User talk:John Schwa

Incorrect deletions by unscrupulous editor
Hi John I noticed that a certain editor took out your second link in a page and told you, more or less, to get a grip. This editor is a bully. She has tried that very same thing on other topics - and other things, tons of deletions. When the link business was taken to the Wiki Help Desk last week, the decision came down from above that MORE THAN ONE LINK PER SUB-CATAGORY IS FINE. Just not more than time per category. So you put that link right back where it was and don't worry. Don't let some power-hungry newbie editor who just arrived here at Wiki a bit over a month ago and has been highly annoying, yet so intimidating that people always end up knuckling under to her. This one is working hard to become an admin as quickly as possible. Scary thought isn't it? Take care and keep your chin up. --A green Kiwi in learning mode 17:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Dunsany and Beethoven
Surely "classical" for Dunsany means ancient Greece and Rome, not 19th Century Germany. Nareek 13:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Classical period in music took place essentially in the 18th century, and not just in Germany; and it was characterized by the resurrection of classical sensibilities (hence the word 'classical', which has, of course, only recently been used to describe the period). John Schwa 01:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I was thinking of Beethoven, who wrote mostly in the 19th Century, in what is today Germany.


 * How much, really, does Dunsany's affection for classical music in general and Beethoven in particular tell you about him? I would expect that most members of Dunsany's time and class were Beethoven fans.


 * I'm sorry if I came across as sarcastic. Nareek 21:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Beethoven grew up amid 18th century classicism, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, and was very much more part of it than anything else all his life. In his late compositions he looked back into the Baroque period, mainly J. S. Bach, as did Mozart. Saying that Beethoven's music is 19th century is like saying that Rachmaninoff's music is 20th century.


 * What puts Dunsany's affection for Beethoven apart from that of the general upper class of the time is its genuineness. There's a difference between perceiving the great in art, and between faking your appearances to fit a set of social expectations.John Schwa 04:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)