>>127288832>highly formulaicPresentism fallacy. He invented those formulas by constantly experimenting. But you'd need to actually listen to his music and know music theory and history to understand this.
>sounds identicalHe synthesized every major classical-era style into a single, coherent, universal language. The fact that you think it all "sounds identical" (let's pretend you've actually listened to any of it) just proves you can't hear the difference.
Mozart's music is the ultimate pleb filter. Even when it "sounds simple", it's incredibly well-crafted and subtle, effortlessly filtering out the dilettante idiots.
>>127288845No, he wasn't. He was an opera composer first. He said so himself and the fact that his best works are operas proves it.