Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

It would be fun to hear what sort of music people create when they think that no one will ever debate its merits, or argue with each other about it, as occurs on MusicBanter. I suspect many musicians create music because of strong viewpoints, emotions, and their desire to share them with others (which we also see in discussions of music)...so it is hard for me to think of music ever being created without an audience in mind...and potentially a large audience. I think Mozart probably realized that his compositions would reach a far wider audience than the one that paid for their creation.