Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers/Composers

BLPs/February 2010

The following are now all referenced or otherwise processed:

• Aasmund NordstogaY
• Abdalla El-MasriY
• Akira MiyoshiY
• Alastair KingY
• Alejandro Núñez AllaucaY
• Alexander ShchetynskyY
• Alfio FazioY
• Amos ElkanaY
• Andreas KunsteinY
• Andrzej Smolik
• André PoppY
• Anne DudleyY
• Anthony Gatto (composer)Y
• Antoine DuhamelY
• Antón García AbrilY

• Arianna Savall

Ato Mariano

• Axel Borup-Jørgensen Minimal, not worth saving? Y but remains a stub as pointed out
• Barry TruaxY
• Bernhard Wagner
• Björn J:son Lindh non-classical
• Boris YoffeY
• Boris Đurđević
• Bruce MacCombieY but only with primaries
• Bunita MarcusY
• Cacilda Borges BarbosaN nothing to find? _{added citation and link, check it again, please} Y Translation checks out so it is fine. Now also added Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers per this (needs account). --Jubilee♫clipman 21:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
• Cezar Mateus
• Chihchun Chi-sun LeeY
• Corey DargelY
• Craig Russell (composer)Y
• Cristobal PazminoY
• César de Oliveira N _{please don't confuse with Brazilian composers Paulo César de Oliveira and Marco César de Oliveira Brito. This article was recently repeatedly deleted on Portuguese Wikipedia. No reliable sources found.}

I nearly PRODed this until I realised neither Paulo César de Oliveira nor Marco César de Oliveira Brito have articles here either. How do we distinguish between them all? Are those other guys notable? We are on a bit of a back foot with this one it seems... --Jubilee♫clipman 23:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

• Damon Ebner
• Daniel Dutton- this is an odd one - the only real info is to be found on DD's own site - there is also a 'review' of a record of his music that suggests his 'operas' are really more in the line of songwriting - I suggest this is left to sink or swim.--Smerus (talk) 20:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Added one reference but not that good. Agree sink or swim. --Deskford (talk) 20:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

This is how I put it this afternoon: --- Question: Only a single review from a not-entirely-RS plus his official site. Orphan still. This probably says it all... Now tagged NN --- Personally, (after some thought now) I'd just PROD it and see if anyone notices... --Jubilee♫clipman 23:21, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

NPROD --Jubilee♫clipman 16:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Update - AfD. See project talkpage. --Jubilee♫clipman 20:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

• David B. Doty - no sources for this guy online (or anywhere else that I can find) apart from his own notes to his recordings and his own website, which quaintly cites 'My Wikipedia article. Perhaps some qualified person would like to edit and expand it.' Another case of sink or swim.--Smerus (talk) 20:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Another PROD? I only found one ref and his own sites this afternoon. I didn't tick these two guys off here, BTW, in case anyone had a flash of inspiration and found a great source which we might have missed if they were maked "done"... Well, you never know..! --Jubilee♫clipman 23:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

NPROD --Jubilee♫clipman 16:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Update Y Deprodded --Jubilee♫clipman 20:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

• David EarlY _{not the most brilliant sources, but better than a slap in the face with a wet haddock for someone who seems clearly notable enough.--Smerus (talk) 18:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)}
• David Lang (composer)Y
• David Linx
• David Ward-SteinmanY
• David del PuertoY
• Deepak Dev
• Diderik WagenaarY
• Dieter KaufmannY
• Dominic MuldowneyY
• Don Friedman
• Don Kay (composer)Y
• Edwin PenhorwoodY but far too many sopranos... --Jubilee♫clipman 03:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
• Edwin RoxburghY very notable it seems
• Einojuhani RautavaaraY
• Elodie LautenY all a little too Primary for my liking (Kalvos and Damien are Nonpop artists and Lauten appears to be associated with the nonpop scene). Verify please! --Jubilee♫clipman 04:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
• Eric RossY N sources now questioned: see the article's talk page --Jubilee♫clipman 05:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Erica MuhlY
• Erik Bach Y
• Erkki-Sven TüürY
• Esteban BenzecryY
• Ester MägiY
• Eve BeglarianY
• Francis DhomontY
• Frans BakY _WPJazz?
• Frederik MagleY
• Garbis AprikianY
• Gennady Gladkov
• George Dreyfus Y was already quite acceptable imo but have added a ref anyway--Smerus (talk) 19:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Georgi MinchevN but Google book search came up with New Grove as a possible source. Any one verify he has an article in NG? --Jubilee♫clipman 01:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC) Y Now sourced from Oxford Music Online (= Grove).--Smerus (talk) 14:23, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Gilbert BiberianY 24 Preludes for Guitar seem very well known in Guitar world but I only found one useful page to source him. Any more? --Jubilee♫clipman 01:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Gilius van Bergeijk Reduced to stub by BLP content deletionist. - YRolled back (AFG) and added some sources. Please check they are useful RSs. --Jubilee♫clipman 22:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Donemus and HCMF sources seem good. I notice the HCMF performance was at Bates Mill, which is the venue where they put all the weird stuff...! --Deskford (talk) 23:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

