Very nice post...Enjoyed reading it.
I wish I was educated enough in the history of classical to make an intelligent reply to this, but for me, the only time I listen to classical is in the background when I'm doing something online where I don't wanna be distracted.
I do enjoy it though, and that site you linked seems pretty great, so maybe that's where I'll be going to get better educated.
Some good information though, and its cool that you went to the trouble to translate it. Would love to see more of this.