Composer elimination game

Started by Siedler, December 26, 2007, 10:06:51 AM

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Siedler

Don't know should this be here or on diner but anyway. Let's play a bit silly game, perhaps already familiar from other message boards.
Basically you give one plus (+) point and one minus (-) point to a composer of your choice. One vote per day. Every composer starts with +5 points and after 0 points composer will be eliminated. I've chosen 20 composers for the first round. Many important and favourite composers are missing, perhaps they'll be on the next rounds... :)

ROUND 1

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 5
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 5
Haydn 5
Händel 5
Mahler 5
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 5
Wagner 5

The new erato

Ok I'll start

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6 +
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 4 -
Haydn 5
Händel 5
Mahler 5
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5 -
Verdi 5
Wagner 5

Siedler

I vote again as Erato was quicker.  :P

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3 -
Haydn 5
Händel 5
Mahler 5
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 6 +
Verdi 5
Wagner 5

springrite

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3 -
Haydn 5
Händel 5
Mahler 6 +
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5 -
Verdi 5
Wagner 5

PerfectWagnerite


karlhenning

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 5
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 4 -
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6 +
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 5
Wagner 5

orbital

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 5
Chopin 6 +
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 4
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6 +
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4 -
Wagner 5

Keemun

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6+
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 4
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 5
Mozart 5
Schubert 5
Schönberg 4-
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

ChamberNut

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 4
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4 -
Mozart 5
Schubert 6 +
Schönberg 4
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5

karlhenning

Siedler, call this a geeky housekeeping query, but would you mind correcting the spelling of elimination? Thanks!

Siedler

Quote from: karlhenning on December 26, 2007, 10:54:05 AM
Siedler, call this a geeky housekeeping query, but would you mind correcting the spelling of elimination? Thanks!
Oh, a typo. Thanks. :-[

Remember, one vote per day and please remember to copy&paste the latest reply (so the points will be correct) and remove the previous poster's plus and minus before adding yours!

not edward

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 5
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 3 -
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 5
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5 +
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

bhodges

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 6
Berg 6 +
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 2 -
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 5
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5

--Bruce

Wanderer

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 7 +
Berg 5 -
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 2
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 5
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5

jwinter

#14
JS Bach 5
Beethoven 7
Berg 4 -
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 2
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6 +
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Brian

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 7
Berg 3 -
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7 +
Dvorak 5
Elgar 3
Haydn 5
Händel 2
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5

c#minor

JS Bach 5
Beethoven 7
Berg 3
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 8 +
Dvorak 5
Elgar 2 -
Haydn 5
Händel 2
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5



jochanaan

JS Bach 5 + (=6)
Beethoven 7
Berg 3
Brahms 5
Bruckner 6
Chopin 8
Dvorak 5 - (=4)
Elgar 2
Haydn 5
Händel 2 + (=3)
Mahler 6
Monteverdi 4
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schönberg 5
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi 4
Wagner 5
Imagination + discipline = creativity

BachQ


(poco) Sforzando

Berg +
Elgar -

Do I have this right? You can give 1 + and 1 - per day.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."