Wikipedia contributions by Opus33

New, source is Independent obituary

Very stubby, sorry, but it can grow. He seems to have been an important figure and deserves an article.

redirect

a start; needs images, text amplifications, and better sourcing

new redirect

make redirect

make redirect

make redirect

New, main source for now is Jones (2009)

add redirect

redirect from common misspelling

a start, more to come shortly

New, more to come, including more references

I think the previous edits are harming intelligibility, should not go in.

Charlie, please do a discussion on the talk page before making edits as major as these.

Not famous as an artist; a craftsman

Reverted edits by [[Special:Contribs/BoneAppleTee|BoneAppleTee]] ([[User talk:BoneAppleTee|talk]]) to last version by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

/* Composition history */ Link to [[Fair copy]]

It's informative that they chose one of the great composers as her music teacher, so shouldn't be removed.

/* Sharing works by Bach and Handel */ remove a couple of overlinks

remove overlink

/* Image gallery */ Sadly, it looks like the images were wiped in the course of enforcing the WP regulations. Perhaps the editors who installed them can figure out how to post them in conformance with WP rules? It would be nice for this article to have illustrations. For now, removing empty section.

Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-18010-02|~2026-18010-02]] ([[User talk:~2026-18010-02|talk]]) to last version by ~2025-38912-98

/* The Civilization of Llhuros */ Daly's own words: the humor is part of a scheme meant to be serious

adding translations of movement titles

/* The Civilization of Llhuros */ Adding the point that the exhibitions were funny, and meant to be, with the modern sources of the "artifacts" made patent. Adding Newsweek quote.

/* Nazi era */ typo

No reference source was provided for this edit

Tweaking the intro to accommodate the musical jacks

/* In musical instruments */ pic of harpsichord jack

There are jacks in piano actions, too, so grouping the three musical instances into a single section

/* Bottle jack */ lifting pianos. Sorry no reference source, but I do own one.

/* See also */ The tinest jacks

Remove silly useless sentence

/* Case */ These items are pretty normal, better not to imply otherwise

/* Multiple manuals and choirs of strings */ remove four unnecessary words

/* Strings, tuning, and soundboard */ No need for italics on "soundboard"; the link already screams loudly enough

/* Strings, tuning, and soundboard */ Link to [[hardwood]] as first, not second mention

link to soundboard in lead as well as main text

No reader is helped if the link goes straight back to the article you are reading -- it's just an annoyance.

/* History */ Provide a better sourcing for the extra and missing items.

/* As musicologist */ Treat Stafford's trash in the same format as the other trashes.

Trying to fix citations. This is still not quite right (error messages) but at least the missing Keefe 2003 reference is now entered. MB thanks for spotting and please get in touch if more information is needed.

Composers can be hacks, at least on their bad days ... (we don't have any other musical examples, but the term is surely applicable in music)

/* Critical response */ Adding a positive comment, for balance. | add link for those who don't know the old-fashioned word "hackwork"

/* Critical response */ typo and page number

/* Editions and recordings */ Intriguing that, perhaps alone among Mozart's works, this one is actually despised by some critics. Need to find a further cite to give balance soon.

/* I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato */ "Brisk" has cheery associations (drinking tea, going for a walk) that don't really fit well here; let's just say "fast tempo".

/* I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato */ A dash is used to connect related ideas; here a period is more appropriate.

/* Structure */ Currently we are giving the estimated durations twice. Since it's not very important, I'm deleting the more prominent listings.

A little bit more up front on what the sonata consists of; moving the "fugal" bit to the movement to which it is applicable

This image can play the same role and does not have a misspelling of "Giuseppe"

/* Impact of the quartets */ Explain the odd-seeming Giuseppe in the image

/* II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile */ moving a stray passage into the sequential narrative of the variations; removing a bit of Original Research (banned)

/* History */ This could be trimmed; links will suffice to identify the works mentioned

Moving to talk page

This is a separate section and needs its own heading

The image is not Beethoven's handwriting but that of a copyist, as IMSLP notes. It might be best just to leave it out, for now just changing the caption.

I think the previous wording was a bit coy, this is widely considered one of Beethoven's greatest masterpieces and we should let readers know.

/* II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile */ This point is legit but is made repetitively; condensing.

/* Significance */ typo

/* Scripts */ typo

/* Instruments */ Let's quote Mozart's mom directly.

