Talk:Edward German
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[edit] Personal Life
Would someone who has a copy of A Musical Peacemaker or someone otherwise well-read on this stuff be able to write a personal life section? I have a few brief details that I know of, but they're all somewhat unrelated and without more detail don't flow together at all. Among these, Edward German was very good friends with Elgar who liked his music, he was always a bachelor (as far as anyone knows, anyway), and he really, really liked following cricket. I get the impression, especially from reading the mini documentary on Fallen Fairies over at the Gilbert & Sullivan archive (as well as the title of the Brian Rees book) that he really liked to avoid conflicts and try and resolve them, which probably is indicative of his personality. If someone with the book could write in more detail about his personality, hobbies, and relationhips and put it into the personal life section, it would be fantastic. --Anivron 17:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
We have this gentleman's old hat, so it is known that he favoured Herbert Johnson, Hatters, who were then based at 38 New Bond St. The style is BT.11. His sister was known to accompany him on tours and frequently employed the services of a lady's travelling companion. Sir Edward presented said travelling companion with the hat at the end of her engagement, in recognition of services rendered. Thisisnotapipe | Message 22:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Blue linking the years
Why are you blue linking the years in the list of works? I don't think that clicking on the link gives any really useful info, unless you are making the links to something like "musical events/operas written in 1895|1895"? Or did you have something else in mind? We have not been doing this in the G&S articles generally. Also, most dates are linked in the list, but some are not. And one or two are linked in the narrative section, but most are not. -- Ssilvers 22:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Detailed Article on German
Check out this article: http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?catNum=223419&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English -- Ssilvers 15:02, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Looks a superb source, it does! Adam Cuerden talk 15:39, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Good source. I had looked at Naxos album liners for German stuff before, but I had no idea they weren't identical. This one is different than one of the other ones I read. Thanks. I bet I can find most of the stuff they wrote in "A Musical Peacemaker" when my copy comes in, and I did an ILL request for "An Intimate Biography". JSTOR has lots of great resources on German, but the university library, though subscribing to JSTOR, seems to not have that particular JSTOR database. Could someone else with better access dig around some more in JSTOR? --Anivron 22:31, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
