I was thinking about how I would answer the original question (how to define genius, essentially), invoking names like Einstein, Aristotle, Turing, etc. I was w

I was thinking about how I would answer the original question (how to define genius, essentially), invoking names like Einstein, Aristotle, Turing, etc. I was wondering if I felt that some concept of synthesizing "new knowledge" was a necessary component. I thought, "I would hesitate to label an artist as a genius," then I specifically thought of classical composers. Then I refreshed and saw your post :) As a programmer and lifelong STEM person, I could be biased. Even though I hold that everything is subjective, it's a spectrum and art is just so subjective. How do you even begin to quantify the level of genius of a musical composition?