 It is clear that Atterberg's symphony was in direct competition with two other scores, namely Franz Schmidt's Third Symphony and Czesław Marek's "Sinfonia", because both of these pieces - though they received no prize, no money and no recording - merited an 'honourable mention' in the final judgment.Other pieces may however have been involved in the final balance.Sources within the Columbia Graphophone company released unattributable stories to suggest that Havergal Brian's "Gothic" Symphony, which Donald Tovey as British delegate certainly considered a masterpiece, was also evaluated, as well as a set of symphonic variations entitled "Karma" by the American Charles Haubiel.