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[edit] "foremost?"
What if we substituted for "He was the foremost French composer of his generation" the text "He rivalled Camille Saint-Saëns as the foremost French composer of their generation." Wouldn't that be more nuanced, though I too prefer Fauré?--Wetman 18:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- The phrase is clearly a judgement and therefore POV. I suggest its changed to "one of the formeost...". Unless a citation can be found for him being foremost. Bringing in another candidate is just complicating things. Lumos3 21:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Judgement is not necessarily POV in a bad way. You have to make some kind of judgement about a person in order to succinctly explain their accomplishments. I think the phrase you're talking about was my fault, I extrapolated it from Grove and other things. Grove says "The most advanced composer of his generation in France" sooooo, we could quote that in the intro paragraph, or have it as it is and put Grove as the source, or something. I don't think we should bring up Saint-Saëns (do people really think he was more important than Fauré?), as it would become confusing, and ranking all French composers of the period isn't really what this article is for. Mak (talk) 22:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
