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Theodora Cormontan

I have agreed to peer-review this article about a Norwegian composer. There's some stuff on my talkpage. I've never heard of her, and can find no mention in any of the English-language music reference books. Internet searches don't reveal much, either. Do you think there's anything in the BL that would throw any light? Maybe you'd be prepared to join in the review, if only to encourage another classical music editor ? Brianboulton (talk)

Infoboxes:

I've archived the debate . Nothing more productive was going to come, and the majority approved the motion that info boxes are not always necessary. Seems a good compromise.  Giano  19:19, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

• PS: I have never been banned!

Norman Hackforth?

Sorting through some images on Commons tonight I came across one of Noël Coward performing in Sri Lanka in 1944, and while adding it to the article discovered that we have an entry for his accompanist - Norman Hackforth. Unfortunately, the article turns out to be entirely a lift from his Independent obituary, and so I've had to hack it back to a couple of sentences.

I am guessing his post-war radio work (he was "the mystery voice" of Twenty Questions) makes him notable enough for an article, but I'm not sure how significant his work with Coward actually was - the obituary suggests he was influential, but until I added the photograph he wasn't mentioned at all in the main article!

As you wrote much of the Coward article, and you're more up on such things than I, could you have a quick glance at it? Many thanks, Andrew Gray (talk) 22:27, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Done. I enjoyed that. The article as I've left it is no work of art, but 'twill suffice, I think. Tim riley (talk) 11:13, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Amazing - many thanks! Andrew Gray (talk) 12:20, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Messiah TFA

In advance of next Saturday's TFA I've been looking at the Messiah article. I've fixed a few dead links, removed drive-by uncited text and made other minor changes; otherwise the article looks fit to go. One little problem I can't solve: it may be something to do with my own browser, and therefore not a problem to anyone else, but please take a look at the second item in the Sources section. My computer insists on representing the CD number as a phone number, complete with an icon and a hover message saying "Call this phone number in United Kingdom with Skype". Does this happen with yours? Brianboulton (talk) 23:22, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

I've just tried with Internet Exploder 9 and Firefox 19.0.2 (my only two browsers) and the details pop up as good as gold. How it is that Bad Sir Brian comes by a dubious phone number I (and, let us hope, Lady Boulton) refrain from enquiring. Resident at Riley Towers, but out just now, is a Google chrome user, whom I shall get to check the link tomorrow. Tim riley (talk) 23:34, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Internet Exploder??? Brianboulton (talk) 00:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Of course! Bill Gates made a bomb with it, you know. Tim riley (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Get rid of, or tame, a Skype add-on (Click-to-Call) in your browser; see e.g. http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/All-phone-numbers-in-internet-browsers-appear-in-skype-format/td-p/328030 . -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:24, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Lansbury et al

First, I've nominated Lansbury at FAC if you care to check it out. Second, some while back I indicated that my return to music article writing might be via Gustav Holst, and I suggested we could combine forces for this. Are you still up for that? I've done a bit of source researching (see here) and you may have some suggestions. Now that I have JSTOR access I am a little more independent than I used to be! Brianboulton (talk) 23:07, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

I am. Coincidentally I sent off the other day for Imogen's study of Gustav. Are you happy to follow the modus operandi we adopted for Delius with you taking the lead on the music and me concentrating on the biography? Tim riley (talk) 09:18, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Generally, yes, though we will need to be a bit flexible (as we were with Delius), or you'll end up doing 75% of the work. Brianboulton (talk) 15:59, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

For a moment I got excited and thought this was about Angela Lansbury. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Desist! Or tibia, fibia, Libya and a shepherd's pie peppered with actual shepherd on top. Tim riley (talk) 19:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

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George Harrison

Hi, Tim. Since you commented at the original FAC for George Harrison, I wonder if you wouldn't mind giving it a second look for the current FAC when you get a chance. As always, any input you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Evanh2008  07:55, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

• Ping. GabeMc 05:02, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Lyric(s)

You are completely correct--but my point was made because a "lyric" poem, here set to music, should still be referred to as a "lyric." Just a personal bias, perhaps, but a lyric is a lyric, whether musically used or not. Do as you will; I tilt at windmills regularly. Thanks for all your good work. 99.93.246.124 (talk) 02:50, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Main Page appearance: Neville Cardus

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Neville Cardus (1888–1975) was an English writer and critic. He became cricket correspondent of The Manchester Guardian in 1919, and its chief music critic in 1927, holding both posts until 1940. His contributions to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his generation. He considered music criticism as his principal vocation. Without any formal musical training, he was initially influenced by Samuel Langford and Ernest Newman, but developed his own individual style of criticism—subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast to the objective analysis practised by Newman. Cardus's opinions and judgments were often forthright and unsparing, which sometimes caused friction with leading performers. Nevertheless his personal charm and gregarious manner enabled him to form lasting friendships in the cricketing and musical worlds, with among others Newman, Thomas Beecham and Donald Bradman. Cardus spent the Second World War years in Australia, where he wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and gave regular radio talks. In his last years he became an inspirational figure to aspiring young writers. (Full article...)

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Re: Music for a Time of War

Thank you for your kind words. I have just a few more sources to incorporate into the article and then I will be attempting to promote to FA status. Please feel free to keep an eye on the article, if interested, and to provide feedback during the review. --Another Believer _(Talk) 14:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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Fatimid architecture

Helloelloello! I was wondering if you could review this one. I feel it is adequate for a GA. It has been very well-researched. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Can you reserve the review for a later date then?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 09:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Hehe, and who else is likely to be an expert on here in Fatimid architecture? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:10, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Nearly 10 days...♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:41, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Ashton event

Hope you're enjoying the long weekend! The sun even seems to have emerged for it, here in the wild fenlands. As promised, a first attempt at the Ashton event outline - thoughts? Andrew Gray (talk) 22:29, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - tidied. A general framework for new articles, or a couple of reference examples, would be great; possibly also some notes on when we should have an article on his specific version vs. notes in the article on the overall work.

