Dedication to Polls and Voters: Notated Music Since 1890 - Voting and Discussion Thread

Would anyone be up for helping out with a Spotify playlist for the final list? I think it would be widely appreciated.

I could, if I happen to be around at the same time that the rollout is happening. The 15 year poll all rolled out while I was out of the house.

I can definitely do it. I just got overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the nominations list. Countdown list will be super easy by comparison.

Frankly I trust Jon not Jon to pick the best recordings over my own random selections. :)

Awesome. Thanks, Jon!

Zero consensus on the #1 notated piece since 1890.

yeah the nominations list is impossible to build.

Did any piece get more than one #1?

Nope. Two composers got two #1 votes each, but for different pieces in both cases.

And they share a first name!

Claude or Gustav?

Btw sund4r for communicating about playlist building & rollout, remove the Qs:

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Ugh it redacted that. Just send me an ilxmail it goes to the same address. And incl your email in it

I have the final results and we should be able to start tomorrow. I'm thinking of going through 10 pieces per day out of the top 100. To warm you up, here are Pierre Boulez's top 10 pieces of the 20th century: http://www.wnyc.org/story/10-great-works-20th-century-pierre-boulezs-90th-birthday/

so you plan doing the rollout the next 10 days?

This Boulez quote stuck out at me:

I don’t want to criticize my century, but the process of absorbing what is composed during this century is a very slow process, much too slow for me.

good list from Boulez, bit safe but yes feeling it

The rollout has started (and it's awesome!)

And I just listened to Ginastera's second cello concerto for the first time: wow!