Talk:Willem Mengelberg

Untitled
This is not the reason why he became a scapegoat. Rather his behavior was a little more serious than that of the other directors, making him a scapegoat for the whole group. He was not an actual  collaborator however, unless we define most Dutch managers during the war as such (which is sometimes done). gidonb 16:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

This website claims that Willem died on March 21st, not March 22th:

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Mengelberg-Willem.htm

Fusspot 09:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * In fact, the majority of sources, including Slonimsky, agree that it waa the 21st and not the 22nd. I've made the change.  --  JackofOz (talk) 12:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

His support for Dutch composers
I was surprised to read that Willem Pijper was quoted as saying he did little for Dutch composers. The article on Willem Mengelberg in Encyclopedie van de Muziek (pub Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1957) says that he promoted composition in the Netherlands, especially in the Dutch music festivals of 1902, 1912 and 1935 (his 40th Jubileum year), and that he was particularly keen on Diepenbrock.

Perhaps Pijper had a personal axe to grind for some reason?

Hikitsurisan (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Willem Mengelberg. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060317212855/http://classicalrecordings.org/mengelberg.html to http://classicalrecordings.org/mengelberg.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 12:24, 28 November 2017 (UTC)