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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Favorite Composer Poll - Interim results
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 18:06:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 18:06:45 1984
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> Observations:
> 
> 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.
> -- 
> 
> Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories

  Now wait just a minute! When introducing this poll, you said:

> "Who is your favorite composer?...please try to come up with one
> name only".

  It's then quite a leap of imagination to decide from our responses
  that we prefer 18th Century music to 20th Century music!
  It was tough enough to come up with one composer, since my own
  musical preference can change hourly depending on mood, time of
  day, lunar phase... But, honoring your request, I gritted my teeth
  and plumped for Mozart, since I can usually find something of
  his that is *just right* for the moment. But that is NOT to say
  that I don't adore Stravinsky, Prokoviev, Shostakovich, Hindemith,
  Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Schuman, Copland, Ives, Bernstein,
  Schoenberg, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Carter, Tippett, Webern,
  Takemitsu, Boulez...I think I've made my point. (Flame off :-))

  But I guess I'd put Bach #2, Beethoven #3, Chopin...
-- 

Rod Williams
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