User talk:Smerus/Archive May 2007

Millenium Dome
Please refrain from editing others' comments and imposing your own sensibilities on the community. --82.45.163.4 17:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * What an unpleasant fellow - doesn't even give his name.Hope he has a life outside Wikipedia. --Smerus 07:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

John Braham
One of my heroes too! (I think he may be one of yours)... Hi Smerus, I'm trying to put in a few articles about the English-style singers of c1850-1920 period, done some on Santley, Elwes and Dawson and intend to do a few on John Coates, Ben Davies, Edward Lloyd, HP Greene etc. Braham is obviously important as a starting-point for part at least of their tradition. I detect that you wrote most of the present article, and I respect the fact that it reflects your interest in his as a Jewish musician and public figure. Would it be possible, do you think, to build in a bit more about (a) the scope of his repertoire and (b) the particular character of his vocal technique, range, use of falsetto, etc? I see you have some quotes but even these seem more related to the commentarists' prejudices about him as a Jew than (lucus a non lucendo) about the actual accomplishments of the man as a singer, which were undoubtedly very considerable and highly influential upon English singing as a whole. in short, I'd like to put a bit more focus on the voice and the musical career, and if possible I'd like you to do it, as I suspect you have the resources to do it better than me!!! I have made a few alterations (eg I think Rauzzini was a castrato) and should appreciate at any rate your reaction to these remarks. (Corpus 1976-1982.) Cheers, Dr Steven Plunkett 09:50, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply and for the useful reference (well done), I look forward to hearing from you again in due course. Is there a public library in Suffolk that carries this periodical? Greetings, Dr Steven Plunkett 23:15, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Fasch
Hi Smerus! I have moved the Fasch article to its correct name. It is now at Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch. I also changed all the links to the old page I could find. Thought I'd let you know. Cheers! Matthias Matthias Röder 16:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
Hi Smerus! What do you think about moving Berlin Singakademie to Sing-Akademie zu Berlin? See the talk page of Berlin Singakademie for my original message. :-) Matthias Röder 16:30, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Tubists?
I entirely agree with your proposal, having just created 29 sub-categories of "tubists" and thought "why on earth don't we call them tuba players?" I have added my views to the discussion, citing Grove in support too, and also suggested that we rename Category:Tubists for good measure. Bencherlite 09:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)