Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flaccus (composer)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Editors are free to create a redirect if desired.  Sandstein  19:41, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Flaccus (composer)

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Flaccus, the slave of someone named Claudius, provided musical accompaniment on the tibia to each of the plays of Terence when they were originally produced, and nothing else will ever be known about him. He has no notability independent of Terence, and does not merit an entry of his own in either the Oxford Classical Dictionary or Grove Music Online. Anything that can be written about him belongs at Terence or the articles on each of his six plays. Cal Engime (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and History.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  21:16, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Sounds like it will never expand beyond DICDEF length, as there are no sources about this person found in the last 2000 yrs. I don't see any either. Oaktree b (talk) 00:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is there a redirect/merge target? Deletion seems like it would be quite inappropriate in a case like this where the content would be better covered in a larger article. Curbon7 (talk) 19:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If anywhere, it should redirect to Terence. The portion of the article on a phrase of music which Flaccus did not write is already appropriately covered at Hecyra. I sure would be surprised if the few people who might look him up will be seeking him out at the present title, though—we know that Flaccus performed the music, and we can only conjecture that he was its "composer" as well. - Cal Engime (talk) 22:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Or perhaps the redirect should be simply to Flaccus. I'm not sure it's clear that someone looking for information on a Flaccus who wrote songs is less likely to be looking for information on Horace or Persius. - Cal Engime (talk) 22:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)


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