This week I've been listening to WQXR's top 120 classical music pieces as voted by their listeners. Top #3 was Beethoven's Symphony 5, Top #2 was Beethoven's Symphony 7, and # 1 coming up soon can ONLY be Beethoven's Symphony 9. A top of the line sweep for the master (smileyface emoticon).
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Happy New Year, Susan.
I think Beethoven has been dominating the listening figures on that station for years.
Probably go over the top this year.
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On the local Classical Music radio station here they did a top 50 survey from listeners and Beethoven's 9th came in second to Dvorak's 9th. Messiah came in third.Comment
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I think the 9th has been the object of an enormous amount of publicity in the last decades. Propaganda of all types. Don't you think?Comment
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It just blew my mind that Dvorak's 9th would be first. Beethoven's 3rd Symphony was not even in the top 50, nor was his Missa Solemnis. The 5th Symphony registered at #27.Comment
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