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Fandango, v. 2, issue 4, whole no. 8, Spring 1945
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FAN-DANGO Vol. II, No. 4 Spring 1945 Whole No. 8 The [F T Laniac?] Music Poll of FAPA Despite the confusion attending its distribution (thank you, Mr. Shaw!), the Music Poll seemed reasonably well received and was answered by enough members to make the publication of results worth stencil space. I must confess that I am somewhat miffed at such sterling characters as Warner and Perdue, our two chief professional or semi-pro musicians, and those two competent pianists, Liebscher and Ackerman, for their failure in sending back their cards. Or, perhaps I should be miffed at Red Rodgers for using them for some esoteric purpose of his own. Or (whisper it!) perhaps I should just be miffed at myself for not making a point of getting returns from these fellows that I knew were especially interested in music as an alter-hobby. Be all this as it may, I am astounded at the facility with which I am improvising on this stencil. Just think! Line 23, and I haven't said anything yet! If this goes on, I shall be accused of having come under the somewhat questionable influence of C. Edward Burbee, Jr. Hmmm. We seem to have strayed from the matter in hand. In tabulating the answers to the first question (choice of music), I was struck by the overwhelming majority of the 25 members who participated that listed symphony as their first choice, often without a second choice. 16 of the people (64%) fall into this category. Fie! For shame! I listed six possible types of music: symphony, hit parade, opera, light opera, jazz, swing---following them with a place space labelled "other". This gave a possible seven choices; in tabulating the returns, I scored first choice as 7, second choice as 6, and so on. If someone listed something under "other" and gave it a first choice, or if two or more persons listed the same thing under "other", I showed this item in the tabulation; otherwise "other" is being ignored except to enumerate the types of music named therein. And here are the favorites of 25 of our most erudite FAPans: 1. SYMPHONY.........142. (First choices: 16, second choices: 2) 2. HIT PARADE........78. (First choices: 3, second choices: 2) 3. JAZZ..............73. (First choices: 1, second choices: 6) 4. LIGHT OPERA.......72. (First choices: 1, second choices: 2) 5. SWING.............68. (First choices: 0, second choices: 5) 6. OPERA..............57 (First choices: 0, second choices: 3) 7. CHAMBER MUSIC......12 (First choices: 0, second choices: 1) 8. RELIGIOUS & COWBOY.8 (First choices: 1, second choices: 0) 9. CLASSICAL SOLOS....7 (First choices: 1, second choices: 0) These figures may not check. During their compilation, two little children were conducting their own personal whirlwind about my feet. I must own my inability at figures under the best of conditions--let alone something like my children in full cry! However, they are approximate! I was especially struck by the excellent showing made by my favorites: jazz and swing. It will be noted that while my first choice (ouch!) for jazz stood alone, no less than eleven of you listed one or the other in second place. I was less favorably impressed by the low rating handed to opera. Or, perhaps I should say that its
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FAN-DANGO Vol. II, No. 4 Spring 1945 Whole No. 8 The [F T Laniac?] Music Poll of FAPA Despite the confusion attending its distribution (thank you, Mr. Shaw!), the Music Poll seemed reasonably well received and was answered by enough members to make the publication of results worth stencil space. I must confess that I am somewhat miffed at such sterling characters as Warner and Perdue, our two chief professional or semi-pro musicians, and those two competent pianists, Liebscher and Ackerman, for their failure in sending back their cards. Or, perhaps I should be miffed at Red Rodgers for using them for some esoteric purpose of his own. Or (whisper it!) perhaps I should just be miffed at myself for not making a point of getting returns from these fellows that I knew were especially interested in music as an alter-hobby. Be all this as it may, I am astounded at the facility with which I am improvising on this stencil. Just think! Line 23, and I haven't said anything yet! If this goes on, I shall be accused of having come under the somewhat questionable influence of C. Edward Burbee, Jr. Hmmm. We seem to have strayed from the matter in hand. In tabulating the answers to the first question (choice of music), I was struck by the overwhelming majority of the 25 members who participated that listed symphony as their first choice, often without a second choice. 16 of the people (64%) fall into this category. Fie! For shame! I listed six possible types of music: symphony, hit parade, opera, light opera, jazz, swing---following them with a place space labelled "other". This gave a possible seven choices; in tabulating the returns, I scored first choice as 7, second choice as 6, and so on. If someone listed something under "other" and gave it a first choice, or if two or more persons listed the same thing under "other", I showed this item in the tabulation; otherwise "other" is being ignored except to enumerate the types of music named therein. And here are the favorites of 25 of our most erudite FAPans: 1. SYMPHONY.........142. (First choices: 16, second choices: 2) 2. HIT PARADE........78. (First choices: 3, second choices: 2) 3. JAZZ..............73. (First choices: 1, second choices: 6) 4. LIGHT OPERA.......72. (First choices: 1, second choices: 2) 5. SWING.............68. (First choices: 0, second choices: 5) 6. OPERA..............57 (First choices: 0, second choices: 3) 7. CHAMBER MUSIC......12 (First choices: 0, second choices: 1) 8. RELIGIOUS & COWBOY.8 (First choices: 1, second choices: 0) 9. CLASSICAL SOLOS....7 (First choices: 1, second choices: 0) These figures may not check. During their compilation, two little children were conducting their own personal whirlwind about my feet. I must own my inability at figures under the best of conditions--let alone something like my children in full cry! However, they are approximate! I was especially struck by the excellent showing made by my favorites: jazz and swing. It will be noted that while my first choice (ouch!) for jazz stood alone, no less than eleven of you listed one or the other in second place. I was less favorably impressed by the low rating handed to opera. Or, perhaps I should say that its
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