- Symphonies voted for 1st place:

1. Beethoven 9 with 7 votes
2. Beethoven 3 with 4
3. Beethoven 5
... Bruckner 8
... Mahler 2 with 2
6. Beethoven 7
... Brahms 3
... Bruckner 9
... Mahler 1
... Mahler 3
... Mahler 5
... Mozart 25
... Mozart 41
... Schumann "Spring"
... Shostakovich 8
... Sibelius 5
... Tchaikovsky 6with 1.

- Symphonies voted for 2nd place:

1. Beethoven 6 with 3
2. Beethoven 3
... Brahms 4
... Mahler 1
... Mahler 8
... Sibelius 2 with 2
7. Beethoven 5
... Beethoven 7
... Beethoven 9
... Brahms 1
... Bruckner 4
... Bruckner 7
... Bruckner 8
... Dvorak 9
... Mahler 2
... Mozart 27 kv199
... Mozart 40
... Schubert "The Great"
... Schubert "Unfinished"
... Sibelius 4
... Tchaikovsky 5
... Tchaikovsky 6with 1.

- Symphonies voted for 3rd place:

1. Beethoven 5
... Beethoven 7
... Mozart 41 with 3
4. Beethoven 6
... Beethoven 9
... Mendelssohn 3
... Shostakovich 8
... Tchaikovsky 6with 2
9. Beethoven 4
... Berlioz Symphony Fantastique
... Bruckner 8
... Dvorak 9
... Mahler 2
... Mahler 6
... Mozart 29 / 32
... Mozart 40
... Rachmaninov 2
... Schubert "Unfinished" with 1.

Symphonies overall:

1.Beethoven 9with 10
2.Beethoven 3
...Beethoven 5with 6
4.Beethoven 6
...Beethoven 7with 5
...Bruckner 8
...Mahler 2
...Mozart 41
...Tchaikovsky 6with 4
10.Mahler 1
... Shostakovich 8with 3
12.Brahms 4
...Dvorak 9
... Mahler 8
...Mendelssohn 3
...Mozart 40
...Schubert "Unfinished"
...Schubert "The Great"
...Sibelius 2with 2
20.Beethoven 4
...Berlioz Symphony fantastique
...Brahms 1
...Brahms 3
...Bruckner 4
...Bruckner 7
...Bruckner 9
...Mahler 3
...Mahler 5
...Mahler 6
...Mozart 25
...Mozart 27
...Mozart 29 / 32
...Rachmaninov 2
...Schumann "Spring"
...Sibelius 4
...Sibelius 5
...Tchaikovsky 5with 1.

- Composers voted for 1st place:

1.Beethovenwith 14
2.Mahler
3.Brucknerwith 3
4.Mozart with 2
5.Brahms
... Schumann
... Shostakovich
... Sibelius
... Tchaikovskywith 1.

- Composers voted for 2nd place:

1.Beethovenwith 8
2.Mahler with 5
3.Brahms
...Bruckner
...Sibeliuswith 3
6.Mozart
...Schubert
...Tchaikovskywith 2
9.Dvorak with 1.

- Composers voted for 3rd place:

1.Beethovenwith 11
2.Mozart with 5
3.Mahler
...Mendelssohn
...Shostakovich
...Tchaikovskywith 2
7.Berlioz
...Bruckner
...Dvorak
...Rachmaninov
...Schubertwith 1.

- Composers overall:

1.Beethovenwith 33
2.Mahler with 12
3.Mozart with 9
4.Bruckner
5.Tchaikovskywith 5
6.Brahms
...Sibeliuswith 4
8.Schubert
...Shostakovichwith 3
10.Dvorak
...Mendelssohnwith 2
12.Berlioz
...Rachmaninov
...Schumannwith 1.

(uf!)

I did count the votes. You don't have to trust me :-)

Does anyone want to make the country classification? Perhaps Beethoven did beat the Austrians :-)

 Sorry, a few corrctions - Jorge F 08:35:33 04/24/00 (0)
 Re: Results of best three symphonies survey (long) - Rob 08:19:37 04/22/00 (1)
 Re: Results of best three symphonies survey (long) - Jorge F 13:52:04 04/22/00 (0)

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 Sorry, a few corrctions - Jorge F 08:35:33 04/24/00 (0)
 Re: Results of best three symphonies survey (long) - Rob 08:19:37 04/22/00 (1)
 Re: Results of best three symphonies survey (long) - Jorge F 13:52:04 04/22/00 (0)
 Great job, thanks (nt) - jlee 16:59:08 04/21/00 (0)
 Reflects the Mahlerian nature of the Court (nt) - BobH 13:41:55 04/21/00 (1)
 LOL ! (nt) - Jorge F 05:05:36 04/22/00 (0)
 Thanks! - Steven Waugh 12:21:06 04/21/00 (0)

So Beethoven's 9th is the winner! And clearly the old man is the champ of symphonies.

