The Ninth is only the beginning. Why we cannot help but listen to Beethoven today

For me, Bach is like that quiet water that wears away bridges. Let's face it, without him, would even temperament have survived? It would have been used a century later

Natan wrote:

I would pay a little tribute to Webern, he practically wrote the second half of the '900

Webern was a pupil of Schönberg - along with Berg - and, as such, took his cues from him.

I do not want to make a list of everyone who had an influence - then we would go far beyond two hands - or less on subsequent generations, but I have indicated the composers who, with their clear break from the past, set the tone for movements in the history of music. And, from my point of view, these were only 3, to whom the figure of Bach is added in a completely anomalous way. All the others, beyond their greatness, follow as a consequence.

@ Daniele

thanks for clarifying your thoughts. As so many other times, you stimulate me to learn about composers and music that I have unfortunately ignored.