Interactive Solo Keyboard Works Game (Voting Round)

[San Antone]

Darn, you beat me by a minute.   

[North Star]

Darn, you beat me by a minute.   

Don't worry, your vote wouldn't have made a difference for the Liszt Sonata anyway.

[Madiel]

Frankly, I'm extremely surprised at the winner. I didn't even think it would be the winner out of Debussy, never mind overall.

[Florestan]

Top 5 (which is actually 7):

Debussy - Etudes - 100
Bach - Goldberg Variations - 86
Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 2 - 82
Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor - 71
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 30, op. 109 - 65
Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 960 - 65
Schumann - Kinderszenen - 65

Surprising winner indeed but the German/Austrian canon still reigns supreme. 

[Karl Henning]

Ah, the mythic reign!

[ritter]

Frankly, I'm extremely surprised at the winner. I didn't even think it would be the winner out of Debussy, never mind overall.

Surprising winner indeed ....

[North Star]

Top 5 (which is actually 7):

Debussy - Etudes - 100
Bach - Goldberg Variations - 86
Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 2 - 82
Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor - 66
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 30, op. 109 - 65
Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 960 - 65
Schumann - Kinderszenen - 65

Surprising winner indeed but the German/Austrian canon still reigns supreme. 

Fixed that for you

I can't say I would have guessed Kinderszenen to make it to the top 5 in the beginning either.

[Florestan]

Fixed that for you

Thanks.

I can't say I would have guessed Kinderszenen to make it to the top 5 in the beginning either.

I nominated it and pushed it upward as hard as I could.  Same with Schubert.

[Mirror Image]

So happy to see Debussy's Études take the victory here! Such a remarkable work and certainly one of my favorites from him.

[André]

Frankly, I'm extremely surprised at the winner. I didn't even think it would be the winner out of Debussy, never mind overall.

I'm not surprised. It's been constantly ahead of the pack since voting began. Zealotry is a powerful tool. 

[ritter]

....
2. The German/Austrian canon is a late, nationalistic, ideological fabrication with little real background, if at all: with few exceptions, for each and every composer in its top 10 there is at least one non-German/Austrian, or one neglected German/Austrian, of equal musical quality.

I nominated it and pushed it upward as hard as I could.  Same with Schubert.

Suffering from a light bout of Stockholm syndrome, Andrei?    

Un abrazo,

[North Star]

Suffering from a light bout of Stockholm syndrome, Andrei?    

Un abrazo,

I swear I read that twice as "Stockhausen syndrome".    The horror...

[ritter]

I swear I read that twice as "Stockhausen syndrome".    The horror...

I think our friend Florsstsn is immune to that one....

Good day to you, Karlo.

[North Star]

Good day, Rafael!

I think I should check that my inoculation hasn't expired..

[Florestan]

Suffering from a light bout of Stockholm syndrome, Andrei?    

Un abrazo,

Ummm, no. Firstly, Schubert is Austrian and Austrians (either by birth or by adoption) are actually the most palatable and enjoyable part of the canon; and secondly, Kinderszenen is a marvel of delicacy and poetry.

I think our friend Florsstsn is immune to that one....

Quite so!

Good evening, gentlemen!

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I love German music as much as anyone else --- it's the ideological presupositions and implications of its alleged superiority over the music of all other geographical regions that I can't stand.

[Mahlerian]

Great to see the Schoenberg in the top 10.  It's a powerful and expressive piece of music, even if I do have a slight preference for the op. 19.

The Debussy Etudes are wonderful, but I was sorry to see that Book II of the Preludes didn't get into the voting.

[Crudblud]

Think Ravel and Ives made it in there too, good job guys!

[Ken B]

I swear I read that twice as "Stockhausen syndrome".    The horror...

Jibbers. We'd have had to put him down.

[Mahlerian]

Think Ravel and Ives made it in there too, good job guys!

Yes.  The top 10 is as follows:

1.  Debussy - Etudes - 100
2.  Bach - Goldberg Variations - 86
3.  Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 2 - 82
4.  Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor - 66
5.  Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 30, op. 109 - 65
5.  Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 960 - 65
5.  Schumann - Kinderszenen - 65
8.  Schoenberg - Drei Klavierstücke op. 11 - 64
9.  Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin - 62
10. Ives - Piano Sonata "Concord" - 60

Cutting out the last three meant leaving out two composers that were not of Austro-German birth, so I question Florestan's commitment to fighting the ideology of Austro-German hegemony.

[Sammy]

I'm very satisfied with the outcomes.  I kept pushing the Bach entries, and they came in 2nd and 3rd.  Although I didn't give points to Kinderszenen, it was my 3rd favorite work from the list.  As for the Debussy Etudes, they are wonderful pieces that I favor over any other Debussy compositions. 

Thanks for playing the game and choosing wisely.  Once the "Innovation" game is over, I'll start another contest likely of string quartets.  If you have other preferences, I'd love to hear and consider them.