But I don’t know the most important fact, which is whether the musical snobs of the day identified [Wellington’s Victory] as bad.
They did indeed. In fact, the snobbiest musician of that time was Beethoven himself, who responded to critics of the piece as follows:
“What I shit is better than anything you could ever think up!”
They did indeed. In fact, the snobbiest musician of that time was Beethoven himself, who responded to critics of the piece as follows: