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Topic: Musical Madness 2025! The quarterfinals have begun + TIEBREAKER!?!?  (Read 818 times)

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Link to the form for voting: https://forms.gle/k8SgnDYwxqauJZQf8

Pieces in the matches:
Match #57
Liszt - Études d'Exécution Transcendante d'Après Paganini no. 3 "La Campanella"
Czerny - Sonata op. 268 (mvt. 4)

Match #58
Liszt - Grand Galop Chromatique
Saint-Saëns - Op. 111 no. 6 "Toccata d’Après le Cinquième Concerto"


Current bracket: https://challonge.com/musicalmadness2025
Winners of the previous matchups: Feux Follets (ON A F_CKING TIEBREAKER), Ballade no. 4, Rondeau Fantastique “El Contrabandista,” S. 140 no. 4b
Results page on MM website: https://sites.google.com/view/musicalmadness-ps/voting-results
Matches/results spreadsheet: https://1drv.ms/x/c/373bca7cb13fd958/ERCeNi1RJdVCuYiYk2KhQlkBEpSOnfoDFbYla3MknPz-vA?e=oxosxa&nav=MTVfezAwMDAwMDAwLTAwMDEtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMH0
Full results will be added in a couple hours. In the meantime, check the bracket for vote counts!

It's worth noting that the two potential tiebreaks I considered for Feux Follets vs. Petrushka (removing my vote or picking whichever piece more Pianostreet/Challonge users voted for) both produce the same result of Feux Follets advancing. (I voted for Petrushka, so removing my vote would give FF the win; members voted 7-5 in favor of Feux Follets).
I also really wish I hadn't had to delay either of the two previous matchups because this is probably the single worst day for there to have been a tie in any matchup lol.

This thread also doubles as the official discussion thread for these two matches and the results of the previous four.
Voting closes at 5:00 PM on April 4th, 2025 (US Eastern time).
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