Talk:Alexander Taneyev

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If anything, the other article should be combined with this article. Firstly, Alexander Taneyev is not known in English by the peculiar quasi Germanic transliteration of the Russian.

Second the other article has errors in it. For one thing, the author merely repeats Jennifer Spencer's erroneous claim which itself is taken third hand from secondary sources, that Alexander was the uncle of Sergei Taneyev. He was not. Nicolas Slonimsky, who had first hand knowledge and knew both Taneyevs writes that Alexander was a distant relative. Per Skans in his 1995 article on Alexander Taneyev which provided the program notes for the recording of Alexander Taneyev's three string quartets, catagorically states that Alexander was the son of a second cousin and not Sergei's uncle. Skans research was done in conjunction with Vladimir and Alexander Talanov at Moscow University and the Conservatory.

Further, the tone of the other article is dismissive possibly the repeatition of such opinions from seondary and teritiary sources. It shows no first hand knowledge of Alexander Taneyev's music. This article provides the reader with a direct link to which they can hear samples of his chamber music and make a decision for themselves as to its worth.

At least as far as Alexander Taneyev's chamber music was concerned, the other article stands in stark contrast to what Wilhelm Altmann, generally regarded as the greatest chamber music critic and scholar of the 20th century, has to say. See Altmann's Handbuch fur Streichquartettspieler, Vol.2 pages 88-89. Hinrichthofen Press, Amsterdam & Wilhelmshaven, 1972.

Wikification
I slapped the "Wikify" notice on this page because I think it needs some severe polishing - right now it's way too conversational to constitute a decent article. --AlbertHerring 20:01, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikification
I did my best to Wikify this and remove some of the conversational attitude from it, including the "slipping away from test tubes" phrase. Please take a look and let me know if this is at all an improvement. Thank you! Emmegan 17:33, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Alexandr
In books, his name is usually spelled Alexandr in direct transliteration. A google of both names shows a slight preponderance of Alexandr rather than Alexander, and yet the article makes no mention of this spelling, although it offers several variants of his last name and variant spellings of his cousin, Sergei.

Suggestions?

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 01:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * The preponderance is actually for Aleksandr if we're going for accuracy. "Alexandr" – which is, of course, not a direct transliteration of Александр – is really rather rare, at least on the net. -- Picapica (talk) 11:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC) (Revised -- Picapica (talk) 14:52, 19 October 2012 (UTC))


 * It's a filthy hybrid. The Russian кс is converted to Latin x, but all the other letters have their own individual translations.  It's as bad as transliterating Пётр as Pёtr, which used to be astoundingly common.  --   Jack of Oz   [Talk]  11:14, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Among his best works
I don't know diddly about this guy - I was only looking here to make sure I wasn't confusing him with Sergei Taneyev. Regardless of where the text of this article originally came from, it badly need some references. I choked on "among his best works", and with no knowledge of him whatever, changed that to among his better-known works, which might pass muster a little easier. Milkunderwood (talk) 07:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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