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A Common Theme Among 20 Works (Game Seventy-Nine)

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This is the 79th in a series of games based on a common theme. It could be genre, instrumentation, key signature, time period, style, country, groupings such as Scriabin's Piano Sonatas, etc.

Here's how it works:

1. First voter selects the common theme and a work that fits reasonably into the theme.
2. Second voter also selects a work that fits into the common theme.
3. We keep submitting works until we have collected 20 of them.
4. The game begins.

Selection Rules:

1. You may vote once daily.

2. When you vote, you will have one selection to make.

3. Selections end when we have collected 20 entries.

4. The maximum number of selections per composer is two.

The next voter will pick the common theme and first selection of the twenty.
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3. Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor)
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No more Shostakovich entries
No more Shostakovich or Myaskovsky.
The selection desk is now closed.
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Welcome to Game Seventy-Nine of A Common Theme Among Twenty Works. The common theme for this game is Symphonies in Exotic Keys. There are 20 symphonies for our listening and voting enjoyment, and I will announce the top five at the conclusion of voting.

Rules of Engagement:

1. You may vote once daily.

2. When you vote, you will have 10 points to use as you please except that no work may receive more than 6 points.

3. The Half-Time Adjustment is in effect. With the first work to garner 50 points, the 8 having the lowest scores will be eliminated from the game; this number could rise if there are ties toward the bottom of the board.

4. Game Seventy-Nine ends with the first work to reach 100 points.

Cast Your Votes:

Farnon - Symphony no. 2 "Ottawa" (B major) - 0
Gipps - Symphony no. 2 (B Major) - 0
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 0
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 0
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 0

Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 0
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 0
Lyapunov - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 0
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 0

Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 5 (+5)
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 0
Rangström - Symphony no. 3 "Song under the Stars" (Db major) - 0
Shchedrin - Symphony no. 1 (Eb minor) - 0
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 2 "To October" (B major) - 0

Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 5 (+5)
Steinberg - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor) - 0
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 0
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 0

Given the common theme and the symphonies collected, I think this will be a most interesting game.
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Farnon - Symphony no. 2 "Ottawa" (B major) - 2
Gipps - Symphony no. 2 (B Major) - 2
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 0
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 2
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 4

Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 9
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 7
Lyapunov - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 12
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 3

Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 11 (+5)
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 4
Rangström - Symphony no. 3 "Song under the Stars" (Db major) - 0
Shchedrin - Symphony no. 1 (Eb minor) - 0
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 2 "To October" (B major) - 0

Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 16 (+5)
Steinberg - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor) - 2
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 4
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 2
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Farnon - Symphony no. 2 "Ottawa" (B major) - 2
Gipps - Symphony no. 2 (B Major) - 2
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 6
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 6
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 14

Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 20
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 7
Lyapunov - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 23
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 9

Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 16 (+5)
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 9
Rangström - Symphony no. 3 "Song under the Stars" (Db major) - 0
Shchedrin - Symphony no. 1 (Eb minor) - 0
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 2 "To October" (B major) - 0

Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 27 (+5)
Steinberg - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor) - 2
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 13
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 4
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Updated:

Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 31
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 29
Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 20
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 16
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 14

Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 13
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 9
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 9
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 7
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 6

Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 6
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 4
Farnon - Symphony no. 2 "Ottawa" (B major) - 2
Gipps - Symphony no. 2 (B Major) - 2
Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor) - 2

Lyapunov - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Rangström - Symphony no. 3 "Song under the Stars" (Db major) - 0
Shchedrin - Symphony no. 1 (Eb minor) - 0
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 2 "To October" (B major) - 0
Steinberg - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
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Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 44
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 39 (+5)
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 28 (+5)
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 25
Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 23

Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 22
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 16
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 15
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 12
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 10

Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 9
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 6
Rangström - Symphony no. 3 "Song under the Stars" (Db major) - 3
Farnon - Symphony no. 2 "Ottawa" (B major) - 2
Gipps - Symphony no. 2 (B Major) - 2

Steinberg - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 2
Tcherepnin, A. - Symphony no. 2 (Eb minor) - 2
Lyapunov - Symphony no. 2 (B-flat minor) - 0
Shchedrin - Symphony no. 1 (Eb minor) - 0
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 2 "To October" (B major) - 0
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Courtesy of the Half-Time Adjustment, the 8 symphonies having 6 points or less are eliminated from the game.

Fresh Board (includes my votes):

Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 50
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 48 (+5)
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 33 (+5)
Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 33
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 30

Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 27
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 25
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 24
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 15
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 12
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 10
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 8
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Please give Myaskovsky's symphony no. 17 a total of 33 points - thanks.
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Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 64 (+5)
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 61
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 51
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 42 (+5)
Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 40

Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 40
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 36
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 31
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 17
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 16
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 15
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 8
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Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 75 (+5)
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 71
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 70
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 60
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 47 (+5)

Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 46
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 45
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 42
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 20
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 18
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 15
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 8
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Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 83 (+4)
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 81
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 79
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 72
Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 57

Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 55
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 53 (+6)
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 48
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 24
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 22
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 15
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 8
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Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 100 (+5)
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor) - 88 (+3)
Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major) - 85
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor) - 78
Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor) - 65 (+2)

Walton - Symphony no. 1 (Bb minor) - 57
Korngold - Symphony (F-sharp major) - 57
Haydn - Symphony no. 46 (B major) - 48
Hanson - Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" (Db major) - 24
Lloyd - Symphony No.4 "Arctic" (B major) - 22
Goldenthal, Elliot - Symphony (G# Minor) - 15
Woyrsch - Symphony no. 3 (Eb minor) - 8
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Our Top Five Symphonies in Exotic Keys:

1. Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor)
2. Shostakovich - Symphony no. 13 "Babi Yar" (B flat minor)
3. Mahler - Symphony no. 10 (F-sharp major)
4. Prokofiev - Symphony no. 6 (Eb minor)
5. Myaskovsky - Symphony no. 17 (G# minor)

Myaskovsky is clearly the champion of this game - I'm surprised but pleased with the results.

Thanks for playing!!
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It is a pity Walton's and Hanson's symphonies did not finish higher, they were easily my favorites in this game, although the Shostakovich and Myaskovsky symphonies ain't half bad either.
Two or three years ago, Hanson's would have done much better. For better or worse, 2 members loved this symphony but are no longer with us. Now it's rather low on the spectrum.
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