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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Favorite Composer Poll - Interim results
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:44:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:44:28 1984
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This is an interim survey report on the question:

	     Who is your favorite composer? 

If you have not responded, feel free to send me your response.
(Please try to come with one name only.)

Next week, I will repost again. Hopefully I will get more
responses. 

The following table tabulates preferences of 30 net.music.classical
respondents.

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Composer		Votes
========		=====
Bach J.S (1685-1750)	   7
Beethoven (1770-1827)	   5     
Mozart (1756-1791)	   4
Vivaldi (1678-1741)	   2
Bartok (1881-1945)  	   1
Brahms (1833-1897)	   1
Debussy (1862-1918)	   1
Chopin (1810-1849) 	   1
Hovhaness A. (1911- )      1
Koonce P. (*)		   1
Mahler (1860-1911)	   1
Scarlatti D. (1685-1757)   1
Zappa F. (?)               1
Uncommitted (**)           3
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*Paul Koonce, graduate student of composition and Computer Music
at the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla).   
** Thoses netters who could not come with one favorite composer.
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Observations:

1. At this point J. S. Bach seems to be the winner in the 
net.music classical poll.
2. The 18 century seems to be the most popular century among
the net.music.classical readers.
3. Twenty century composers do not appear to be very popular in
this news group.
4. The supporters of J.S. Bach are very firm.  Supporters
of Beethoven and Mozart were less committed to their preferred
composer.  Quite a few of them said that this is their
current favorite, but that they may switch in the future.  I guess,
we may use the term floating voter for these respondents.
-- 

Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois, (312)-979-7321, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho