Talk:Alexander Brailowsky

Date of birth
My records indicate he was born 16 February 1896. But that was in Russia which used the Old Style (OS) calendar. I don't have enough information to know whether "16 February" was OS (= 28 February NS), or has already been converted to NS (= 4 February OS). JackofOz 09:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

→Whomever wrote the Wili entry has problems with math. At his cited graduation from Kiev Conservatory in 1911, Brailowsky would have been 15 years old. Not impossible but unlikely. However the entry says "At the age of 18, he attended Kiev Conservatory, graduating with a gold medal in 1911." It goes on to cite studies with Leschetizky until 1914 and thereafter with Busoni and finally Francis Plante. So either he was a good deal older or the 1911 date (or perhaps even his birth date) are wrong. Can someone try to clear up the discrepancy. Gillartsny (talk) 00:18, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Nationality
Per the Wiki MoS for biographies, the opening paragraph should contain: 1. Name(s) and title(s), if any ... 2. Dates of birth and death, ... 3. Context (location or nationality); 4. The noteworthy position(s) the person held, activities they took part in, or roles they played; 5. Why the person is notable. Ethnicity, religion, or sexuality should generally not be in the lead unless it is relevant to the subject's notability.

Per the above and precedent set in several pages, including Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein, Brailowsky's nationality is listed as Russian since Kiev, the place of his birth, was then part of the Russian Empire. The place for further context is the Early Life section.MisterCSharp (talk) 17:26, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Number of Chopin pieces.
THe article refers to Brailowsky's programming of "all 160 piano pieces by Chopin" in a series of concerts. But this total is incorrect, and I am wondering whether, and how, this reference should be changed. I tried to total up all the Chopin piano pieces I could think up on the spur of the moment, and it comes to 182 - and I am sure that there are quite a few less known piano pieces by Chopin that I did not think of just now, so even 182 falls short. However, some of these are so little known now that they may even have been quite unknown back in the day when Brailowsky did his series of concerts. So iot doesn't feel quite right to total up all the piano pieces I can find (on imslp.org, for instance), and substitute that number. Yet leaving 160 in feels wrong because it is insufficient.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how (or whether) this needs to be changed? Thank you.M.J.E. (talk) 17:41, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I have a record cover that states, "He made musical history in the spring of 1924 when he conceived the idea of a complete Chopin cycle. In a series of six recitals, he performed 172 of Chopin's solo works, a feat which he has repeated many times since." I'm not a regular contributor -- is that a sufficiently definitive source? I don't think the back cover image here is legible, but this is the album. Kait (talk) 01:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)