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WikiProject Classical Music
This WikiProject aims primarily to further comprehensive documentation of classical music - including historical and musicological analysis. Major works, and opera, will be at the forefront
The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject music genres.
No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.
The similar WikiProjects are WikiProject Indie music and WikiProject Computer music.
Naming a piece is often hard; try and stick too, unless the piece is famous and hence has a convention, the following:
Examples:
Key should be capitalised C, but major and minor should be in lower case.
Notable general exceptions include:
NB. Never translate titles - it is Der Ring des Nibelungen not The Ring of the Nibelung.
All articles should begin an introduction with:
After this, a brief account of the piece in the context of the composers life should be given (composer had just got back from... etc.). If it is an opera, information of the history of story and libretto may be given here. Further paragraphs may be used to describe the political, social, historical and musicological context of the piece (EG. "At the time the Napolionic wars were raging in Europe..")
If an opera, or other dramatic work, a plot may be given - scene by scene prefereably - followed by Dramatis Personæ. Preferably, the piece should have an indepth musicological analysis hereafter - dynamics, performance quirks, instrumentation, key, etc. For non-opera include a listing of the movements.
A paragraph on the legacy and impact of the piece - how it has perhaps altered genres, begun new styles, introduced new methods.
Finally, notable recordings and references - with links, so as to allow the the reader to buy or attain further information.
Keep in mind that all pieces are different, this is only a very loose and general guideline, if something is not relevent to the piece don't put it in.
Pieces can be placed into one or more of the following categories:
Introduction as outlined above: type of piece, date of composition, key, brief instrumentation, libretto history (if applicable), context in composers life.