• Giorgos Katsarossongwriter--Smerus (talk) 10:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Grigoriy KorchmarY
• Hans-Ola EricssonN possible copyvio, page blanked and WP:CP and creator notified --Jubilee♫clipman 02:26, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Heinz Chur Reduced to stub by BLP content deletionist, but content is uncontentious and I've restored it. - OTOH, I can't find anything about this bloke! PROD? --Jubilee♫clipman 22:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks PROD-worthy. The best hint of notability is the claim of a recording on MDG, but I can't find this on MDG's own website. The German version de:Heinz Chur is scarcely any better. The reference to the Deutsche National Bibliothek looks promising, but it's just a list of works. --Deskford (talk) 22:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

N PRODed. (Your last link is broken BTW, hence the dl tag! corrected)--Jubilee♫clipman 00:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

• Hildegard WesterkampY (I didn't see any obvious COI either so I removed that tag, too) --Jubilee♫clipman 03:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

The COI tag was added by Duffbeerforme (talk · contribs) after Electrocdwiki (talk · contribs), owner of the record label Empreintes DIGITALes, created or expanded articles for most of the composers on his label — see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Empreintes DIGITALes. I think most of these COI tags could probably be removed if there is no obvious promotion of the label. --Deskford (talk) 15:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh that. The AfD proposed mass-deleting multiple articles simply because of very minor COI concerns, IIRC. Anyway, I suspect the tagging was also somewhat agressive so we can safely remove any more that don't tag really obvious promo of the label, agreed. --Jubilee♫clipman 17:26, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

• Hirofumi Taniguchi not composer --Smerus (talk) 21:28, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Howard CableY
• Huib EmmerY but not much (and in Dutch); might also be in New Grove according to Google books --Jubilee♫clipman 18:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Ib NørholmY
• Ilija PejovskiN (prodded) - very passing mentions and his own book were all I could find so Smerus' PROD is probably correct. I think he's WPJazz anyway so we should just probably unbanner this one and forget about it. --Jubilee♫clipman 22:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Update Y Deprod (may well be classical too) --Jubilee♫clipman 20:50, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

• Isabel SoveralY
• Jaakko MäntyjärviY
• Jacques CastérèdeY but retagged "refimprove" because sources are not great --Jubilee♫clipman 18:33, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• James Di PasqualeY Nothing beyond NY Times filmography and IMDb, added as ELs. --Jubilee♫clipman 00:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• James Erber Think he might be a bit young to be notable yet. Nothing much out there anyway. --Jubilee♫clipman 03:20, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Jay Alan YimN but he seems to have taught Mark Engebretson according to this. That composer appears to need an article if a quick Google is trustworthy. --Jubilee♫clipman 02:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

YVaguely sourced now. Also, I (re)created the article on Mark Engebretson]. --Jubilee♫clipman 16:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

