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Typically, which movement of a symphony do you prefer?

1st Movements
3
27%
2nd Movements
2
18%
3rd Movements
3
27%
4th Movements
3
27%
 
Total votes : 11

Postby Catmando » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:55 am

DavidS wrote:Beethoven - no.3 last movements...
Brahms no. 1 - last movement...
Dvořák Symphonies no. 8 & 9 - last movements


David, I disagree with you on these. But this is only due to my personal taste and take.

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "2nd and 3rd mvt" are it's bread and butter movements IMHO.

Brahms Symphony No. 1 (1st mvt.) emphatically!!! :D

Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 "the 2nd mvt. Largo), Symphony No. 9 "Opening mvt."

:wink: We can agree to disagree.
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Postby hal 9000 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:35 am

Thank you for your 2nd lists Catmando and TrumpetMaster!

List count: 7
2nd List count: 3

Keep 'em coming!®

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Postby Trumpetmaster » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:44 am

Hey Cat,
I want to see your 11-20 :D

I can think of another 10 favorites..... :wink:

Think of it... Beethoven Symphony no. 8 playing now and I don't even have that on my top 20...


Oh No...................... :crazy:
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Postby Catmando » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:26 pm

hal 9000 wrote:Hmm, the poll question results are interesting to me.

1st movement: 3
2nd movement: 2
3rd movement: 1
4th movement: 3

Here is my interpretation of that data (purely unscientific, as it should be :P)

People like the beginning because it is loaded with exciting stuff. For the same reasons, they like the end just as much because of the finales. Now, the second movement comes next because people are still absorbing the good stuff they heard in the 1st movement. By the time the 3rd movement comes around, they have forgotten about the 1st movement and are anxious to hear the finales in the 4th movement, hence the lowest score.

What is your take?

:D


The results on the poll differ from my choices. My 1 to 20 showed the following:

7 - 1st movements
6 - Slow movements - Adagio style
4 - Faster tempo - Scherzi style
3 - Final mvts.

summarized further it shows a tie between the 1st/Final movements 10, and the middle movements 10
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Postby Trumpetmaster » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:32 pm

all I can say is there are some more of my favorites
that did not make my top 20....
SO MANY great movements.........

I will probably be drawn and quartered for this... but....

Hal9000...
may I submit a 21-30 list? :mrgreen:

8) :crazy: :wink:
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Postby Frank Poole » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:45 pm

Trumpetmaster wrote:I will probably be drawn and quartered for this... but....
Hal9000...
may I submit a 21-30 list? :mrgreen:

8) :crazy: :wink:


Probably not.......he'll just unplug the air supply in your space suit. What a way to go...... :?
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Postby hal 9000 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:23 pm

Trumpetmaster wrote:all I can say is there are some more of my favorites
that did not make my top 20....
SO MANY great movements.........

I will probably be drawn and quartered for this... but....

Hal9000...
may I submit a 21-30 list? :mrgreen:

8) :crazy: :wink:


Frank Poole wrote:
Trumpetmaster wrote:I will probably be drawn and quartered for this... but....
Hal9000...
may I submit a 21-30 list? :mrgreen:

8) :crazy: :wink:


Probably not.......he'll just unplug the air supply in your space suit. What a way to go...... :?


I just picked up a fault in the AE-39 unit...

:twisted:
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Postby Frank Poole » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:28 pm

hal 9000 wrote:I just picked up a fault in the AE-39 unit...

:twisted:


Ha ha ha! I've heard that one before!

Bowman can go fix that one....... :twisted:
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Postby DavidS » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:27 pm

Catmando wrote:
DavidS wrote:Beethoven - no.3 last movements...
Brahms no. 1 - last movement...
Dvořák Symphonies no. 8 & 9 - last movements


David, I disagree with you on these. But this is only due to my personal taste and take.

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "2nd and 3rd mvt" are it's bread and butter movements IMHO.

Brahms Symphony No. 1 (1st mvt.) emphatically!!! :D

Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 "the 2nd mvt. Largo), Symphony No. 9 "Opening mvt."


:wink: We can agree to disagree.


On that I absolutely agree with you. We can be the greatest of friends - you with a Canadian accent & me with a Brit accent and with differing tastes. Both of us - and many others of our friends here - admire and revere Beethoven, Brahms and Dvořák, among others...
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Postby hal 9000 » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:21 pm

Thank you for your list Marye!

List count: 8
2nd List count: 3

Keep 'em coming!®

:D
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Results

Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:09 pm

The long overdue results are in! From 8 lists submitted that nominated 52 unique movements from 16 different composers, here are your Top Ten Symphonic Movements by general consensus:

01. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 47 points...did you really think that this wouldn't be the winner?.
02. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 1st mvt 24 points.
03. Mahler- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 21 points.
04. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 2nd mvt 19 points from 3 votes with the highest ranking of 1st.
05. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 19 points from 3 votes with the highest ranking of 3rd.
06. Mozart- Symphony 40, 1st mvt 18 points from 4 votes.
07. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 18 points from 3 votes.
08. Beethoven- Symphony 3, 2nd mvt 17 points.
09. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 1st mvt 14 points.
10. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 13 points from 3 votes.

