Talk:John Eliot Gardiner

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The German article on this man is far more detailed than the English. And he is English. Any translators would be welcome.

Gardiner studied history, not music, at Cambridge. See the linked interview. I'm making the correction. 69.12.144.158 21:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Gardiner's hardly an uncontroversial character - doesn't something about that need to be included also? Attitudes towards performance, arguments with colleagues and critics (Lebrecht), and so forth

I did a major rewrite of the article. Most notably:

• Added infobox
• Added various honours and awards with reference
• Added various missing links in the career and added much references
• Rewrote the career so it is not longer point based.

There are still several weaknesses:

• There is little about the musical background of John Eliot Gardiner
• There is little about the personal live.
• The text may be improved by a native English speaker.

86.95.71.60 18:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I have added the cleanup tag, since this article is in serious need of improvement. Grammar, style, punctuation, etc., all need much attention. I will do what I can when I can, but I encourage others to help too! --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 21:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)