What makes a work great?

Actually, google and that kind of thing makes arguments from popularity even more questionable... A good google-bomb, signing up for EVERY music website, and social networking make it really easy to have more google hits than some insane masters. I mean, my old band gets 1/10 the hits as Lennie Tristano. If we were more spammy, had more videos, etc etc, we could have conceivably gotten more hits than him, and google hits and trends are used pretty regularly in (poppier) pop-culture studies...

I get a LOT of results from when I was younger for Connor Lidell.

Ok, so maybe that's not what makes it great. What really does make it great is if it's in Major Works.

O_o... well... haha. It's a good thing you put joke rings up. I know some Major Works pieces that are... well, nevermind. :)

IN FACT, I I recently heard a String Quartet that just... Well, I guess I shouldn't go there. ;)

Not being on this website?

Trolling?

I prefer to think of it as satire. Though seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if I saw a legitimate answer like that.

My posts were mainly because I had nothing really relevant to say to this thread. Music is entirely subjective and I see little point in describing what makes a piece great. In fact, trying to put some sort of objective criteria for what makes a piece successful is going to close your mind to A LOT of other music since, obviously, not all music has the same intention.

Maybe this will help you:

http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/criticing-your-colleagues-young-composers-21429.html