Isn’t J. S. Bach overrated and less creative than he s ounds?

Bach’s work is almost without peer. Only Mozart and Beethoven can be said plausibly to have equaled him as a composer (Mozart, sadly, only briefly before his death at 36, and Beethoven in a rela…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Isn’t J. S. Bach overrated and less creative than he sounds?]( Joshua P. Hill, writer and inventor • [Updated September 18, 2022]( [Bach’s work is almost without peer. Only Mozart and Beethoven can be said plausibly to have equaled him as a composer (Mozart, sadly, only briefly before his death at 36, a... Read more » [Upvote] 337 [Comment] 44](   [Who was Brian Jones, and what was the nature of his relationship with Jimi Hendrix?]( Asked in ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? • Answered by Phillip Coory • [February 23]( [(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) Brian Jones was the unofficial leader of the Rolling Stones when Jimi arrived in London in September 1966. They would become friends after ... 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