• Jeffrey Fayman
• Joel Garten
• John D. StevensY
• John Ewbank
• John FerrittoY Not BLP
• John Mackey (composer)Y
• John Palmer (composer) not sure if he copied us or if we are copyvioing him... --Jubilee♫clipman 03:54, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• John Sheahan
• John Webb (composer)Y
• Josep Mestres QuadrenyY
• Joseph CurialeY
• José Carlos Amaral VieiraY removed mistagging but added refimprove after I failed to find more --Jubilee♫clipman 02:52, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• José María Sánchez-VerdúY
• Kasper Bai Songwriter. I gave a source anyway.--Smerus (talk) 06:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Kepa Junkera
• Kim KuusiY though he appears to be a jingle writer and eurovision songwriter only. Any more? --Jubilee♫clipman 19:01, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Larry GovesY he's all over the web - highly notable --Jubilee♫clipman 19:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Laurence CraneY
• Linda Catlin SmithY
• Liu Shueh-Shuan Taiwanese light music composer probably notable but difficult to reference
• Marek BilińskiN_{bannered for speedy deletion as 100% copyvio - otherwse prod, no refs anywhere I could see--Smerus (talk) 18:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)}
• Marjorie MerrymanY Frustrating. She should be perfectly notable but I can't find one review link. Partly because the Boston Globe is not online. Maybe someone else can have a go? --Kleinzach 11:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC) _{Clearly notable, you can find plenty of reviews in major US journals, see Google News Archives.}--Vejvančický (talk) 12:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Mall'd Vydinac flagged for speedy delete (hoax) Are you sure? I've never heard of a shopping mall with this name. Is it in the US? A Google search gives this which simply takes us to wikimirrors if you follow the links through. Obvious PROD anyway, though, if the Speedy is refused! --Jubilee♫clipman 22:57, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Hmm- may have been wrong about the shopping mall, due ot misreading of Google, but her supposed music school, 17 km from Paris, is an anagram of 'is nowhere'; it's defnitely a hoax.--Smerus (talk) 06:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC) N Note now PRODed after speedy declined. --Jubilee♫clipman 17:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

The place she was supposedly born looks suspicious too. How has this article managed to survive 2½ years without anyone spotting it...? --Deskford (talk) 18:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

"Mall'd Vydinac" is an anagram of "David McNally". The article was created by Davidm617617 (talk · contribs). Could it be...? --Deskford (talk) 18:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Unless he lives in Kent (Ace Kent) or has a very friendly cat (Keen Cat), Ancketé doesn't anagram to much (though Ate Neck is a bit worrying). There are 58824 anagrams of "Nomi alea Réal Mur ly", so unless it is a phonetic play I've missed or his girl friend's name anagrammed, I can't get that one. David McNally is probably right, though! All good fun. Article still goes though... --Jubilee♫clipman 06:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

"Nomi alea Réal Mur ly" is an anagram of "really our email, man", which is the most promising candidate I have found so far. AA Milne, manure, normal, normally, etc can all be formed from these letters but don't really go anywhere further, as far I can see. There is a full listing of 62501 anagrams here if anyone is that bothered. --Jubilee♫clipman 22:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

• Martijn PaddingY
• Martin BoykanY mistagged but more added --Jubilee♫clipman 14:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC) appears to be copied from Boston Modern Orchestra Project website. Verify? --Jubilee♫clipman 14:53, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Maria de AlvearY
• Mary Ellen ChildsY Grove or ODM would consolidate this. Clear notable. --Jubilee♫clipman 07:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Max MéreauxY
• Michael ByronY
• Michael Gordon (composer) Y
• Michel Geiss
• Milos RaickovichY
• Mineminemine
• Nigel Keay Y _{looks like this was already done by Kleinzach, but I added another ref --Smerus (talk) 20:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)}
• Nils LindbergY
• Olivier DerivièreY
• Oscar van Dillen Note - this claims he was a member of the WikiMedia foundation and first President of Wikimedia Nederland. Notable in a rather surprising way, then, possibly! --Jubilee♫clipman 23:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

N OTOH, I can't find anything beyond passing mentions of him either as a composer or first President of Wikimedia Nederland. --Jubilee♫clipman 23:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

PRODed AfDed (didn't spot the first one): Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oscar van Dillen (2nd nomination) --Jubilee♫clipman 23:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Y but need more and needs sources about him not just about his music! Might just survive AfD, again, too. --Jubilee♫clipman 03:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

