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Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I have reverted two edits by an editor providing dates of texts of Goethe set by Mendelssohn, together with citations. I did this because these dates and edits add nothing to an article on Mendelssohn (though indeed they could appropriately belong in articles on the works concerned, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and Die erste Walpurgisnacht - see WP:DETAIL). In the Mendelssohn article they are however superfluous. We don't for example give there the date of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Psalm 42, Athalie, Oedipus at Colonnus or Phaedra - and why should we? None of these works - or the Goethe works - were written specifcally for FM and their dates are immaterial for his biography.--Smerus (talk) 07:26, 20 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
I wonder if we could include something brief about Fanny in the lead? There seems to be more than enough (and rather convenient) space at the of the second paragraph. My first thought was something along the lines of His sister, Fanny, grew up with the same education; she would become a noted composer and pianist herself, and published some of her works under Felix's name. but there are likely better, and perhaps more concise ways to go about this, if desired. Aza24 (talk) 17:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for this very helpful suggestion. I have now put something in the lead, and made sure it was consistent with info in the article.--Smerus (talk) 19:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
It does so because Rebecka was married to him and the article on him deals with their marriage. THere is no separate page on her. So it is not inappropriate Sbishop (talk) 15:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
