Talk:Symphony No. 5 (Mendelssohn)

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Contents 1 Names and Numbers 2 Broken Media links 3 Forgery? 4 Example for the Second Movement is wrong

[edit] Names and Numbers

Mendelssohn's symphonies are not generally distinguished by numbers but by key signatures and their sobriquets (not all of which are Mendelssohn's own I believe). --Wetman 03:48, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Broken Media links

The listen links at the bottom of the page are password-protected and the files they point to seem to exist no longer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.32.46.190 (talk) 04:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed this section. DavidRF (talk) 04:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Forgery?

I'm removing the forgery claim. Its unsubstantiated and appears to go against the rest of the article. A claim that is that strong is going to require citations. DavidRF 23:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it appears to have been an unusually devious vandalism, slipped in under cover of a subsequent, much more obvious one (changing the symphony title to "Deformation Symphony"). This was the last of four successive edits by anonymous editor 131.111.8.96 of Cambridge, UK—possibly a student with too much time on his hands—unwittingly reverted a few hours later by anonymous editor 71.137.16.110 of San Diego, who clearly did not carefully check the earlier edit history. I think this is a cautionary tale for anyone editing Wikipedia.--Jerome Kohl 18:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example for the Second Movement is wrong

The example given for the second movement is not the second movement at all, but actually comes from the first movement (mm. 80 or letter B). Additionally, the material listed as the second theme of the first movement is actually the first theme, as the preceding material is actually the introduction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicwatch (talk • contribs) 00:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)