Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Favorite Composer Poll - Interim results Message-ID: <236@ptsfc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 18:06:45 EST Article-I.D.: ptsfc.236 Posted: Wed Dec 12 18:06:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:35:56 EST References: <900@ihuxn.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 32 > 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 dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw