Can You Tell Which Composer is a Cheat?

How much of a role does borrowing, or indeed "stealing" play in being a creative artist? I look at a number of musical examples, many of whom are long established as 'greats' of the classical music canon. Do great artists really steal? SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce Merch, including new 'Harmonic Series' T-shirt and the 'Big Notes' design https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/david-bruce-composer JOIN THE FUN AT MY NEWLY REVAMPED DISCORD SERVER : https://discord.gg/2XeE7hUN Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbruce Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbrucecomposer David Bruce Composer Spotify Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/y798swcy My 2nd YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHjcEVdMjIOOlVhtTRq4sDw Videos Ades Interview with Kirill Gerstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kHP_npxJA Handel "Agrippina" - Atto 2° "Vaghe fonti..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrlNclZtbQ Reinhard Keiser - Octavia: "Costante ognor cosi" (Yuval Oren) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZNsckzBgEg National Youth Orchestra - Hammered Out - Turnage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SX-zU0gyk Mentre L' Erbetta Pasce L' Agnella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XlNj2OJmU Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2IPuB2UlDI Stravinsky Divertimento from "The Fairy's Kiss" (Muti-Philadelphia Orch.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IByKvAa90Q Domenico Gallo, Trio Sonata no.1, in G Major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-pKsv6ytI Lana Del Rey - Once Upon A Dream (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrD_l3juoU Busoni - Berceuse élégiaque - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Ed Spanjaard [HD] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etyXF_gaNaI David Bruce — The Consolation of Rain, Camerata Pacifica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to0tDlSIgHo Tchaikovsky, Waltz from Sleeping Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4aCMEaja4 Kirill Gerstein / Ades' Mazurkas Op. 27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdTyjvRymsk The Unanswered Question 1973 4 The Delights & Dangers of Ambiguity Bernstein Norton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwXO3I8ASSg Chopin mazurka recordings from Museopen