Much love was shown for the king of the symphonic form, Ludwig von Beethoven (receiving a total of 198 out of a possible 440 points (45%) for 13 of his 37 different symphonic movements). Mahler placed 2nd overall, receiving 73 points (16.6%) for 8 of his movements. Dvorak, 3rd, with 36 points (8.2%) from 6 of his movements. Mozart tied with Tchaikovsky (24 points, or 5.5% each), but surprisingly only 2 Mozart movements were named in this poll.

Interesting fact: Only one symphony had all of its movements nominated between all 8 lists. That symphony belonged to Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Here are the individual results...
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:09 pm

1st place- hal 9000 6 matching with a score of 25.70.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 10 points.
02. Beethoven- Symphony 3, 2nd mvt 1.20 points.
03. Sibelius- Symphony 2, 4th mvt
04. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 2.80 points.
05. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 4th mvt
06. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 4th mvt
07. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 4.80 points.
08. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 2nd mvt 4.20 points.
09. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 1st mvt 2.70 points.
10. Beethoven- Symphony 6, 5th mvt

Congratulations, ME! My list best matched the general consensus list and therefore the topic of the next Top Ten thread is of my choosing. After I finish posting the rest of the results, I will post the next topic. :D
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:10 pm

2nd place- Marye 5 matching with a score of 31.50.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 10 points.
02. Mahler- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 7.20 points.
03. Mahler- Symphony 2, 4th mvt
04. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 1st mvt 7.20 points.
05. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 2nd mvt 6.30 points.
06. Sibelius- Finlandia *technically not eligible but Mary was unable to send a revision in time
07. Mendelssohn- Symphony 4, 1st mvt
08. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 0.80 points.
09. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 5, 1st mvt
10. Stravinsky- Firebird Suite *technically not eligible but Mary was unable to send a revision in time
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:10 pm

3rd place- TrumpetMaster 5 matching with a score of 22.20.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 2nd mvt 4.90 points.
02. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 5, 2nd mvt
03. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 4.80 points.
04. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 7.00 points.
05. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 0.50 points.
06. Mozart- Symphony 40, 1st mvt 5 points.
07. Schubert- Symphony 8, 1st mvt
08. Brahms- Symphony 2, 4th mvt
09. Mahler- Symphony 5, 1st mvt
10. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 4, 4th mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:11 pm

4th place- Catmando 5 matching with a score of 15.30.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 1st mvt 0.40 points.
02. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 2.00 points.
03. Beethoven- Symphony 3, 2nd mvt 1.50 points.
04. Brahms- Symphony 1, 1st mvt
05. Mahler- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 6.40 points.
06. Mozart- Symphony 40, 1st mvt 5 points.
07. Bruckner- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt
08. Berlioz- Symphonie fantastique- 5th mvt
09. Schumann- Symphony 4, 3rd mvt
10. Dvorak- Symphony 7, 3rd mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:11 pm

5th place- navneeth 4 matching with a score of 22.00.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 10 points.
02. Beethoven- Symphony 6, 1st mvt
03. Beethoven- Symphony 6, 2nd mvt
04. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 5.40 points.
05. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 2nd mvt
06. Mozart- Symphony 40, 1st mvt 5 points.
07. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 1st mvt 1.60 points.
08. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 3rd mvt
09. Haydn- Symphony 94, 1st mvt
10. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 4, 2nd mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:12 pm

6th place- Serenity 3 matching with a score of 16.80.

01. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 1st mvt
02. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 6, 1st mvt
03. Shostakovich- Symphony 5, 4th mvt
04. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 1st mvt 7.20 points.
05. Mahler- Symphony 5, 4th mvt 6.40 points.
06. Sibelius- Symphony 7, 4th mvt
07. Shostakovich- Symphony 8, 3rd mvt
08. Dvorak- Symphony 1, 1st mvt
09. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 3.20 points.
10. Sibelius- Symphony 4, 3rd mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:12 pm

7th place- bignaf 2 matching with a score of 18.10.

01. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 4th mvt 10 points.
02. Mahler- Symphony 3, 1st mvt
03. Beethoven- Symphony 5, 1st mvt 8.10 points.
04. Mahler- Symphony 2, 5th mvt
05. Mozart- Symphny 41, 4th mvt
06. Mahler- Symphony 1, 1st mvt
07. Mahler- Symphony 5, 5th mvt
08. Beethoven- Symphony 9, 3rd mvt
09. Sibelius- Symphony 1, 4th mvt
10. Shostakovich- Symphony 5, 4th mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:12 pm

8th place- Shapley 2 matching with a score of 4.70.

01. Mahler- Symphony 2, 1st mvt
02. Saint-Saëns- Symphony 3, 2nd mvt
03. Beethoven- Symphony 7, 4th mvt
04. Mahler- Symphony 1, 1st mvt
05. Mendelssohn- Symphony 4, 4th mvt
06. Berlioz- Symphonie fantastique- 5th mvt
07. Dvorak- Symphony 9, 2nd mvt 0.70 points.
08. Mozart- Symphony 40, 1st mvt 4.00 points.
09. Tchaikovsky- Symphony 5, 1st mvt
10. Schubert- Symphony 8, 1st mvt
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Postby hal 9000 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:13 pm

Here is how everyone did based on score alone (matching not considered):

Marye 31.50
hal 9000 25.70
TrumpetMaster 22.20
navneeth 22.00
bignaf 18.10
Serenity 16.80
Catmando 15.30
Shapley 4.70
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