I've been listening to Beethoven's String Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131
while following the score. Is this not the greatest piece of music ever
written? I believe Schubert remarked, "After this, what is left for us
to write?" I notice that I have a lot in common with Beethoven. His
favourite food was macaroni cheese & he enjoyed a good coffee. I
wouldn't advise a newcomer to classical music to start with Beethoven
because other music then sounds like an anticlimax.