Talk:Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Title
editI am surprised that our title (same as in French WP) is not as designed by the composer himself, as shown in the image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:10, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- That isn't what the Manual of Style specifies, no doubt because the whole idea of an MOS is to settle on a uniform style.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:26, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- French capitalisation rules still confuse me, but I went ahead and moved it, since that's the way it is on Frenchipedia. Let me know if that was a naughty thing to do. Antandrus (talk) 18:30, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- I will never understand why we rather follow some MoS than a composer but that's probably just me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- (edit conflict). OK, it was a naughty thing to do. But the right thing, nonetheless. Thank you. The French rules, of course, are intended to confuse not only us anglophones, but even the French themselves. It is how they maintain civilisation.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:38, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- So, what I don't understand is how free an author is to make a title that doesn't conform with rules, but that's probably for a different space. - Antandrus, you were naughty not to change the two templates on the page, which don't work with redirects, but I did it for you. I won't fix the inconsistency with Balanchine's ballet ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- (edit conflict). OK, it was a naughty thing to do. But the right thing, nonetheless. Thank you. The French rules, of course, are intended to confuse not only us anglophones, but even the French themselves. It is how they maintain civilisation.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:38, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- I will never understand why we rather follow some MoS than a composer but that's probably just me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- French capitalisation rules still confuse me, but I went ahead and moved it, since that's the way it is on Frenchipedia. Let me know if that was a naughty thing to do. Antandrus (talk) 18:30, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
- (oh, oops! missed that) Antandrus (talk) 18:49, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Orchestrations and Transcriptions
editShould the Orchestrations and Transcriptions section be shortened? Doubtless, many arrangements have been made of this very famous piece, but not all of those (and not all of the ones listed in this article) are likely notable. It seems as though this section of the article could be cut down to the more notable, well-renowned versions. Thoughts? Noahfgodard (talk) 19:18, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Missing citations
editThis article is missing some key citations. The quotation often attributed to Ravel concerning criticism of some of the lighter nature that "The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence" seems to have no source listed. I am not aware of him ever having said or written that in French (or English) anywhere. In short, there is a lot of common liner note stuff in here and not a lot of real information.LGRosenthal (talk) 16:17, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- The quotation is cited to the published score, which seems a little suspicious, especially since there is a long-unfulfilled request for a page reference.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 17:14, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- I have now checked both the Durand publication from 1919 and the Dover reprint. Neither one has this quotation, so I have marked the citation accordingly.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 20:23, 14 May 2020 (UTC)