Sadly no votes for Haydn or Mahler's 9th.

Bach is for macho!

Rob

- Symphonies voted for 1st place:

1. Beethoven 9 with 7 votes
2. Beethoven 3 with 4
3. Beethoven 5
... Bruckner 8
... Mahler 2 with 2
6. Beethoven 7
... Brahms 3
... Bruckner 9
... Mahler 1
... Mahler 3
... Mahler 5
... Mozart 25
... Mozart 41
... Schumann 1
... Shostakovich 8
... Sibelius 5
... Tchaikovsky 6 with 1.

- Symphonies voted for 2nd place:

1. Beethoven 6 with 3
2. Beethoven 3
... Brahms 4
... Mahler 1
... Mahler 8
... Sibelius 2 with 2
7. Beethoven 5
... Beethoven 7
... Beethoven 9
... Brahms 1
... Bruckner 4
... Bruckner 7
... Bruckner 8
... Dvorak 9
... Mahler 2
... Mozart 27 kv199
... Mozart 40
... Schubert "The Great"
... Schubert "Unfinished"
... Sibelius 4
... Tchaikovsky 5
... Tchaikovsky 6 with 1.

- Symphonies voted for 3rd place:

1. Beethoven 5
... Beethoven 7
... Mozart 41 with 3
4. Beethoven 6
... Beethoven 9
... Mendelssohn 3
... Shostakovich 8
... Tchaikovsky 6 with 2
9. Beethoven 4
... Berlioz Symphony Fantastique
... Bruckner 8
... Dvorak 9
... Mahler 2
... Mahler 6
... Mozart 29 / 32
... Mozart 40
... Rachmaninov 2
... Schubert "Unfinished" with 1.

Symphonies overall:

1. Beethoven 9 with 10
2. Beethoven 3
... Beethoven 5 with 6
4. Beethoven 6
... Beethoven 7 with 5
... Bruckner 8
... Mahler 2
... Mozart 41
... Tchaikovsky 6 with 4
10. Mahler 1
... Shostakovich 8 with 3
12. Brahms 4
... Dvorak 9
... Mahler 8
... Mendelssohn 3
... Mozart 40
... Schubert "Unfinished"
... Schubert "The Great"
... Sibelius 2 with 2
20. Beethoven 4
... Berlioz Symphony fantastique
... Brahms 1
... Brahms 3
... Bruckner 4
... Bruckner 7
... Bruckner 9
... Mahler 3
... Mahler 5
... Mahler 6
... Mozart 25
... Mozart 27
... Mozart 29 / 32
... Rachmaninov 2
... Schumann "Spring"
... Sibelius 4
... Sibelius 5
... Tchaikovsky 5 with 1.

- Composers voted for 1st place:

1. Beethoven with 14
2. Mahler with 12
3. Bruckner with 3
4. Mozart with 2
5. Brahms
... Schumann
... Shostakovich
... Sibelius
... Tchaikovsky with 1.

- Composers voted for 2nd place:

1. Beethoven with 8
2. Mahler with 5
3. Brahms
... Bruckner
... Sibelius with 3
6. Mozart
... Schubert
... Tchaikovsky with 2
9. Dvorak with 1.

- Composers voted for 3rd place:

1. Beethoven with 11
2. Mozart with 5
3. Mahler
... Mendelssohn
... Shostakovich
... Tchaikovsky with 2
7. Berlioz
... Bruckner
... Dvorak
... Rachmaninov
... Schubert with 1.

- Composers overall:

1. Beethoven with 33
2. Mahler with 12
3. Mozart with 9
4. Bruckner with 7
5. Tchaikovsky with 5
6. Brahms
... Sibelius with 4
8. Schubert
... Shostakovich with 3
10. Dvorak
... Mendelssohn with 2
12. Berlioz
... Rachmaninov
... Schumann with 1.

Seems the Germans won it :-)
(Brahms and Schumann helped Beethoven)



:-)







Regards,

Jorge