Can I leave it in your capable hands to spread the word about it (you know who to approach better than I do!) or would you like me to send some notices out to various wikiprojects etc? Andrew Gray (talk) 00:30, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your note and well done for Enigma. Perhaps great minds think alike, though luckily not too much alike or there would be too many virgins and hardly any variations. I also had Birthday Offering on my list, but will leave it in case it appeals to someone at the Opera House event. Maybe someone will have a chance to improve on some of my other Ashton efforts. Wise Virgins needs clarification on the full number of movements (8 or 9) and the provenance of each piece. Enigma Variations is a good ballet and probably the only place one ever hears the original end. I wonder if Boult ever conducted the ballet? I noted that watching a recent DVD of an archive film (1950s) of Coppelia there was some sort of junior Royal Ballet principal called Rudolf Offenbach. I wonder if he is any relation? Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 15:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for a very interesting link, which I did not know about, but will try to remember to use. I did spot one oddity: Gabriel Bacquier is entered giving just one performance per opera in various years in the 60s - maybe they only give first nights for some revivals. But many thanks. Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 15:55, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Holst

A couple of things from your draft:

• Who did RVW mean by "Vittoria"? Could this be Tomas Luis de Victoria?
• You have GH working on Savriti during the war. The impression given is that he was composing it; in fact he finished it in 1908. Any work he did in 1916 would have been polishing in preparation for the 1916 amateur performance. Brianboulton (talk) 23:57, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• I am working on Holst, but I am waiting for Abebooks to deliver Dickinson's book. In the meantime - I note you popped into Jane Cobden; it's now at PR if you think it worthy of any further comment. Brianboulton (talk) 15:26, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

• Update: I now have the Dickinson book. Whether worth the wait remains to be seen. Amid numerous distractions I have been busy on Holst in my sandboxes, though the pace is somewhat funereal; it should pick up a bit, now. In the meantime, might it be an idea to shift your stuff on to the article page, stick an underconstruction banner in, and work on it there? We need to get some credits in the article history. Brianboulton (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

• Further update: I have now posted the first part of the "Music" section. At 1300+ words it is rather bloated at present, and is missing some refs (which I will add shortly). Also, I haven't harmonised it with your text, so there may well be repetitions of material. I shall be editing it further, and working on the remaining subsections, over the next few days. Brianboulton (talk) 17:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Ballet editathon

I've signed up - I'll be seeing Gloriana at the ROH on the 22nd, so I'll come down to London the previous evening (I don't fancy catching early morning trains). How exactly does the editathon work? (And by the way, Editathon redirects to Hackathon!) --GuillaumeTell 11:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation, but I am rarely in London at weekends, alas, and even when I am, family commitments tend to make it difficult to get to such things. I hope it goes well. As for people who might be interested, I'm not sure who to suggest who wouldn't already be in your thoughts anyway. Yours, Bencherlite 10:38, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Marie Lloyd peer review

Hi Tim, just a quick note to let you that I have listed Marie Lloyd at peer review with a GAC and FAC in mind. It's been three months of intense research, but I'm happy the article is now as complete as it ever could be. If you could spare the time, then It would be great to hear your thoughts. -- Cassianto 16:47, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

GE peer review

Greetings. Would you be willing to participate in a second peer review to prep the Gospel of the Ebionites article for FAC? Your name was recommended to me by Ian Rose. Thanks. Ignocrates (talk) 21:41, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Not R&H, but his life was quite a drama

You probably recall Ezra Meeker, who utterly stole the show in one of my coin articles. I've done a bit of work on his article and taken it to peer review and I'd be grateful for your comments in due course. Hope all is well.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

The Edward Clark connection

Hi Tim. You said some nice things about the article I started on Edward Clark (conductor), so I thought you might be interested to know what's happened since. I became aware during my research that his son Conrad Clark lives in Melbourne, so I bit the bullet and contacted him. I live close to 3 hours drive away, but I had reason to be down there and suggested we meet up. He was more than happy to do so; we had a most engrossing 3-hour lunch during which he filled in a number of gaps in my knowledge, told me a lot about his father and mother Elisabeth Lutyens, and mentioned a whole host of famous names he'd met through them.

One little anecdote of many: whenever Igor Stravinsky came to London, the first person he always asked after and wanted to see was Edward. Vere is Clark?, he would demand.

Conrad took me back to his flat, showed my some of his amazing sculptures, showed me the first decent photo I'd ever seen of his father, and let me have a complete printed catalogue of his mother's works. I had to shame-facedly admit to him that, in a lifetime of music listening, I had yet to hear a single note of her music. That's now being attended to.

Conrad has a website () and a youtube video () but is not connected to the internet at home (he accesses emails at the local library). I took with me a printed copy of my article to give him, and asked for feedback in due course. When he got back to me, he said there was one important omission. He claims Anton Webern dedicated his orchestration of the Ricarcare from Bach's The Musical Offering to Edward Clark. I've had a good look around google, but have failed to find any confirmation of this at all. Do you have access to any sources that might shed any light on this?

Cheers. -- Jack of Oz 13:36, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Adrian Boult at TfA?

Hi Tim -- Bencherlite is casting round for non-date-specific suggestions for Today's Featured Article, and I thought of Adrian Boult, which I don't believe has run yet. Would you mind if I were to nominate it (or would you like to nominate it yourself), or are you holding it for an anniversary or some other reason? Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 03:15, 13 April 2013 (UTC)