Talk:Prince Igor

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I'm not familiar enough with the technical details of creating internal links within Wikipedia to achieve a correct link the the Shostakovich book, Testimony. As my edit now stands, it links to the correct entry, but the text in the Prince Igor article still says "Testimony (book)." Would someone more at ease with technical matters hereabouts kindly help out? Heaventree of Stars 15:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding the Synopsis, different editions

In the mid-term I plan to expland the synopsis. Unfortunately, my copy of the libretto is of the Mariinsky edition which differs especially in Act I Sc 2 (traditional numbering) and Act III from the Rimsky edition. If someone has a libretto for that version, I should like to co-operate with them on this piece of work. --Peter cohen 13:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Referencing.

I've included inline citations in my latest additions to the article. I would plan to do so on further changes I make and also on anything I can source from what I have (the booklet to the Philips recording). Could people with other sources please add referencing too. For example, if someone has Testimony it would be helpful if they could identify the page ref to the Glazunov admission. Thanks.--Peter cohen 13:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I would add that the following sentence needs to be corrected, given that Rimsky-Korsakov died in 1908: "The practice of omitting it was mentioned as early as 1909 by Rimsky-Korsakov in his memoirs." Mademoiselle Fifi 22:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Dear Fifi: I was aware of that fact as I wrote the statement. I do not know exactly when RK made his statement (during the composition of his memoirs, obviously), and defaulted to the publication date (1909) as being the earliest point I can find that the practice of omitting Act 3 is mentioned. The point is, it was pretty damn early! Ivan Velikii 02:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Problem solved. Thank you for "inspiring" me to find a solution (in the end, very simple) to that problem. Ivan Velikii 02:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)