Curse of the Ninth

Hi,

I just wanted to know what you guys think of the "Curse of the Ninth" and whether it's real or not. It's kind of an interesting topic.

edit: I just have a question. Who voted that they "Definitely Believed" in the Curse of the Ninth?

... How COULD it be real? At all?

Haydn must be spinning like a goddamn jet turbine right about now...

Shostakovich ftw.

... How COULD it be real? At all?

Haydn must be spinning like a goddamn jet turbine right about now...

Actually the "Curse" started with Beethoven. Classical and baroque don't count.

Just thought I'd point that out!:D

Darius Milhaud.

Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Roy Harris.

Henry Cowell.

(Yes, I did get those from Wikipedia.)

Curse of the ninth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There's a big list of them here.

I see another "Red Violin" movie mock up being created in this thread... I'm always up for a little fun with superstition.

I've written 0 symphonies! I guess I'll live forever... :D

Yeah... so Hovhaness, and Shosty.

I'm not saying that I believe in it.

I've written 0 symphonies! I guess I'll live forever... :D

:w00t:

i dont write symphonies anyways. although i do plan on writing symphonic poems......

yes, like someone else said, if the curse is true then i cant imagine how dead Haydn would be right now.

No. It can't be real on the grounds that Mahler was the one that started (or at least popularized) it and Mahler sucks. He was just envious that he only got to write nine of his MASSIVELY long symphonies into his life time. Well, actually, he got close to ten but not quite. Hahapwned.

*expects Roman to come in scalloping and whining now*

i dont write symphonies anyways. although i do plan on writing symphonic poems......

yes, like someone else said, if the curse is true then i cant imagine how dead Haydn would be right now.

Well, Haydn -is- extremely dead right now.

I plan to write symphonies... I'm just going to REALLY gently caress up my numbering system just to screw with people. Maybe something like ...

Symphony

Subtitle: "Solving for A."

I wish I could do that integration in my head, but the square roots throw me off.

I plan to write symphonies... I'm just going to REALLY gently caress up my numbering system just to screw with people. Maybe something like ...

Symphony

Subtitle: "Solving for A."

That's AWESOME.

No. It can't be real on the grounds that Mahler was the one that started (or at least popularized) it and Mahler sucks. He was just envious that he only got to write nine of his MASSIVELY long symphonies into his life time. Well, actually, he got close to ten but not quite.

The only reason Mahler couldn't get past 9 complete symphonies is that they were all so damn long and took him a long time to write.

LOL!

The only reason Mahler couldn't get past 9 complete symphonies is that they were all so damn long and took him a long time to write.

very true.

around half of Mahler's symphony movements are as long as many entire 20th century symphonies.

some are even longer.

Segerstam should be even deader than Haydn (like 2x times as dead) and hes still alive.

Leif Segerstam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If this 9 thing is true then he would have to be like 23 times as dead as beethoven right now.

I plan to write symphonies... I'm just going to REALLY gently caress up my numbering system just to screw with people. Maybe something like ...

Symphony

Subtitle: "Solving for A."

:w00t:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!