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Topic: Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!  (Read 4962 times)

Offline liszt-and-the-galops

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Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!
on: April 06, 2024, 05:50:33 PM
Link to the vote: https://forms.gle/pd1DBcckPU1rtxyn8

Pieces in the vote:
Feux Follets (defeated Scarbo and Petrushka mvt. 3)
La Campanella (defeated Un Sospiro and Double Thirds)

Ballade no. 4 (defeated Reflets dans L'eau and Petrushka mvt. 1)
Islamey (defeated Chromatic and Petrushka mvt. 2)

Link to the bracket: https://challonge.com/mm24bypianostreet
Winners: Ballade no. 1 (defeated Toccata op. 7)
                 Grand Galop Chromatique (defeated Mazeppa)

Voting closes at 9 am on April 9th, US Eastern daylight time (delayed one day due to the eclipse)!
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Re: Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!
Reply #1 on: April 06, 2024, 10:13:36 PM
Ah, made 2 unpopular calls and got 1 of them right. Not bad, though.

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Re: Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!
Reply #2 on: April 06, 2024, 10:35:49 PM
Ah, made 2 unpopular calls and got 1 of them right. Not bad, though.
TBH, I think the only reason Grand Galop Chromatique won is because it's name is fairly clickbait-ish, so people watched the video, took one look at the massive/rapid leaps, and voted for it.
Explains why more than half of all brackets had it in the last four.
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Re: Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!
Reply #3 on: April 07, 2024, 06:59:52 AM
The La Campanella vs. Feux Follets vote has been back and forth a lot.
Currently 13-11.
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Re: Musical Madness! Fate of the semifinals!
Reply #4 on: April 09, 2024, 12:54:48 PM
Voting is now closed.
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