift for fantasy, and plain old hard work. Beethoven may have lacked the natural facility of a Bach or a Mozart, yet through an uncompromising force of will he managed to achieve greatness. In fact, so powerful was his musical imagination that he managed to change music. And he knew his own worth, even to the point of not deferring to his “betters.”

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