/* Instruments */ sourcing Spaeth, from Smith 1993

Sadly, we only have this very blurry image of Mozart's own piano; hopefully a better can be found.

/* Instruments */ Amplifying a bit -- this impinges on performance style and the use of replica instruments

Fixing the uncited Tyson work noted by MB | other little fixes

No need to put in Joseph a second time

/* Sources */ cite Smith

/* Instruments */ Found a really nice source for the harpsichord-piano transition, noting the Mom's comment and other evidence

/* Instruments */ I found the letter on line -- Mozart's mom was really proud to be the parent of a newly-made piano virtuoso -- a new concept at the time.

/* Instruments */ Trying to hit the important stuff (e.g., Mozart lived during the great harpsichord-piano transition), and remove trivia (Leopold's irritation, not really pertinent). Needs lots of sourcing, will turn to this.

/* Sources */ Adding the references for the edit just made

/* Life and career */ two new paragraphs, see Talk page for discussion

I believe Fifth Symphony is normally capitalized

/* II. Andante molto mosso */ Instruments already linked above; no need to do it again here

Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/Hymnthegreat|Hymnthegreat]] ([[User talk:Hymnthegreat|talk]]) to last version by Opus33

See [[MOS:OVERLINK]]

/* In fiction */ See [[MOS:CULTURALREFS]]

Too much detail

/* In fiction */ See [[MOS:CULTURALREFS]]

Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-14281-78|~2026-14281-78]] ([[User talk:~2026-14281-78|talk]]) to last version by Zackmann08

/* IV. Allegro */ This idiom is usually used in the singular

/* IV. Allegro */ Harmonizing with the edit just made to the preceding section.

/* III. Scherzo: Allegro */ The wording somehow reminded me of "greatest quarterback of all time"; moving it to a footnote

/* Critical commentary */ making the writing a bit less colloquial, and removing a non-useful link

/* IV. Allegro */ link to the Haydn symphonies, fix typo

/* IV. Allegro */ Encouraged by a "thank" from Kosboot, I have removed the dubiously relevant quote about major endings; and also given Lockwood's remark a more limited scope.

/* I. Allegro con brio */ oddly, using "center" alignment seems to produce a better result, at least on my screen

/* Mozart */ Let's just link to the correct Andre in the first place and refer to him as such

Remove incorrect tag; the book is organized by date so referring to a time span suffices

/* Life and career */ I think links to scholars like this one are distracting; we really don't care about Jones himself (in this context), only what he says. He is linked in the bibliography for those who want to know.

remove an overlinking

/* Reception and influence */ Just as a footnote, make it more concrete how Beethoven's symphony influenced Brahms; i.e. the close resemblance of Brahms's First.

/* III. Scherzo: Allegro */ copy edits | link Second Symphony

/* Reception and influence */ Earliest, cagey, review | trim back Hoffman's extravagance (see Talk) | Salomon can't understand at first, then becomes a convert

/* Reception and influence */ Salomon changes his mind (will add better citation shortly)

/* Reception and influence */ Actually, it didn't take the world by storm; it took a while for people to appreciate it. Needs more.

/* I. Allegro con brio */ Removing a hedge, not needed I think

/* Development */ Change section title to something more conventional | Add Music 101 material on the "Middle Period", needs reference

Redirect material distracts from the article opening and is not needed; part violates [[MOS:CULTURALREFS]], and it's unlikely anyone would confuse the 5th piano concerto with this work.

removing material per [[MOS:CULTURALREFS]]

/* I. Allegro con brio */ we have a notes file of the oboe cadenza; adding

/* I. Allegro con brio */ avoid repeated word

/* I. Allegro con brio */ Good to define this, and note that it's a very meaningful tempo mark for Beethoven. Links needed for works mentioned

/* I. Allegro con brio */ *Beethoven* asked for Allegro con brio; we can at least say this without crossing the [[NPOV]] line.

/* I. Allegro con brio */ sourcing the source (Haydn) for the exposition created out of a single theme

/* I. Allegro con brio */ source the "shortest" claim

/* I. Allegro con brio */ This is not very good yet but at least all the sentences belong in one sequence; more to come.

/* As musicologist */ cite Stafford

/* As musicologist */ Wow, a hardball trashing of Solomon's Freudian stuff by William Stafford, worth a footnote I think.

/* Vocal ranges */ This claim about "Every valley" just doesn't ring true to me, and if there is no supporting citation, it should go.

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