What Makes a Great Composer?

How education, institutions, emotion, and opportunity shape creativity in classical musicWhy do we still listen to Mozart's music but not Salieri's? Would Nadia Boulanger be better known as a composer than a teacher if she were a man? Why did so many composers move to Vienna, Paris, and London, despite the hardships of city life? In What Makes a Great Composer?, economists Karol J. Borowiecki and ...