Composer elimination game

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

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Bogey

The "Zebra" has spoken (great avatar David).  Here's how it stands and the next voter can play Caesar with Verdi's fate:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 9
Berg 4
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 7
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 4
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  1
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

greg

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 9
Berg 5           +
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6      -
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 4
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  1



gee...... i wonder who's going next?  ;D

Papy Oli

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 9
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8 + 1 = 9
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 4 - 1 = 3
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  1
Olivier


longears

#84
Quote from: Bogey on December 27, 2007, 04:33:21 AM
The "Zebra" has spoken (great avatar David).  Here's how it stands and the next voter can play Caesar with Verdi's fate

But Bill--after my vote, Verdi stood at +3.  The risk of losing him so prematurely before less worthy adversaries stirred my from my slumber and prompted my pre-dawn posting!  Zounds!

And after your vote, Schoenberg stood at +2

Gurn Blanston


JS Bach  8
Beethoven 9  + =10
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 9   - =8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 3
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  1
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karlhenning

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 9 (-)
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 3
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  2 (+)

Drasko

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8 (-)
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 3
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  3 (+)

longears

So with corrections, after Karl& Drasko's votes, it should be:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 1
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  5

Bogey

Quote from: longears on December 27, 2007, 04:50:16 AM
But Bill--after my vote, Verdi stood at +3.  The risk of losing him so prematurely before less worthy adversaries stirred my from my slumber and prompted my pre-dawn posting!  Zounds!

And after your vote, Schoenberg stood at +2

Right you are David....I had a Florida moment. ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

karlhenning

Quote from: longears on December 27, 2007, 04:56:02 AM
So with corrections, after Karl& Drasko's votes, it should be:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 1
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  5

Oh!

In that case, I shift my (+) vote to Schoenberg, thus:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6    
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 2
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  4



Scriptavolant

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6   
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 4 +
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 2
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5
Tchaikovsky 4 -
Verdi  4

karlhenning

Quote from: springrite on December 27, 2007, 05:09:45 AM
You are a brave man, Karl!

Nothing against Beethoven; it's a question of weighting, is all.

karlhenning


Mark G. Simon

#96
JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6
Chopin 6    
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 4
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 2
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5 + 1 = 6
Tchaikovsky 4
Verdi  4

I refuse to give a minus

springrite

After votes from the yet unborn Kimi SpringRite:

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6 (-1=) 5
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 2 (+1 )= 3
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 5 + 1 = 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  4

(poco) Sforzando

Wagner + 1

No one deserves a minus on that list either.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."

Keemun

JS Bach  8
Beethoven 8
Berg 5
Brahms 6
Bruckner 6 +
Chopin 6     
Dvorak 5
Haydn  7
Handel 3
Mahler 8
Monteverdi 6
Mozart 6
Schubert 6
Schoenberg 2 -
Shostakovich 5
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 5
Verdi  4
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven