Originally posted by Richard Barrett
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton
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What is the qualification for inclusion in this thread? Things are moving so fast I've missed how it works. I suggested John Dowland (1563-1626) upthread, because there was a thread around Tess Knighton's BAL survey of Dowland recordings which I thought made a useful starting point. Although this was a BAL, it was a very useful overview rather than being about a particular work. Perhaps the thread could be re-titled John Dowland (1563-1626) ?? Or does what goes on BAL, stay on BAL 
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And, more recently, Martin lost his booklet, leading to this , which could be grafted on.....
?And, more recently, Martin lost his booklet, leading to this , which could be grafted on.....
Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte
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1. Thank you to ferney for managing it and for doing most of the work. I wouldn't have wanted to have had to move the threads and didn't have the expertise to do so.
2. This is Dave2002's Brahms post, as promised - http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...ez-vous_Brahms. It will require a decision.
3. I like RB's suggestion in the final part of his post above but it could be trickier than it appears. If someone gives me the temporary tools to do it, I could try. Otherwise, no.
4. On RT's question, it was an imprecise science. I said at the outset I wouldn't be hacking into CotW. As ferney implies, when the searching started, one thread that kept cropping up was "Talking About Music". The easiest ones to move had titles of composers names and not much else with the content being along the lines "I've just heard this record by X and think I might like X now - has anyone recommendations of music by X I might like?". Others were suggested for moving on the grounds that they began with a broad sweep of a composer's characteristic compositions - eg Y's symphonies or Z's piano music. Even better if the discussion then went on to other things. Alternatively, the original focus was on a composer's background and then that led to a discussion of her music. Good suggestions were often good threads in places they had never been well suited to, with hindsight.
5. What I personally tried not to offer were threads with two or more composers in the title, threads about a specific record, radio programme or performance especially where those threads didn't lead onto broad discussion or they fitted into a regular pattern (as happens, for example, in early music and to some extent in Hear and Now), and RIP threads, among others. I did tentatively put forward the idea that a few birthday threads could be used but I wasn't keen on the idea and it wasn't taken up. It didn't seem worth pressing.
6. On your point, ferney, about ones that may have missed, I've been carrying some assumptions as to why most which have not been taken forward were not taken forward. One thought is some people may have said "we don't want that one moved" or "leave our section of the forum entirely alone". I have had to guess on the nuances or machinations behind the scenes, then sort of adapt. But in point 7, I will list for you the ones that have not gone forward with post numbers in case you wish to have a rethink about them.
7. Clarke (71), Xenakis (75), Simpson (78), Prokofiev (79), Szell (79), Gilbert and Sullivan (82), Harris (84), Liszt (84), Nielsen (84), Rameau (84), Debussy (110), Handel (110), Henze (110), Messiaen (110), Mendelssohn (110), R Strauss (110) - these are the ones other than Brahms that haven't been taken up as far as I can see. You've done Monteverdi.
8. Here is my list of key composers other than those mentioned in 7 for which we don't have a thread. I suppose threads can arrive for them - and ones in 7 we don't take forward - over time ie organically unless designed - Barber, Beethoven, Borodin, Byrd, Carter, Copland, Dvorak, Falla, Gershwin, Gibbons, Granados, Janacek, Josquin, Khachaturian, Kodaly, Mussorgsky, Paganini, Parry, Puccini, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rodrigo, Rossini, Satie, Schubert, Schoenberg, Stanford, Stravinsky, Suk, Tallis, Telemann, Verdi, Wagner, Walton.
9. I am pleased that Radigue could be included. However, at the risk of making a nonsense of early posts, I think it would be better to spell her name with a g rather than a q.
10. Finally, we need an A composer. I am uncomfortable with not having an A composer. An A composer is the priority. But I'm not doing one as I don't want to be first on the list.
That's all folks!
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