Talk:List of eponymous musical terms

Meaning of eponymous
According to the page Eponym, and also my understanding of the term: "In contemporary English, the term eponymous is often used to mean self-titled." Unless I misunderstand, a lot of the entries on this page are not eponymous. "Saxophone" would be, since it was invented by Adolphe Sax. But "Rock Me Amadeus" would not be, since it is merely named after Mozart, not something Mozart himself is responsible for. Other terms that are listed here but don't seem eponymous to me include: Alexander Nevsky, Archduke Trio, Diabelli Variations, St. James Infirmary, Jefferson Airplane, and all the entries under "Place names".

Correct me if I'm wrong, but simply naming something after someone does not make it eponymous, right? Pfly 08:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've removed the compositions. They are not eponymous, unless one wants to twist the language and claim that any opera with the name of a person (Boris Godunov, Gianni Schicchi, Macbeth, Hamlet, Eugene Onegin, Jocelyn, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, .........) is eponymous, Of course, they are NOT eponymous.  And even if they were, would they fit into "List of eponymous musical terms"?  I doubt it.  Titles are not "musical terms", are they?  --   Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   03:30, 29 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Over the years, there have been a huge number of non-eponyms on this page which have (eventually) been removed. There have also been band names, compositions, places, etc, etc, none of which are musical terms.  I have a bad feeling about this page and indeed Kleinzach has opened up discussion over at WP:CM. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Classical_music for more.  --Jubilee♫ clipman  19:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)