Talk:William Schuman

Complaint
This page is NO help with a vocal Music Report this site contains no information.


 * What kindof information were you looking for? Hyacinth 19:16, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Shill for Polisi's book
It seems to me that the external links are slowly becoming an advertisement for Polisi's biography. I suggest they be removed unless the source really contains useful biographical information that is not available elsewhere. -- kosboot (talk) 19:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Music
"He also arranged Charles Ives' organ piece Variations on "America" for orchestra in 1963, in which version it is better known."

Evidence for this statement? Reference? I may be an organist, but I've also played other Schuman pieces in bands, and hadn't heard of this arrangement. — JTL 06:29, 6 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.37.18 (talk)

"Music Administrator"
What, exactly, does that mean? Did he selectively dole out music to the musically bereft, as a doctor doles out presription drugs to the sick? Was he an officer in some arcane political body responsible for pulling the strings on the direction of American music from behind the scenes, like the Illuminati? Was he a clerk in a sheet music store?

Or was he, perhaps, an academic administrator, responsible for running the music department at some school or university? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 23:22, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * A little way into the article, you will find:
 * "In 1945, he became president of the Juilliard School, founding the Juilliard String Quartet while there. He left in 1961 to become the first president of Lincoln Center, a position he held until 1969."


 * The Juilliard position would count as "responsible for running the music department at some school or university", therefore an academic administrator, but the Lincoln Center presidency is probably closer to "an officer in some arcane political body". It seems to me that "music administrator" accurately covers both positions. (It is a standard term in the music business, a more specific subcategory of arts administrator.)—Jerome Kohl (talk) 03:07, 4 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Really! That term also gave me pause. Your suggested interpretations are wonderful!  70.134.65.169 (talk) 05:06, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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Missing reference for violin concerto review
Re: violin concerto "most powerful works ..." If you are going to give a direct quotation like that, it needs a citation. Bhami (talk) 03:39, 7 July 2023 (UTC)