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Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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ddxv wrote: post #8

What did you use to make the bump chart? I've used eCharts https://echarts.apache.org/examples/en/editor.html?c=bump-ch... Yours looks cleaner and I love the way you handled the off chart samples with dashed lines, that's a great idea. Also, using a central area below the chart to show which is highlighted is also great for those that in the past fell off and are no longer on the chart, but naturally people are curio…

Thank you! I really appreciate it. The eCharts bump charts look great.

I kind of rolled my own generated SVG paths. I wanted to learn a bit more about how Bezier curves worked, and this seemed like a good opportunity to figure it out.

Not 100% happy with my implementation, but I learned a lot from tinkering with it.

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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rdimartino wrote: post #9
gotski wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wondered about that as well! I suspect it might have been different songs or movements from the opera, but it didn't specify on the ABC site so I thought it would be a fun Easter egg to include. Glad you found it!

I wonder if that was supposed to be the Goldberg Variations (currently listed as unranked in 2001). That’s what Wikipedia has, but I don’t see a good source for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_100_Original_(ABC)

Ooh nice pickup, might have to track down the original playlists on Archive.org and see if I can verify if it was indeed Goldberg.

I did think it was odd that Goldberg didn't show up in 2001.

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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diego_moita wrote: post #5

Some observations: 1) It is a weird comparison. Some works (e.g: Brandenburg Concertos) can take hours to listen. Most take minutes. 2) Lord of the Rings, Out of Africa and Star War series? Seriously? Oh, I see: it is a list made by Australians. 3) I suspect that even Ennio Morricone wouldn't say that "The Mission" soundtrack is classical, although he made some classical music too. 4) I'd recommend some Latin America…

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Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by diego_moita »

gotski wrote: post #10
diego_moita wrote: post #5

Some observations: 1) It is a weird comparison. Some works (e.g: Brandenburg Concertos) can take hours to listen. Most take minutes. 2) Lord of the Rings, Out of Africa and Star War series? Seriously? Oh, I see: it is a list made by Australians. 3) I suspect that even Ennio Morricone wouldn't say that "The Mission" soundtrack is classical, although he made some classical music too. 4) I'd recommend some Latin America…

Interesting points around what can be categorised as classical music. I took the data as a given from ABC Classic FM, and as you mentioned it's voted on by listeners in Australia so that might affect what shows up. I'm listening to the 2026 countdown right now, and it does seem like there's a broader range of less traditional pieces appearing this year. Partly this might be because ABC Classic has expanded into a bro…

Sorry if my comment above sounds pedantic.

I actually listened to some of the works I didn't know (Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Kats-Chernin) and loved them, thank you.

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by gotski »

diego_moita wrote: post #15
gotski wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting points around what can be categorised as classical music. I took the data as a given from ABC Classic FM, and as you mentioned it's voted on by listeners in Australia so that might affect what shows up. I'm listening to the 2026 countdown right now, and it does seem like there's a broader range of less traditional pieces appearing this year. Partly this might be because ABC Classic has expanded into a bro…

Sorry if my comment above sounds pedantic. I actually listened to some of the works I didn't know (Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Kats-Chernin) and loved them, thank you.

All good! So glad to hear that you've listened to them, they're some of my favorites

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by apimade »

nomilk wrote: post #2

Very cool. Small (almost so small as to be silly) suggestion. But my first instinct as a non-classical music listener was to copy the names of songs into youtube so I could see if I recognised them. But for whatever reason I can't select the text (on desktop, not sure if different elsewhere). Could be cool to allow the text to be selectable, or even better link directly to it if it's on yt or other platforms/places.

There's already a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUvvqf3A2l68yA...

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by phita »

This years theme 'Greatest of all time' is counting down live on ABC Classic FM if anyone is curious to tune in and get a sample of what the Australian ABC Classic FM audience considers to be 'greatest of all time'.

Thanks for the great chart! It's fascinating seeing what's fallen out of favour since I started listening to Classic FM - there's a few there I'll go listen to when they finish the countdown for today. Will you update it after this year's count?

Works fine on the Firefox derivative I'm using.

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by gotski »

phita wrote: post #18

This years theme 'Greatest of all time' is counting down live on ABC Classic FM if anyone is curious to tune in and get a sample of what the Australian ABC Classic FM audience considers to be 'greatest of all time'. Thanks for the great chart! It's fascinating seeing what's fallen out of favour since I started listening to Classic FM - there's a few there I'll go listen to when they finish the countdown for today. Wi…

Yes, I'm definitely thinking I'll update it with the 2026 - seems like there's quite a few pieces so far this year that didn't appear in the 3 years I chose.

I also thought I might be interesting to do a version with the film/screen specific years

Re: Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

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Post by porjo »

apimade wrote: post #17
nomilk wrote: post #2

Very cool. Small (almost so small as to be silly) suggestion. But my first instinct as a non-classical music listener was to copy the names of songs into youtube so I could see if I recognised them. But for whatever reason I can't select the text (on desktop, not sure if different elsewhere). Could be cool to allow the text to be selectable, or even better link directly to it if it's on yt or other platforms/places.

There's already a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUvvqf3A2l68yA...

And one for Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KIn8OI51LuyXvDmNL9FxQ?si=...
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