Composer index

[Dundonnell]

"Lithuania" rather than "Lithania"

[Lethevich]

Danke, fixed. Wonder how that missed the proof-read -_-

[Dundonnell]

Just thinking ahead for future threads.........

The list Lethe has provided is extremely useful but one difficulty is that the general threads on the composers of specific countries often contain many posts on a particular composer. For example, although there is no thread on Vagn Holmboe there are a multitude of posts on Holmboe and his music in the thread on Scandinavian and Finnish composers(a thread which obviously covers a large number of other composers as well).

It is clearly important therefore to check these general threads as well to avoid repetition. I know that I often think as I add a post to a general composers' thread that the composer I am talking about probably deserves his own. That's why I added one on Kalevi Aho.

I got told off the other day for raising an issue which had apparently been discussed several times before on this forum.

Saying that however...it is not always possible for new or newish members to back track on topics successfully. which makes Lethe's thread so very helpful

[Dancing Divertimentian]

What a great idea!

Thanks a million, Lethe!

[Maciek]

WOW! Great job! I was going to sticky this right away, but I see Bruce has already done.

[Don]

WOW! Great job! I was going to sticky this right away, but I see Bruce has already done.

I'd just like to register my objection to the proliferation of these "sticky" threads.  I don't feel there's any reason for them and am tired of seeing them constantly as I surf the board.  A reconsideration of this matter would be appreciated.  On the plus side, there isn't any sticky religion thread - not yet.

[Renfield]

I'd just like to register my objection to the proliferation of these "sticky" threads.  I don't feel there's any reason for them and am tired of seeing them constantly as I surf the board.  A reconsideration of this matter would be appreciated.  On the plus side, there isn't any sticky religion thread - not yet.

Surely, however, you agree that this one deserves a sticky, being an index?

[knight66]

Don, I am not all that keen on some of them myself. However, I do think this is the wrong one to complain about; as it seems like a valuable resource which will not necessarily attract new posts very often and really needs to sit at the head of the room.

As to some elsewhere; I don't understand why 'Purchases Today' or 'What are you listening to' need a sticky. They attract constant traffic. I am pretty sure that if they had the 'sticky' removed, they would remain very close to the top of the board....in other words, as far as scrolling or ignoring them is concerned, removal would make almost no difference.

The same goes for the topics in the Diner, where those that are sticky have an enormous post count.

But I think we must be close to or have reached the limit and perhaps if we are to make further topics sticky, it will mean removing the designation from another thread.

Mike

[Don]

Don, I am not all that keen on some of them myself. However, I do think this is the wrong one to complain about; as it seems like a valuable resource which will not necessarily attract new posts very often and really needs to sit at the head of the room.

Mike

Yes, you're right about this one.  I was thinking about the overall effect of the many sticky threads.

[Que]

Nice list!  Must have taken a lot of work.

But... I'm missing several Bach threads?
And what about the German, French and Italian Baroque threads?   

Q

[Lethevich]

Nice list!  Must have taken a lot of work.

But... I'm missing several Bach threads?
And what about the German, French and Italian Baroque threads?   

Q

I went through this section page by page, so while I might have missed them it isn't likely - I think they may have been in the recordings section (for example this one), but the recordings section is twice as large as the composers one so it would be too difficult to do atm (plus if I was doing that, I'd feel compelled to index everything, and I don't think some peoples PCs would be able to handle a list that long - many internet people complain if a page exceeds even 100kb in size...).

[Dundonnell]

I went through this section page by page, so while I might have missed them it isn't likely - I think they may have been in the recordings section (for example this one), but the recordings section is twice as large as the composers one so it would be too difficult to do atm (plus if I was doing that, I'd feel compelled to index everything, and I don't think some peoples PCs would be able to handle a list that long - many internet people complain if a page exceeds even 100kb in size...).

Just because I (too) am a sad soul with absolutely no life at all I have just compiled a list of 119 composers who have not yet had a thread devoted to them but imho deserve one.

The most surprising omission I can find -now that Superhorn has started an overdue thread on Albert Roussel-is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov!
If no-one else starts one on old Rimsky I might do myself

[bwv 1080]

Great list!

I would put Stefan Wolpe as an American, rather than German composer as he is most closely identified with the NY avant guard scene in the 50s and 60s

[Lethevich]

Moved Wolpe n__n (Welcome back, BTW)

Antill also needs a thread, given the popularity of that recent Naxos disc. The Australia section is looking lonely without him

[Dundonnell]

Hi Lethe,

There is now a Carlos Chavez thread in the General Music Discussion Forum. Just thought you might not have noticed it yet

[Lethevich]

There is now a Carlos Chavez thread in the General Music Discussion Forum. Just thought you might not have noticed it yet

Hehe I am lazy, I just scan this section. I'll ask Que to move it and then link the new URL.

[Lethevich]

BTW, if something has dropped off the forum's first page without being added, then I've missed it and could be prodded to fix that. If I disappear off the face of the earth, the mods could probably continue the list as well (I do like taking walks during rainshowers, and lightning strikes apparently do happen on occasion 0:)).

[Solitary Wanderer]

What! No Felix Mendelssohn?!

Great effort BTW 

[Diletante]

Thanks for the list, this is really useful! 

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As a poster above said, where is Felix Mendelssohn?

[Lethevich]

As a poster above said, where is Felix Mendelssohn?

Not much love for the chap nowadays, it seems