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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Favorite Composer Poll - Interim results
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 21:51:23 EST
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>How would you define 'favorite composer'?  Is he the composer that
>wrote the piece which is you current favorite?  Is he the composer
>of the music that is most represented in your record collection?
>
>I think I would have to define 'favorite composer' experimentally.
>Suppose that any composer in history could write just one more piece,
>which would you pick? (This would be biased against prolific composers
>whose works were similar.) Then, suppose two concerts were held the 
>same night featuring the works of different composers, which would
>you attend? (You have to do this one pairwise for all composers.)

When I posed this question, I expected every respondent to define
it for himself/herself. The responses indicated that different 
people had different criteria for selecting their favorite
composer.
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Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois, (312)-979-7321, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho