Composer elimination game

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George

Quote from: rappy on December 30, 2007, 03:27:56 PM
No, I don't dislike Bach, but it's unfair concerning Dvorak, Tchai, Mozart and Schubert, isn't it? Why is Bach twice as good as Mozart and Schubert?  :o

Don has 4 or 5 aliases, all voting each day for Bach.  ;D

Sydney Grew

JS Bach 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5 + 1 = 6
Haydn 10
Mahler 7   
Mozart 7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9 - 1 = 8
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4
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Symphonien

JS Bach 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5 (-)
Haydn 10
Mahler 8 (+) 
Mozart 7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 8
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4

Symphonien

Quote from: Brian on December 30, 2007, 11:06:37 AM
Berg  1 - 0 = ZERO

I'm sorry, but 1-0 is 1, not 0.

Therefore Berg is still alive! ;D

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Symphonien on December 30, 2007, 05:14:29 PM
JS Bach 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5 (-)
Haydn 10
Mahler 8 (+) 
Mozart 7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 8
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4

JS Bach 13 -1 = 12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak 5 + 1 = 6
Haydn 10
Mahler 8 
Mozart 7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 8
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4
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btpaul674

Quote from: Symphonien on December 30, 2007, 05:17:10 PM
I'm sorry, but 1-0 is 1, not 0.

Therefore Berg is still alive! ;D

HA! This is true. Chalk Berg back onto the board.

Mozart


JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak  6
Haydn 10 -1=9
Mahler 8
Mozart 7 +1=8
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 8
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4

The Emperor

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8
Mozart 8-1=7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 8+1=9
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4

George

Quote from: Symphonien on December 30, 2007, 05:17:10 PM
I'm sorry, but 1-0 is 1, not 0.

Therefore Berg is still alive! ;D

Tell that to his wife.


btpaul674


JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8
Mozart 7 - 1 = 6
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9 + 1 = 10
Stravinsky 7
Tchaikovsky 4


Continuing The Emperor's trend...

George


JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6 + 1 = 7
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8
Mozart 6
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 10
Stravinsky 7 -1 = 6
Tchaikovsky 4


rappy

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11
Bruckner 9
Chopin 7
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8
Mozart 6 + 1 = 7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 10 - 1 = 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

>:D

The new erato

This is getting difficult. I love most of these dudes, and even thosd I don'tlove have written great works. Tchaikovskis Eugen Onegin is for example one of the greatest romantic operas - Verdi and Wagner notwithstanding.

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 11 +1 = 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin 7 - 1 = 6
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8
Mozart  7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

gmstudio

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin 6 - 1 = 5
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 8 + 1 = 9
Mozart  7
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4



ChamberNut

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin  5
Dvorak  6
Haydn 9
Mahler 9 -1 = 8
Mozart  7 + 1 = 8
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

Bogey

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin  5
Dvorak  6+1=7
Haydn 9
Mahler 8-1=7
Mozart 8
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4
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Bogey

Lauren's:

JS Bach  12
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin  5
Dvorak  7
Haydn 9
Mahler 7-1=6
Mozart 8+1=9
Schubert 7
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

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

Don

JS Bach 12 + 1 = 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin 5
Dvorak 7
Haydn 9
Mahler 6
Mozart 9
Schubert 7 - 1 = 6
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

Symphonien

Well, now that it's 2008 I guess I can vote again...

JS Bach 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin 5
Dvorak 6 (-)
Haydn 9
Mahler 7 (+)
Mozart 9
Schubert 6
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6
Tchaikovsky 4

orbital

JS Bach 13
Beethoven 11
Brahms 12
Bruckner 9
Chopin 5
Dvorak 6
Haydn 9
Mahler 7  - 1 = 6
Mozart 9
Schubert 6
Shostakovich 9
Stravinsky 6 + 1 = 7
Tchaikovsky 4