Talk:John Coolidge Adams
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I did a few different things I want to explain...
- I moved the composer material to the separate page. That was a good idea, because, as per naming conventions, it disambiguates nicely. Each distinct topic will, when we finally adopt the new PHP wiki software (being tested here), live on its own page, properly disambiguated from similarly-titled topics with parentheses.
- I put the pages about John Adams' compositions on separate pages, not as subpages of John Adams--composer. The new software isn't going to be equipped with a subpage feature. (I could explain further...it's an old issue.) Still, I retained the same titles (but without the ugly slash in the link!).
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[edit] Picture
Where could we obtain an image of Adams to accompany the article. Does it HAVE to be public domain or is there a fair use policy we could go by? Plenty of images of him on the net but I imagine none are in the clear to use on Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holders?
[edit] Nixon in China
Here are two more recent productions of Nixon in China. I'm not sure how to best integrate this information, so I'll leave it here: http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/season/season6-opera3.shtml http://www.portlandopera.org/
[edit] More Work?
This article really need a seperate section devoted to discussing the composers music and style. There is to much crammed into the “Life” section. Also the article could be greatly updated with the addition of new information that can be found in some of the new interviews with Adams.I’ll start on the updates. Does anyone have any other suggestions? S.dedalus 00:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
- Nice work on the article so far, S.dedalus. One bit of advice, be aware of WP:RED. There is a lot of red links in the article, which isn't necesarily a problem if they will turn blue in the short to medium term. But if they are going to remain red forever, it might be worth delinking them for the moment. Just something to think about. Rockpocket 09:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nancy's Fancy
A quick note about my addition of Nancy's Fancy to Adams' list of works, which is undoubtedly an obscure piece (I've never heard it myself). I saw it mentioned in a list of SF Symphony premieres of Adams' work ([1]) as well as in the following article in the SF Chronicle: [2]. Rmannion 12:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
