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Category:Newman family (music) has been nominated for merging

Category:Newman family (music) has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 01:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 15 § Ballet premieres by date

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"First U.S president to reach age 100"

I replied to your comment under the above topic at Talk:Jimmy Carter. Maurice Magnus (talk) 23:32, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January music

Happy new year 2025! We had, pictured on the Main page, on 14 January Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton, and today is Schubert's birthday. I added a pic to his article (and my story) and raised a question on the talk, regarding the lead image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:39, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely. Schubert's genius was unlike any others, including the usual suspects. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:56, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Films based on Timon of Athens

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Works based on Timon of Athens

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 February 5 § Category:Eponymous categories

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February music

Happy Valentine's Day! On the main page Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart, the video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances, - yesterday's story, and today's is related to that Valentin. - "places" come with food and flowers, - sharing with you! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:54, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anon in Hove (next door to Brighton)

How very good to see you, my dear Jack! All well with you, I hope? Tim riley talk 21:09, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes indeed, thanks Tim. I've never been away. I pop up in all manner of places, like Scapino. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:12, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 July 1976 I was sitting in an upper box in the Royal Festival Hall when I noticed the critic Ted Greenfield trotting below us in the stalls, and lo he was heading to speak to a white-tuxedoed figure sitting right below us – Sir William himself. I don't know what WW thought of the performance, but André Previn's performance of Belshazzar's Feast that evening knocked my socks off and his EMI recording is my benchmark. Tim riley talk 21:25, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great memory. I've heard BF exactly once (if we don't count the final chord that figured in a recording from the Hoffnung Festival). It was in the early 1970s, in the Brisbane City Hall, with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the under-appreciated Stanford Robinson. No memory of the soloists. As much as I like Walton generally, I've never been inclined to revisit this piece. Maybe this is my cue to do just that now.

I really should compile a list of all the great pieces of core repertoire I still don't know (as well all the classic films I've never seen, and all the classic books I've never read). Problem is, such an exercise would eat grievously into the already-limited time available to an old codger such as I, leaving me with even less time to tick them all off, and guaranteeing the autumn of my years would be full of bitter regrets about all the things I should have achieved but didn't. So, my alternative strategy is to just go on pretending I know everything, making up stuff as I go along, and nobody will be the wiser. This will be our little secret. Wait ... -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:03, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

March music

Today: Carmen turns 150, as the main page and my story tell you. I chose a 1962 concert of the Habanera, - enjoy! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On Ravel's birthday, we also think of a conductor and five more composers ;) - Thank you for helping my English for the composition! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:41, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Noblesse oblige. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:58, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today I could have written five stories off the main page, and chose Sofia Gubaidulina. I find the TFA also interesting, and two DYK, and a birthday OTD. How about you? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today: an opera, 100 years old OTD, on Bach's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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regarding the A-sharp minor thing

Was just trawling through refdesk archives and found this old question of mine about D♯ minor pieces.

Well, I have a theory (unfortunately without citations) about the 7-accidental keys. C♯ major and A♭ minor both make sense because then the switch to the parallel key doesn't require an enharmonic change: especially for A♭ minor, it even makes it so that the leading tone doesn't need a double accidental. (Although now the Neapolitan does, so YMMV.) The other two don't make sense, but at least C♭ major has harp tuning speaking for it. A♯ minor doesn't have that, and it would require two double accidentals in the melodic minor (and even a triple-sharp should you want to write a lower neighbour to the leading tone). So it's just plain awful, and it's not surprising that it would get no use outside exercises.

In other words: in order of practicality, a♭ > C♯ > C♭ >> a♯.

As for 6 accidentals, the issue is that connexions to the parallel key support F♯ but e♭, which is inconsistent. So either the major or the minor needs to give way, and G♭ is nicer than d♯ for similar reasons about the leading tone. Double sharp (talk) 07:11, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]