I love Bach and he is one of my favorite composers. He is also regarded as the "greatest" Baroque composers if not the greatest composer of all time. One could argue that Handel and Vivaldi are generally considered a notch below Bach. This is really what I don't understand. Handel and Vivaldi are fine composers, and I don't dislike their music, but really I see no difference in quality between these two and Purcell, Rameau, Corelli, Lully, Telemann, and other Baroque composers. So my question [...]
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