Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of modernistic pieces


 * 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. M er cury   12:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

List of modernistic pieces
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Article is not a list of modernistic pieces but a list of composers. The subject is also completely open to interpretation. Who’s to say what “modernistic” means? Even experts conflict in there interpretations of this. This page obviously has no usable content and is original research. S.dedalus 23:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination. --S.dedalus 23:46, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Torc2 00:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete It actually is a list of pieces, arranged by composer. But the classification is vague. An article like this would perhaps be possible if an authoritative source was followed. DGG (talk) 02:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Without sources, this is just original research. Nick Graves 04:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Not changing my vote, but it's worth noting that AfD discussion of List of musical works in unusual time signatures pretty much establishes the a precedent that a list being unfinished (or unfinishable) and possibly subjective isn't a sufficient reason for deletion. A list like this can be acknowledged as perpetually incomplete and somewhat subjective and still be a worthwhile resource.  I still think that, even in reference to the Modernist movement, this topic is too broad to be useful, but if someone wants to argue that there's a clearly defined 'Modern' musical style and could make a list of representative pieces, I'm all ears.  Torc2 09:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The list is not just perpetually incomplete, it’s also original research, and original research gets deleted on Wikipedia. --S.dedalus 20:18, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. A list of this type would need to be firmly based on expert sources, and even then I'm not sure how useful it would be, as Modernism in music has a rather fuzzy, poorly agreed definition. Espresso Addict 12:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into Modernism (music); article is a list of pieces grouped by composer, not a list of composers. Nevertheless, no reason that this needs to exist independently of the article that explains the significance.  Mandsford 13:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


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