Talk:War of the Romantics

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Quite possibly no account of the War of the Romantics is begun, leave alone complete, without an account of the writings of Freigedank (Wagner) on the so-called Jewish question- not gratuitously, not because the writing of these first articles of his on the subject occurred during this period, but because the effect of those writings (and possibly his reasons for writing them just then) need to be considered in the context of the Liszt etc. Brahms etc. (ideas etc. ideas etc.) disagreement (and the fact, too, that Liszt has been considered, for many reasons including also writings that may or may not have been his- separate issue...- an anti-semite himself) - (sentence is getting lost in its own turnings here) - there may be reason? to consider those articles more of an integral part of the 'War'. ?? Schissel 16:13, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)

An article with both a broader focus ("conservatism" and "radicalism" in music through the ages - pardon the enclosing-quotes, whose appropriateness I'm not convinced of either) and a different one (not a discussion of a debate within music history, but an aspect of music history) might succeed better. Will check to see if there is such a thing and if the best of this can be made better, incorporated within it, and otherwise blanked and deleted. Schissel-nonLop! 14:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copy edit

I can correct the grammar, clarify the language, etc. but I know nothing about the subject matter and cannot add new material. If you want new material added, please provide it and I will fit it in.

Also, if you see that I am misrepresenting the facts, please let me know and correct me.

NothingMuch 23:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I apologize for missing your comment. I finally came back today to suggest that instead of having it be cleaned up, the article might best be subsumed under some larger topic (ah, I see I already did so above- forgot), but now I see that it's jaw-droppingly clearer and better-written... and I will look into the rest and additional material, yes; fortunately I have access to other sources here (like reprints of those Neue Zeitschrift issues) besides the one (Walker's book) I quote too often without thought of his bias :) Speaking just for myself, I think that was stunning work. Schissel | Sound the Note! 16:32, 7 September 2006 (UTC)