Talk:List of classical music composers

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Would anybody mind if I unlinked all the years on this page? I don't think they add a great deal, and they make "related changes" [1] much less valuable as a kind of selective recent changes (it's flooded with changes to year articles as it stands). --Camembert

No, I don't mind. I think the most important thing here is the obvious issue - a consistent format for all of the entries. Personally, I find the list easier to read without hyperlinked years. I also think the spacing issue should be addressed. Is it (year_-_year) or is it (year-year) ? I think the first format is slightly superior. Physicist 15:15, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

What's more, it's the format we recommend in the Manual of Style for biographical entries (actually, it also to link dates there, but in biographical articles, the "related changes" thing isn't really an issue). So I'll change all the entries here to match that, and, as there haven't been any objections, I'll unlink the dates too. --Camembert

1 Crossover artists?
2 Discrepancies with the musical timelines
3 Nice article
4 Mahler
5 Romantisch

[edit] Crossover artists?

I looked for Monteverdi under Renaissance music, but he is under Baroque. Of course, he did both. Should he be listed under both too? Regebro 09:36, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Absolutely. It's hard to think of a better example of someone who wrote in both styles. He's listed on both the Renaissance music and Baroque music pages, last time I looked. Antandrus 14:32, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I agree, "double" listing is completely appropriate, as these categories are not mutually exhaustive. Hyacinth 19:31, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancies with the musical timelines

I've only noticed one, and that's Paganini, oddly listed as Classical on the timelines. As far as I'm aware while using some techniques from earlier times he was generally accepted as being Romantic? If I'm wrong then this page could have him added in Classical (as well) for consistency, if nothing else. --Thomas 23:28, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

He's a Romantic Era composer. The "Age of Virtuosity" was a defining Romantic Era event; the Alkans, Paganinis, Kalkbrenners, Thalbergs, Liszts and others were all part of one of the most significant cultural trends in 19th century Europe. Paganini was definitely "Romantic," if we are forced to categorize, IMHO. Antandrus 01:01, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Nice article

Don't you have a listing by country?

Julepix

You can do it by category (Category:French composers, Category:German composers), and in some cases there are lists (List of Italian composers, etc.) I'm not sure if we have a list of lists though. Here is a good place to start: Category:Lists of composers. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 00:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)