jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) (12/17/84)
These are the result to the question: Who is your favorite composer? The following table tabulates preferences of 79 net.music.classical respondents. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Composer Votes ======== ===== Bach J.S (1685-1750) 19 Beethoven (1770-1827) 9 Mozart (1756-1791) 8 Mahler (1860-1911) 5 Bartok (1881-1945) 4 Vivaldi (1678-1741) 4 Brahms (1833-1897) 3 Shostakovich (1906-1975) 3 Chopin (1810-1849) 2 Bruckner (1824-1896) 1 Byrd W. (1543-1623) 1 Copland (1900- ) 1 Debussy (1862-1918) 1 Hovhaness A. (1911- ) 1 Koonce P. (*) 1 Ravel (1875-1937) 1 Saint-Saens (1835-1921) 1 Scarlatti D. (1685-1757) 1 Schubert (1797-1828) 1 Sibelius (1865-1957) 1 Strauss R. (1864-1949) 1 Stravinsky (1882-1972) 1 Tippett M. (1905- ) 1 Zappa F. (?) 1 Uncomitted (**) 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------- *Paul Koonce, graduate student of composition and Computer Music at the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla). ** Thoses netters who could not come with one favorite composer. ----------------------------------------------------------------- I have not received new responses in the past two days. I assume that every person who wanted to answer the question has already done so. If more responses will come to me, I'll repost. -- Yosi Hoshen, Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois, (312)-979-7321, Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho