The word "/mu/sicians" in the second panel is a reference to the music board on 4chan. Credit where credit is due!

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, illustrated with audio editing software. Great for people who can't read musical notation or want to pretend they're playing Conductor Hero.

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Here be LOLs most amusing and historic!

Let's settle this once and for all...

He's crying because he can actually kinda hear his own music through the power of 21st-century headphone technology.

How do you choose? You could make an argument for any of these three as greatest composer ever!