Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music
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WikiProject Classical Music aims to improve, expand, clean up, and maintain all articles related to classical music that aren't covered by other classical music related projects.
Participants help sort stubs and source statements made throughout the world of classical music to provide a comprehensive documentation of classical music—including historical and musicological analysis.
Project listing, facts and figures
WikiProject Classical music is an independent WikiProject, listed under Music. It was started by OldakQuill on 25 May 2004. There were 20,842 articles within the scope of the project on 4 March 2017, up from 16,781 on 10 September 2013, up from 15,574 on 9 January 2012, and 10,332 on 23 November 2009.
Structure
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Music.
There is one daughter project:
Similar WikiProjects are:
Currently there are three task forces of WikiProject Classical music:
Participation
To join, add your name to the list of participants.
Identify yourself as a participant by adding the following to your user page: {{User WPClassical}}
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Guidelines
See the Guidelines page. The Biographical infoboxes guideline is located here.
Discussions and arbitration
See Major discussions and arbitration case
Article alerts
Today's featured article requests
- 15 May 2020 – Claudio Monteverdi (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 18 Apr 2020 – O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Apr 2020 – Eight Hungarian Folksongs (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Apr 2020 – Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Apr 2020 – Seht, er lebt (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2020 – Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2020 – Zoltán Peskó (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2020 – Credo (Penderecki) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2020 – Violin Sonata No. 1 (Stanford) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2020 – Naomi Munakata (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2020 – Hellmut Stern (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for deletion
- 16 Apr 2020 – Charles Treger (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fuddle (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 16 Apr 2020 – List of critics (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SNUGGUMS (t · c); see discussion (11 participants)
- 15 Apr 2020 – Sunny Li (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by GSS (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 07 Apr 2020 – Li cinque libri della chitarra alla spagnola (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Poydoo (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 13 Apr 2020 – List of critics (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by SNUGGUMS (t · c) was deproded by Andrew Davidson (t · c) on 15 Apr 2020
- 09 Apr 2020 – Mateusz Molęda (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Cardiffbear88 (t · c) was deproded by MaestroMattH412 (t · c) on 14 Apr 2020
- 09 Apr 2020 – Sofia Asunción Claro (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Cardiffbear88 (t · c) was deproded by Ipigott (t · c) on 13 Apr 2020
- 07 Apr 2020 – Abigail Sin (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by L235 (t · c) was deproded by Atlantic306 (t · c) on 13 Apr 2020
Redirects for discussion
- 14 Apr 2020 – Jean-Paul PENIN-wikipedia (talk · edit · hist) →Jean-Paul Penin was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2020 – Doucaine (talk · edit · hist) →Dulcian was RfDed by Passengerpigeon (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 23 Feb 2020 – Leeds Town Hall (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Rcsprinter123 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 13 Apr 2020 – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Jan 2020 – Magnificat (Torri) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Francis Schonken (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 25 Mar 2020 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 18 Apr 2020 – Musical composition (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Composition by Francis Schonken (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Apr 2020 – The Proms (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Proms by GeoffreyT2000 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2020 – Léon Theremin (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Leon Theremin by Lt1896 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2020 – Große Fuge (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Grosse Fuge by Smerus (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 11 Mar 2020 – Henri Dutilleux (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Squandermania (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Apr 2019 – Walter Piston (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Squandermania (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2019 – List of concert halls (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AINH (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jan 2019 – The Nutcracker (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Squandermania (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jun 2018 – Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Francis Schonken (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jan 2018 – Frank Ticheli (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Squandermania (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 02 Mar 2020 – Draft:Wim Winters (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Amilio Cavali (t · c)
- 30 Sep 2019 – Draft:The 18th Street Singers (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kvothesduet (t · c)
- 02 Aug 2019 – Draft:Alexey Shor (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EUFSC (t · c)
- 02 Dec 2018 – Draft:Lee McClure (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Twangist (t · c)
- 06 Apr 2020 – Draft:The Standard Repertoire (Classical) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by JavierOsma (t · c) was declined by Utopes (t · c) on 14 Apr 2020
- 05 Apr 2020 – Draft:Joseph Middleton (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by LiederFan (t · c) was moved to Joseph Middleton (talk · edit · hist) by DGG (t · c) on 13 Apr 2020
- 30 Mar 2020 – Draft:Steve Parker (American artist) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Collideatx (t · c) was declined by RoySmith (t · c) on 17 Apr 2020
- 31 Dec 2019 – Draft:Tristan Zaba (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by TristanZaba (t · c) was declined by 1292simon (t · c) on 13 Apr 2020
- 07 Aug 2019 – Draft:Alexander Boldachev (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 56-k Maz (t · c) was declined by Theroadislong (t · c) on 16 Apr 2020
- 23 Oct 2017 – Draft:Symphoniacs (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Ndfiz (t · c) was declined by 1292simon (t · c) on 16 Apr 2020
Archived alerts are at: Article alerts/Archive
To-do lists
There is also a handy list of open tasks, which are articles requiring verification, cleanup, expansion etc. If you want to find an article to improve, this is a good place to start.
- Go to-do list
- Complete missing list and start articles from Missing articles:Bach Cantatas site
Categories
The project categories are listed on the Categories sub page.
Assessments
See Assessment page.
Stub templates
The Stubs page lists the stub tags currently used on classical music articles.
Project banner
Any article which falls under the scope of WikiProject Classical music should be tagged as such by adding the following on the talk page: {{WikiProject Classical music}}. This banner should appear:
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A category containing all articles with this banner on its talk page can be found here.
To request urgent attention, please tag the talk page with {{WikiProject Classical music|attention=yes}}. A list of all articles that have been tagged as requiring urgent attention is here.
The last bot run to automatically tag articles was carried out in June/July 2008 by ShepBot and Bot0612. (Note: all articles then bannered by the Composers, Contemporary music, and Opera projects were excluded from the run.)
