The Composers' Popularity Contest

Buffalo NewsAugust 31, 2009

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WNED-FM has been playing a lot of Mozart over the last couple days, which I have heard in bits and pieces because that is the way you unfortunately wind up hearing music on the radio. I listened to part of a wind serenade while stuck in a traffic jam on the 190. This morning on the way to work it was the end to the great G minor symphony.

That was when it hit me, Mozart -- pictured at left, in an idealized portrait I have always loved -- must be No. 2 in the Top 10 Favorite Composers poll they have going on. That means the top slot must be going to Beethoven. Mozart and Beethoven have been neck and neck for the last 20 years anyway. Before that Beethoven was the hands-down favorite. While not watching this contest closely, I was thinking Mozart would get the No. 1 slot. Well, as the joke goes, Buffalo always is a bit behind the times.

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The Composers' Popularity Contest

Then again, when I try to choose between Beethoven and Mozart I get foggy too. How do y...

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