Handel vs. Elgar death match

Started by M forever, July 11, 2007, 06:19:09 AM

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Who was the greatest English composer ever?

George Frederic Handel
15 (34.9%)
Boy George
15 (34.9%)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
0 (0%)
Charles Ives
8 (18.6%)
Edward Elgar
5 (11.6%)

Total Members Voted: 22

71 dB

Quote from: knight on July 11, 2009, 12:40:29 AM
Does that mean you have no Mickey Mouse? Oh!

Yes, it means.

Quote from: knight on July 11, 2009, 12:40:29 AMIf you look at the origin of this thread, it has been full of japes from the start. There is another thread for the serious side of Elgar...as well you do know.

Mike

I can live with that. Right now I am too tired for japes.

Quote from: Wanderer on July 11, 2009, 12:42:19 AM
This can't be coincidence...

Fauré, Finze, Henze, Haydn, Danzi, Fasch, Hasse, Lully, Dupré, Glass, Benda, Weiss, Torke, Gluck, Satie, Bizet, Ravel, Grieg, Parry, Falla, Ziani, Gross, Pezel, Rossi,  White, Stuck, Senna, Geist, Biber, Bliss, Boyce, Brian, Brusa, Bruch, Catan, Dufay, Field, Foass, Fossa, Fukai, Fuchs, Grofé, Hagen, Harty, Helps, Holst, Ibert, Isasi, Klami, Kilar, Krebs, Kraus, Lauro, Lawes, Lehár, Lentz, Linde, Liszt, Loewe, Mason, McKay, Mertz, Milán, Novák, Nyman, Orbon, Mundy, Payne, Perti, Ponce, Reger, Riley, Rinck, Roman, Rorem, Serra, Serly, Spohr, Sousa, Still, Suppé, Tower, Verdi, Visée, Weber, Weill, Widor, Weyse, Ysaÿe, Eberl, Fesca, Gallo, Gebel,...
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71 dB

Quote from: Elgarian on July 11, 2009, 01:17:14 AM'Elgar' is an anagram of 'Regal' you see.



(William) Regal surrounded by vibrational fields.
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karlhenning

Quote from: 71 dB on July 11, 2009, 12:29:42 AM
Some people just can't discuss about Elgar seriously.

On the other hand, Poju . . .

Quote from: 71 dB on July 11, 2009, 01:24:46 AM
Fauré, Finze, Henze, Haydn, Danzi, Fasch, Hasse, Lully, Dupré, Glass, Benda, Weiss, Torke, Gluck, Satie, Bizet, Ravel, Grieg, Parry, Falla, Ziani, Gross, Pezel, Rossi,  White, Stuck, Senna, Geist, Biber, Bliss, Boyce, Brian, Brusa, Bruch, Catan, Dufay, Field, Foass, Fossa, Fukai, Fuchs, Grofé, Hagen, Harty, Helps, Holst, Ibert, Isasi, Klami, Kilar, Krebs, Kraus, Lauro, Lawes, Lehár, Lentz, Linde, Liszt, Loewe, Mason, McKay, Mertz, Milán, Novák, Nyman, Orbon, Mundy, Payne, Perti, Ponce, Reger, Riley, Rinck, Roman, Rorem, Serra, Serly, Spohr, Sousa, Still, Suppé, Tower, Verdi, Visée, Weber, Weill, Widor, Weyse, Ysaÿe, Eberl, Fesca, Gallo, Gebel,...

To take some things seriously is a fundamental misconstruction of the 'vibrational fields'.

Sergeant Rock

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

71 dB

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 11, 2009, 04:58:23 AM
On the other hand, Poju . . .

To take some things seriously is a fundamental misconstruction of the 'vibrational fields'.

Maybe you missed it but the change came when I was told this is not a serious thread.  :P
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knight66

Elgarian, I do like your idea of Queenie being Elgar. But I fear the idea breaks down for compositions post 1901.

Or is there evidence that those were written well before but not published until: 
'Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
into eternity the old Queen dashes.'

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

Elgarian

Quote from: knight on July 11, 2009, 07:36:00 AM
Or is there evidence that those were written well before but not published until: 
'Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
into eternity the old Queen dashes.'

If there isn't, we'll make some up.

knight66

Quote from: Elgarian on July 11, 2009, 07:49:17 AM
If there isn't, we'll make some up.

I do believe that is now the way of the world. If the fakes have to be in German, I am sorry, I can't help, there may be someone else on the site you can turn to. But if you want King's English....Eric's novel concept...I am your man.

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

Elgarian

Quote from: knight on July 11, 2009, 09:11:21 AM
I do believe that is now the way of the world.

Speaking of the way of the world, I see Boy George has now trumped all comers.

knight66

He has been getting his friends to vote, also claiming all the hanging chads and chavs. Options not open right now to Elgar or Handel.

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

karlhenning

Lord knows Handel's chads will never dangle again . . . .