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Why are Bach/Beethoven/Mozart considered to be the best composers ever?

I never hear anyone say that Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, or even Mahler are the best composers ever, why? Isn’t is all opinion anyway? What makes any one composer better than any other? Do you think that a lot of people people are biased against modern music when they choose who they think is the best composer?
And by modern, I basicaly mean anything past the romantic era.

These 3 composers are considered by most musicians to be the best because not only did they write terrific music, they set the standard for their era. They took music as it was in their time and moved it forward, essentially creating a new era of music. Bach took mundane Baroque music and transformed his era to one that set the stage for the Early Classical era. Mozart took the early Classical era to its height and set the stage for Beethoven. Beethoven successfully changed the early Classical era into the middle Classical era with his 3rd Symphony. All three set the standard by which all others are compared. That is why they are considered by most to be the best composers ever.

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