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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This peer review discussion has been closed. Hi,

I haven't been a major contributor to this article in the past, but it's been several years since the last GA nomination and I think most of the problems have been addressed. I'd like to nominate it soon for GA and perhaps FA, but I'd first like to know if there are any major (or minor) problems that I can fix. Any and all comments are appreciated.

Thanks, — ems 2  4  02:27, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Semi-automated peer review here Yousou (talk) 11:17, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Brief comment: As you have not edited the page previously, I suggest that you contact the regular editors of this page, via the article talkpage, and discuss this nomination with them. Brianboulton (talk) 22:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Comment by Sandman - implement at will.
 * Lead
 * the signature just floats, put it in thumb if infobox is nono. (I think it wd be reasonable to make a small infobox, as length seems to be the main concern of WP:COMPOSERS.
 * "He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers." rewrite
 * "keyboard" -> "keyboard instrument" to disassociate with electr. keyboard.
 * "Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at 17 he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly." too much happening in this sentence.
 * "While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position." why?
 * "He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security", before but
 * There's just too much "brilliant and awesome" in the lede. POV, please. Scale it down.
 * "Mozart learned voraciously from others, and developed a brilliance and maturity of style that encompassed the light and graceful along with the dark and passionate. His influence on subsequent Western art music is profound."
 * References
 * threequarters to "Solomon, Maynard (1996) Mozart: A Life" is this the canonical work on Mozart?
 * I'm unaware of length criteria, but at 5500 words, its a bit long.
 * "Appearance and character" <- is this section really needed?
 * Main
 * " Getreidegasse" delink
 * "there were many variants." reword to make it clear what is being wikilinked
 * "His father Leopold (1719–1787) was from Augsburg and deputy Kapellmeister to the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, and a minor composer. He was also an experienced teacher. In the year of Mozart's birth, his father published a violin textbook, Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, which achieved some success." choppy, re-write to improve flow. "His father was a deputy kapellmeister to the court orcestra of the archbishop of salzburg. An experienced teacher, he published a textbook in the year of mozarts birth." <- more to the point.
 * "Biographer Maynard Solomon[5] notes that while Leopold was a devoted teacher to his children, there is evidence that Wolfgang was keen to make progress beyond what he was being taught. His first ink-spattered composition and his precocious efforts with the violin were on his own initiative, and came as a great surprise to Leopold. Father and son were so close that these childhood accomplishments brought tears to Leopold's eyes.[6]" smacks of guesswork from some overzealous biographer.
 * "taught his children languages and academic subjects " which ?
 * "Mozart's formative years," what are those?
 * "Köchel catalogue" delete section
 * That's a start, at least. Sandman888 (talk) Latest PR 11:03, 21 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I'm away from WP for a week, but would like to work on these if no one else does in the meantime.  Opus33 (talk) 14:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)