He won't be remembered in the same way as Beethoven

Sorry, yes; that was what I meant to say there, and I agree with you that he will be remembered to some extent.

I do loathe Beethoven with a fiery passion

Oddly, I feel relieved at that; you were one particular person who I was slightly nervous about reading my wafflings, since you write so much about music and seem so knowledgeable and passionate. If we have to agree-to-disagree on the very first line, I suddenly feel safer from being shown to be wrong. I know that's a silly way to feel, but I can't help it :-)