Composers Hall of Fame Game.

[Keemun]

Tchaikovsky 11
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 16 - 2 = 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 10
Buxtehude 6
Brahms 16 + 2 = 18

[Anne]

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Tchaikovsky 11
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6-
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 10
Buxtehude 6
Rubinstein 10

(Brahms 20+)

[Siedler]

Tchaikovsky 13 +
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 10
Buxtehude 4 -
Rubinstein 10

[Don]

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Tchaikovsky 11
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6-
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 10
Buxtehude 6
Rubinstein 10

(Brahms 20+)

What made you think of Rubinstein?

[Bogey]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 12-
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 12+
Buxtehude 4
Rubinstein 10

[The Emperor]

UPDATE.
HALL OF FAME - J.S.BACH, SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN, MOZART, SHOSTAKOVICH, BRAHMS
PURGATORY - CHOPIN, HANDEL, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, DVORAK, LIGETI, BYRD

[Symphonien]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 14 (+)
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 12
Buxtehude 4
Rubinstein 8 (-)

[The Emperor]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 6+2=8
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmainov 14
Schubert 12
Buxtehude 4-2=2
Rubinstein 8

[Anne]

What made you think of Rubinstein?

I liked what I knew about him so far and am interested in learning more.  He was one of the arch-romantics.

He wrote the opera, The Demon whose premier in 1875 was a great success.  This is a quote from the liner notes, "While conservative and accessible in harmonic language, structurally and stylistically The Demon is refreshingly original and it greatly influenced Tchaikovsky's work on Yevgeny Onegin .  There are musical and textual reflections of Glinka, Meyerbeer, Gounod and even Wagner, but Rubinstein integrates all of these into his own form of expression, producing an opera of many beauties."

He was a pianist, one of the great virtuosos of the nineteenth century, considered towards the end of his life the only serious rival to Franz Liszt."

He was also a noted conductor, educator, and composer.  He founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862 and composed several symphonies, piano concertos.  His music, contemptuously disregarded for much of the 20th century, has begun to come back in vogue thanks to the Romantic Revival of recent years.  His piano concertos are heard again, and his "Ocean Symphony" has regained some currency.  Of his 19 operas, The Demon has always been the most admired, and its sonorous aria, "Do not weep, child," was a specialty of the legendary bass Chaliapin."

[Sydney Grew]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmaninov 14 + 2 = 16
Schubert 12
Buxtehude 2 - 2 = 0 and he's out!
Rubinstein 8
New entry: Alexander Scryabine 10

[The Emperor]

UPDATE.
HALL OF FAME - J.S.BACH, SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN, MOZART, SHOSTAKOVICH, BRAHMS
PURGATORY - CHOPIN, HANDEL, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, DVORAK, LIGETI, BYRD, BUXTEHUDE

[btpaul674]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 4
Prokofiev 12
Rachmaninov 16 + 2 = 18
Schubert 12
Rubinstein 8 - 2 = 6
Alexander Scriabin 10

[George]

UPDATE.
HALL OF FAME - J.S.BACH, SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN, MOZART, SHOSTAKOVICH, BRAHMS
PURGATORY - CHOPIN, HANDEL, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, DVORAK, LIGETI, BYRD

Suggestion: Call the second category HALL OF SHAME

[George]

Tchaikovsky 13
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 4 -2 = 2
Prokofiev 12
Rachmaninov 18 + 2 = 20*
Schubert 12
Rubinstein 6
Alexander Scriabin 10
*Schoenberg 10 

[Kullervo]

Is there another composer named Scriabin I'm not aware of?

[The Emperor]

Suggestion: Call the second category HALL OF SHAME

I was thinking of doing that extra round for the purgatory guys(once we get to 10), one would go to the hall(the winner), the other 9 to hell for eternity.
I think it could be fun, since only one of ten can enter the hall, we all will be fighting hard for our favorite.

UPDATE
HALL OF FAME - J.S.BACH, SIBELIUS, BEETHOVEN, MOZART, SHOSTAKOVICH, BRAHMS, RACHMANINOV
PURGATORY - CHOPIN, HANDEL, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, DVORAK, LIGETI, BYRD, BUXTEHUDE

[Marcel]

Tchaikovsky 15 +
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 2
Prokofiev 12
Schubert 12
Rubinstein 6
Scriabin 10
Schoenberg 8 -

[prémont]

Suggestion: Call the second category HALL OF SHAME

It´s ALL THE SAME

[BachQ]

Tchaikovsky 15
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 2
Prokofiev 14 ++
Schubert 12
Rubinstein 4 --
Scriabin 10
Schoenberg 8

[ChamberNut]

Tchaikovsky 15
Mahler 14
Stravinsky 14
Bartok 8
Mussorgsky 2
Prokofiev 14
Schubert 12 + 2 = 14
Rubinstein 4 - 2 = 2
Scriabin 10
Schoenberg 8