Talk:Capriccio Italien

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Kotniski in topic Requested move

Tchaikovsky's diaries edit

If you have Tchaikovsky's diaries, can you read what it says about his trip to Italy, and also about the composition of the Capriccio? Willi Gers07 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Requested move edit

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The result of the move request was: not moved Kotniski (talk) 11:16, 30 May 2011 (UTC)Reply


Capriccio ItalienCapriccio italien – French capitalisation conventions require demonyms to be in lower case. It's a little unclear in this case, since the head word "Capriccio" is Italian. But "Italien" is definitely French, so French rules should apply to it. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 21:49, 22 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • Oppose WP:USEENGLISH, such as English Grammar Rules. 65.95.13.213 (talk) 03:19, 23 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose. Agree French rules are irrelevant. The linked ref and both external links in the article use capitalized "Italien" (one also uses "Italian Capriccio"). Station1 (talk) 23:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose. A case-sensitive Google Search reveals common usage is overwhelmingly with a capital by a ratio of 50 to 1. Even in GoogleBooks it's about 4 to 1 capital; on GoogleNews it's 90% capital; on album covers that do not use solid caps it's mostly capital; even on Google Scholar it's about 3 to 1 capital. I get where you're coming from but I don't agree here. Softlavender (talk) 08:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
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