how do lovers of the romantic era judge the music of that time?

[Ryan]

i personally enjoy the music of chopin, beethoven, tchaikovsky, rachmaninov, brahms, grieg, and schubert,but few others of that time, for instance i have not enjoyed the music of johann strauss or stravinsky very much, and someone told me many consider stravinsky to be the "bach" of the romantic era. so i am wondering how people who are afficionados of the era judge romantic era music, and what they think makes certain music of the time good or bad.