Talk:Magnificat (Pärt)

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Umm, what is this? A song? A set of songs? A poem? Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:08, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Would looking at Magnificat help? Hundreds of musical setting of the original song attributed to Mary's exist. The background, including being a daily prayer in several churches, can't be explained in every article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I don't think I should have to look at another article to understand what this one is about. And I think it's perfectly reasonable to suggest you can say "is a song about Mary" in every article. Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:34, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * It is not a song about Mary. It is a song that Mary sang, according to the Gospel of Luke. How would you word that? - Would you add "the capital of France" to every mentioning of Paris? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ps: I didn't write this article, I just watch it. In articles I write, I explain, please check Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:17, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ... and just a feeling for the amount of work, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

"Paris" is a well-known word that would likely be recognized by 80% of the world's population, and therefore does not require explanation. "Magnificat" is a word that I suspect less than 1% of the population would recognize, and therefore does require explanation. And I would explain it precisely as was done a few lines earlier. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:10, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Paris is such a well-known word that it is not even linked. Magnificat has a link, for those who don't. I wont speculate how many of "the population" know Magnificat (most Latin Americans will know, + those in England who grew up with daily evensong), but I suspect that almost every reader interested in the composition of a 21st-century composer will know the word. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * How about starting the article with something in this vein: "Arvo Pärt set the Latin text of the Magnificat canticle in 1989. ..."? --Francis Schonken (talk) 04:26, 19 May 2017 (UTC)