Classical music can be best summed up by Dan Romano who said: “Music is the most difficult kind of art. It doesn't hang on the wall waiting to be looked at and appreciated by passers-by. It's communication. There are hours and hours spent on a work of art that may, in reality, only last a few moments... but if done well and truly appreciated, it lasts in our hearts forever. This is art, speaking from your heart to the hearts of others.” From a young age Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven did just that with their musical compositions. Both music composers changed the world of music and captivated the hearts of many. Their love of composing shared many similar traits, although their musical styles were very different. Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven both flourished in their classical music compositions; however, their musical genre differed greatly. Bach was a German composer during the Baroque era of Western music which is estimated to have taken place between 1600 and 1750. It was during this period that he composed prolific church organ music which included works such as the Mass in B minor, much frightened choral music and the St. Matthew Passion, as well as composing over a thousand works in almost every musical genre except opera. On the other hand, Beethoven was a German composer who began to emerge during the classical era of Western music twenty years after Bach. This era took place between 1750 and 1830. The large quantity of arrangements, over two hundred works in numerous musical genres composed by Beethoven were significantly influenced by his predecessors, the onset of deafness, and his very personal expression of intellectual depth. Such works include the first and... middle of paper...eethoven and Bach achieved success that almost all musicians will never achieve. Classical music was best described by Dan Romano who clearly states that his art speaks from your heart to the hearts of others. Bach's Baroque period of Western music led to some of the best-known and most widely recognized organ music, and it was Beethoven's deafness that symbolized a fundamental change in the way we listen to classical music. Beethoven was the most beloved and influential composer of his time. Their music had flaws and that's what made it breathtaking, comfortable and easy to listen to. It is now known that between the lives of Bach and Beethoven we can understand that, although their love for composition and classical music was the same in some respects, in the end they were exactly opposites regarding genre, musical instruments and recognition..