Talk:Contemporary music

Structure
I have made sections for the the periods mentioned in intro. Following the intro I propose that the second periods (post-75) should get the main attention; also because the main movements in the 1945-75 period has their own articles. But it may be difficult to find good sources especially for the post-2005 period? WikiPBia (talk) 21:47, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Merge or expand to include pop, rock, jazz, hip hop, rap, etc, etc.
This article at present covers the same ground as Contemporary classical music but with far less content. Jubilee♫ clipman 01:54, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. I'm in favour of merging — but to Contemporary music. (As I've often said 'contemporary classical' is a contradiction in terms, even if it's sometimes used in commercial CD shops.) -- Klein zach  02:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Quite apart from the contradiction in "contemporary classical", the term used in the business by festivals and promoters is usually either "contemporary music" or "new music", rarely if ever "contemporary classical music". --Deskford (talk) 14:48, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The tag classical (small c) is necessary to distinguish from "pop", "rock", "jazz", "blues" etc: the two articles talk exclusively about "art music" which is labelled "classical music" by every authority I've ever read - I have a BMus(Hons) - and by the general public, despite the fact that the label should strictly be applied to the period c1740-c1820 (and despite the fact that other cultures have their own "classical music"). The Classical music article makes this quite clear.  See also discussion of proposed move to "art music" in 2004 and "most common name" discussion and followups in 2005.  Also see this edit and this discussion when European classical music was moved to Classical music.  I suggest merging Contemporary music into Contemporary classical music (which also happens to be a far easier task).  Jubilee♫ clipman  20:28, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * (small correction) the present article does talk about "popular music" but that bit is pretty pointless, IMO: obviously "contemporary popular music" refers to the very latest stuff, and anyway the term is never used, AFAIK. Jubilee♫ clipman  20:32, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Another thought: the present article has a tiny revision history (under 250), whereas Contemporary classical music has an enormous one (close on 1000): I suspect the consensus will be with me. Jubilee♫ clipman  20:44, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It may be easier for us to do the merger first and then discuss the title afterwards. In that sense I'm happy enough to see the merger done from Contemporary music into Contemporary classical music. (The 'classical' problem is a general one that is neither going to go away, nor something that can be easily solved.) -- Klein  zach  02:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I thnik that the merging into the contemporary music article or wherever wouldn't be a bad idea. The contemporary music article clearly needs to be improved. Backtable Speak to Me  about what I have done  03:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)


 * There seems to be enough consensus, and the idea has been floated for quite some time. I'll go ahead and do it.  Jubilee♫ clipman  03:21, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Major issues to resolve
(Following posted on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Contemporary music)

The following articles overlap and the situation need to be rationalized: contemporary music, contemporary classical music, 20th-century classical music, and 21st-century classical music. The following issues are the most urgent (in order of importance):


 * It has been suggested that contemporary music and contemporary classical music be merged, but no consensus has been reached as to which way.
 * The article 21st-century classical music is contentious. It is claimed that the title is not the proper name for this period and that the article's subject properly belongs in contemporary music/contemporary classical music.  (Note that I wrote the article, in good faith, following up on a suggestion.)
 * 20th-century classical music appears to end in 1980, or so, despite the period defined in the Periods of European art music box.
 * None of the articles fully expore the music of the period in question.

Other issues exist, as well, but those above need immeadiate attention.

Thank you for your input. --Jubilee♫ clipman 21:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

'''This call for discussion has been posted on multiple talk pages. In order to keep all relevant discussions in one place, please post any response on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music.''' --Deskford (talk) 12:50, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

From redirect to article, and now what?
This article was originally about Contemporary classical music. It's content was merged, and it was made a redirect to it. Recently, it was back to article, but as a disambiguation page. I bet we have many articles now that use this link, meaning classical music, and land on this thing instead. How can that be fixed?? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I noticed this and already started to fix it. It began when I realized that Contemporary Music (incorrect capitalization) was linked in too many articles, so I went to What links here and started to create piped links to Contemporary classical music in many of those. The same can be done with Contemporary music links. But caution must be exercised whoever does this. Most of the articles I've come across so far seem to refer to contemporary classical music, but others may mean something else on the list. It's also quite possible that an eclectic artist who professes expertise in "contemporary music" might be proficient in nearly everything on the list, so in such case no link change would be necessary.  Stony Brook  babble 19:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I did the same for those of contemporary music links I knew, around 60. Several hundred will need inspection. I don't have more time right now, nor for days to come. Next time such a thing is done, I wish that the links can be fixed before the redirect is gone. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:09, 7 September 2023 (UTC)