Talk:Eugène Ysaÿe

Pronunciation
The pronunciation of this for non-Belgians is problematic. A pronunciation guide would help. Which syllable get the emphasis?: Is the preference for EE-Say, EE-Say-ee, EYE-say, EYE-sayee, eye-SAY, or something else? Frankatca 00:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

This article is a condensation of another
This article is a condensation of my own much longer version which is available online at an old website of mine:. Member. jean-claude (ancient member of the not any more existing Ysaÿe Foundation)


 * After reading both, I'd tend to agree the assertion above, at least for some sections (such as Performing Career). However they are different enough so that Wikipedia article can be said as not copying directly from other sites. BTW, the link above is still valuable enough as external link. AbelCheung (talk) 23:01, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Harmonie du Soir
that's a very good short article, only a tiny detail is wrong: this piece refered to: Harmonie du soir (op 31), is a Poem for solo stringquartet and string orchestra, one of the numerous poems written by Ysaÿe. I see you are viola player, do you know that there is a version for viola from the Ysaÿe cello solo sonata op 28 ? and also a beautiful and arduous string trio from him (called "le Chimay")... I was forgotting the other trio, 2Ggn & Br, which is a transcription by himself of his sonata for 2 violins (only the first moviment)

Ernest Bloch
There is a mention in the Ernest Bloch article that Ysaye was one of his teachers. Although this article mentions Ysaye's violin students there is no mention of Bloch. Maybe this should be put in the article as Bloch is quite a notable composer but as I don't know enough about the subject I'm not sure how it should be incorporated into the article --Godfinger 00:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Protection and Addition
Perhaps this article should be protected in some sort of way, as someone put the entire works of Henryk Vieuxtemps into the Ysaye works, replacing most of the works he actually made. I deleted the works I knew that were not by Ysaye, and pieced together a few works I know that are by Ysaye. Would someone please assist in adding to that list?shawn1cai (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Composer project review
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This article is B-class; even though he's best known as a performer, more could be said about the popular reception of his playing. A few more words about his compositions could be written. My full review is on the comments page; questions and comments should be left here or on my talk page.  Magic ♪piano 15:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

"Complete" discography
The discography is certainly not complete. I just saw a CD recording of his opera "Pier li Houyeû" in a store. So either, it's just a selection of discs, or you should please complete it indeed. 92.106.30.213 (talk) 14:06, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I'm taking the liberty to rename the section. AbelCheung (talk) 23:09, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Sonata for Two Violins
Currently there are two Sonatas for two violins listed in the list of works (one incorrectly under the heading for "solo violin" repertoire). I cannot however find any evidence that there are indeed two sonatas for two violins written by Ysaye, one in C major and one in A minor... seeing that both keys have the same key signature, perhaps references to a "C major" sonata are in fact incorrect? I say this after listening to a Youtube video of the double sonata labelled as "C major", but is actually the same music as in another video labelled as the "A minor". In any case, the first movement ends in A minor, and the 3rd movement is in the relative major key of A major... Which is what leads me to believe that a C major Sonata for Two Violins doesn't actually exist.

Can somebody look into this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enakamura (talk • contribs) 10:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Update: Looking at the German Wikipedia page here http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Ysaÿe, there is only one sonata for two violins listed, as a posthumous opus. I am updating this article accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.78.243 (talk) 14:39, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 14:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)