Talk:Royal Academy of Music

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What is the point in the "See alsos" here? It could simply grow to be a list of every school of music in the world. Surely a link to a general "music schools" page would make more sense? I might change it. Nevilley 08:44, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Yep, that makes more sense. --Camembert
I agree. Nick04 19:15, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] PR dept at work?

  • "one of the leading music institutions in the world"
  • "enjoys a prime location in central London"
  • "Academy's prestigious collections"
  • "The Academy's students, who make up a vibrant community"
  • "current principal is the noted American academic Curtis Price"
  • extensive listing of musical figures who may or may not have a significant connection to the Academy

How many of these POV points should we remove?

Cal T 23:28, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

They are quite partial, I agree. Apart from "vibrant community", they are more or less true. But I think we can hear a bit of advertising here... someone has been busy! Philip Howard 21:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, I changed the article to reflect a more neutral viewpoint. Many words such as 'fine' and 'important' are no longer present! I also corrected some mistakes and added some other information. Hope you think it is better. Philip Howard 17:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Timing a bit wacky...

I think something else may be wrong with the dates given in the article. It states that the Academy was founded in 1822. However, George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) apparently served as the Academy's director from 1720 to 1728. Unless there's more than one Academy...?

Higaran 20:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

REQUEST: I would like to second Higaran's comment on the timing, and would like to request that someone who knows more about this stuff (some Brit who might be privy to the RAM's history, perhaps?) write a bit about Handel's association with the RAM. I am a student who came here to research Handel's connection with the RAM for an exam, and then I read here that the RAM was founded in 1822 (in other words, long after Handel's death)!! If I felt more confident, I would edit this article myself...but I don't know if the two institutions are different and only happen to share the same name, or if they are the same institution and share an historical connection. If anyone can add a section on Handel's connection with the RAM, they would be doing the world's music history students a huge service! Allez, enfants de la patrie! Dveej 20:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Clarification: Handel's Royal Academy of Music: London association of noblemen, founded in 1719 for the promotion of Italian opera. No connection to the current educational institution! PeterCraik 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arvo Part not Russian!

Arvo Part is Estonian! :) - Gjonss

[edit] University ratings

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 00:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Thiman

I am trying to assemble some information on the composer Eric Thiman. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Music, he taught at the RAM. Is this correct or not?

Fiddleback 12:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photographs

Why on earth did someone take down the professional photographs of the building that were on this page?

[edit] Even columns

I just evened out the columns, then Nunquam_Dormio evened them out again. Which leads me to conclude (obvious in hindsight) that the height of each column depends on the browser, fonts, resolution, etc - some items come out as one line on one machine, as two lines on another, perhaps as three lines on another.

Does anyone know of a way to set up columns so they'll come out even on any machine? Some HTML magic that lets the browser decide where to break?

For that matter, is there a way to make the list alphabetize itself?

Of course we could solve the column problem by making it one column, but that's a bit wasteful of screen area.

Tualha (Talk) 12:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)