Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music/Compositions task force

Revival of this WikiProject

This WikiProject has been inactive for quite some time, and it would be nice if it were revived. There are still tons of compositions that don't have their own article. I've read WP:INACTIVEWP, which has some great advice on reviving an inactive WikiProject.

Some things that could be done in this WikiProject:

• Create an assessment system
• Expand number of members
• Create more internal guidelines/to-do lists/etc
• Clean up of various composition articles (there are a lot that need attention)

If anyone has anymore ideas or suggestions, it would be great if you put them below. I myself am willing to help contribute and expand this WikiProject. Thanks! ---Tal Brenev (talk) 21:10, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Always glad to help out. From my point of view, the biggest problem I face in writing composition articles is finding free-use audio examples to illustrate the articles. Without these, the articles are lifeless and dull. I have been looking for ages to find free-use recordings of Beethoven opus 132. Any ideas? --Ravpapa (talk) 03:50, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I've been thinking about getting back into Wiki for some time. But I'm a little intimidated with all the new rules and regulations. Can anyone point me to a place where I could get up to speed on what's changed since... several years ago? ALTON .ıl 03:58, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

For audio samples of the composition article that I created, I put sheet music excerpts of the composition, and created MIDI files to go with it. This may not be the best way, but it is the easiest way to create audio samples. As to the rules and regulations changed, I can't say what's changed over several years, because I haven't been on Wikipedia that long...

Also, if we were to revive this project, what would be the first step? I would try to "recruit" more people, or maybe improve the WikiProject page. Compared to other WikiProject pages, it seems quite unimpressive, and should be expanded. ---Tal Brenev (talk) 15:58, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I would certainly be in favour of reviving this task force if it's parent project were flourishing. Sadly this isn't the case. My suggestion would be to keep all activity at WP:CM in order to attract the attention of potentially interested people. Good luck! Kleinzach 06:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Revival is a great idea. Here is an article I recently published (but didn't write) from Articles For Creation that would welcome your improvements:

* Te Deum (Kodály)

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Finding free use audio

I think that a number of classical musicians contribute to Magnatunes, Jamendo or SoundCloud. Licences vary, so it might be a good idea to try the CC search http://search.creativecommons.org/

This Beethoven op.132 performance has a non-free license, so you can't upload it, but you could link to it. https://archive.org/details/SFC_1981_03_16

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:31, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I would be delighted to contribute synthetic audio for Australian works, obviously only for composers whose biography is prior 1955. Tradimus (talk) 13:14, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Here is a sample https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galvini_March.ogg Tradimus (talk) 03:14, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Merge Discussion

A proposal request has been received asking that the List of solo cello pieces article be merged into Cello sonata. Reason: A solo cello piece is usually, a sonata. Those pieces that are for a solo cello can be noted as such within the sonata list. Please join the discussion >>>HERE<<<. Thanks. GenQuest ^{"Talk to Me"} 22:36, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Symphony_No._7_(Mahler)

I'm thinking of suggesting Symphony No. 7 (Mahler) as a Good Article. Do you think it's ready? If not, what remains to be done? --Leptictidium (mt) 12:41, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Grosse Fuge

I just finished writing everything I know about this piece. If anyone knows something different, please feel free to edit. --Ravpapa (talk) 07:30, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Scores template

I started this template {{Schubert scores}}:

(with the paremeters filled out for Piano sonata in E major (D. 154 — 157))

Is that a good idea? --Francis Schonken (talk) 21:25, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

No, because it is against the very idea of navigation boxes, as has been pointed out at length at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2014 August 8#Template:Piano sonata in E major (D. 157)/Scores. Some of the external links in that box also violate WP:EL. For those that don't, the IMSLP scores, we already have a template, and a new template can be written for the schubert-online scores. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 09:52, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

And then maybe combine the two in one template, and put in the EL section of the article... oh wait, that's what I did. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:59, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Looks like this would be better as an infobox. Navboxes go from one article to another, Montanabw^(talk) 02:17, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Symphony, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 01:05, 26 January 2015 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

article title for a page listing a composer's compositions

See current discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music#Relisted move request. Please comment there, not here. --Francis Schonken (talk) 16:47, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Inactive Status

I removed the "Inactive Status" banner from the Compositions Task Force page because I'm currently contributing to the relevant wiki articles as a member of this group. "Semi-Active" is a better status description, perhaps. TheBawbb (talk) 03:58, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

thanks,

Dear fellow members of this wikiproject, thanks for helping me in my draft here! As I am also a member here, I will be happy to receive comments from you! best regards, Enivak (talk) 18:56, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Checklist when creating new composition articles

Here is a checklist for things to do when creating a new composition article. Hope it is helpful to others.

• Add the article to the composers Navbox, e.g. {{Jean Sibelius}}
• Link the article in the list of compositions, e.g. List of compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns
  • If the work is significant enough, include it somewhere in prose in the composer's article
• If there is a repertoire list for the work's genre, add to it, e.g. List of violin sonatas
• Add appropriate redirects:
  • For alternative names, e.g. Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs → Caprice sur des airs danois et russes
  • For catalogue numbers, e.g. D 328 → Erlkönig (Schubert)
• If there is an opus number, add to the Op. dab page, e.g. Op. 1
• If a year of composition is known, add to X in music, e.g. 1821 in music

intforce (talk) 11:34, 4 February 2021 (UTC)