• Paavo HeininenY
• Pedro Iturralde
• Petar Krumov
• Pierre CogenY
• Pär Lindgren appears to be a close paraphrase of one of the references --Jubilee♫clipman 14:31, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Pēteris VasksY mistagged --Jubilee♫clipman 13:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Paul DoldenY
• Paul W. WhearY
• Peter RuzickaY
• Pierre MariétanY
• Rafał StradomskiY
• Rihards DubraY
• Robert CoganY
• Rodrigo CadizY
• Roland DyensY mistagged but it could do with more --Jubilee♫clipman 04:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
• Raoul PleskowY
• Richard EmsleyY
• Richard StokerY
• Robert Hartshorne not a composer - I have prodded him anyway--Smerus (talk) 17:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Robert Matthew-Walker not a composer--Smerus (talk) 14:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Robert WashburnY but article appears to be a close-paraphrase of his own website and has been tagged as such --Jubilee♫clipman 13:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Robert Ian WinstinY found a source, but also removed a lot of copyvio material.--Smerus (talk) 11:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
• Roderick WatkinsY
• Ronald CaltabianoY
• Roxanna PanufnikY
• Samuel Jones (composer)Y
• Sara CarvalhoY but not a great source --Jubilee♫clipman 04:57, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
• Sarah Peebles
• Sheila SilverY
• Simon Emmerson (composer)Y
• Sinan SavaskanY
• Stefan HakenbergY
• Stephen JaffeY wrongly tagged --Jubilee♫clipman 12:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
• Surendran ReddyY
• Tom Price (musician)
• Tona ScherchenY
• Toshi IchiyanagiY
• Ugo NastrucciY
• Vasco MendonçaN prodded--Smerus (talk) 14:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
• Victor DaviesY
• Vincent de JesusN _{due for a prod I would say - no sources but seems to be a songwriter rather than composer and anyway nonnotable despite the inflated text (which I will tone down)--Smerus (talk) 14:53, 9 February 2010 (UTC)}

Note: removed from Composers and moved to Film --Jubilee♫clipman 17:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

• W. Francis McBethY
• Walter HeksterY
• William Anderson (guitarist)Y
• Zoltán JeneyY

Underdeveloped Composers

The following is a list of composers who have been identified as in need of work. Feel free to add to this list or work on these articles!

• Alexandre Rey Colaço: Not enough sources and lacking information regarding musical style.
• Karel Bendl
• Michael Berkeley: sketchy. Lacks information on musical style
• Jackson Berkey: needs more references and expansion, but substantially improved over its one-sentence prior existence.
• Marcel Bitsch: stub
• Adriaan Bonsel: stub, needs references (possibly to articles not in Dutch)
• Jürgen Braüninger: stub
• Jerry Brubaker: could use some photos and more details about original works (not arrangements)
• Wan Chi Cung Page here ->[] : Need to expand - anyone with knowledge in Chinese Classical Opera - particularly in Hong Kong please add and edit - Original creator can't read Chinese and the translations are not the best.
• Jean Courtois (composer) needs a look by someone with access to the latest Grove. Narky Blert (talk) 18:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
• Camille Decreus - Stub, bio almost doesn't exist on web
• Adam Falckenhagen - I'll be doing my best to improve this article. Any help is welcomed. Lantrix ::Talk::Contrib:: 06:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
• Zdeněk Fibich: needs cleanup
• Josef Bohuslav Foerster
• Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann
• Alois Hába: pioneer of microtonal composition. Needs massive expansion to properly cover his important work in this field.
• Tibor Harsányi: start
• Karel Kovařovic
• Iša Krejčí
• Jaroslav Křička: stub
• Ralph Lyford
• David MacIntyre
• Jocelyn Morlock
• José Vianna da Motta: _{added something, it's a bit less stublike now. lots more on Portuguese WP, which I can't understand--Smerus (talk) 21:28, 9 February 2010 (UTC)}
• Vítězslav Novák: lacking citations
• Fritz Joseph Orzelek
• Otakar Ostrčil: lacking citations
• Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa
• Jeffrey Ryan
• Ruben Sargsyan - article creator has WP:COI - effective translation from Russian Wikipedia.
• Rodney Sharman
• Matthew Shlomowitz
• Robert Stoepel
• Zygmunt Stojowski: unref tag
• Henri Tomasi - This article is...in poor condition. I'll leave it at that.
• Barry Truax
• Owen Underhill
• Chinary Ung: (Grawemeyer prize, 1989) stub
• Theo Verbey
• Hildegard Westerkamp
• Julia Wolfe: cleanup needed
• Vache Sharafyan: pruned his article down, but he looks notable and well regarded. Currently just a couple sentence stub.
• Jamal Belal

Lioux (talk) 06:43, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Automated expert requests

Category:Composers articles needing expert attention

Composer stubs

Another good place to look for underdeveloped composer biographies is in the composer-stub category: Category:Composer_stubs

Featured articles

The following is a list of composer articles who have been considered as a featured article. They may be helpful examples.

• Rebecca Clarke
• Charles Ives
• Olivier Messiaen
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• Igor Stravinsky