Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music

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Welcome to the Contemporary music WikiProject! Our goal here is to improve Wikipedia articles which relate to contemporary music and especially contemporary music that demonstrates a modern aesthetic, for instance music written in an experimental or avant-garde style. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the open tasks below.

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Goals
  • Improve Wikipedia's coverage of contemporary music, and in particular articles related to experimental music.
  • Develop guidelines for articles on contemporary music (in collaboration with similar wikiprojects where subjects overlap).
Scope

Note: Please feel free to make changes and/or discuss changes on the talk page!

Contents

[edit] Members

  1. S.dedalus 04:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Antandrus (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Sparafucil 01:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
  4. Jerome Kohl (talk) 17:28, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  5. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 22:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  6. Matt.kaner (talk) 10:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
  7. Jashiin (talk) 08:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
  8. Rainwarrior (talk) 03:22, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  9. Canticle
  10. Badagnani (talk) 07:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  11. VoxNovus (talk) 12:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  12. --...Wikiwøw. 22:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  13. Wolf m corcoran (talk) 15:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
  14. Torc2 (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
  15. DCGeist (talk) 08:57, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
  16. --Catgut (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  17. User:Jim, Baker
  18. --Ohverde (talk) 05:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
  19. Groove1279 (talk) 09:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  20. Kleinzach (talk) 00:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  21. helohe (talk) 13:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  22. Rothorpe (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  23. Tomkeene (talk) 17:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  24. SingCal 19:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  25. ElJay Arem 19:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
  26. DJRafe (talk) 05:12, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  27. SuperlativeHors (talk) 21:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  28. WellingtoncatMeow meow - purr purr (talk) 22:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  29. BenKJG (talk) 10:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  30. Thenthorn (talk) 21:00, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  31. gallobruno (talk) 11:00, 6 Jun 2008 (UTC)
  32. Ninly (talk) 18:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Project related tasks

[edit] Assessment department

WikiProject Contemporary music uses a system of article assessment to judge the quality and importance of articles within our scope. Assessment is important because it allows us to focus our attention where it is needed most. To participate please visit our assessment department.

[edit] Categories

For bot taging please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Contemporary music/Categories

Here are the currently used categories for contemporary music topics:

Category:Contemporary classical music • Category:Contemporary classical music ensembles • Category:Contemporary classical music performers • Category:Second Viennese school • Category:Minimalism • Category:Spectral music • Category:Musical modernism • Category:20th century classical music • Category:20th century classical composers • Category:21st century classical composers • Category:Experimental composers • Category:Fluxus • Category:Postmodern composers • Category:Modernist composers • Category:Post-tonal music theory • Category:Modernistic pieces

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[edit] Talk page

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[edit] Open tasks

[edit] Articles needing attention

[edit] New articles

[edit] Articles being considered for deletion

[edit] Articles for creation

  • String Quartet No. 2 (Carter) through String Quartet No. 5 (Carter) - Elliott Carter's important string quartets should be covered by Wikipedia.
  • Post-tonal music theory -we should have an overview article to complement the category of the same name
  • ST-X Ensemble
  • ASKO Ensemble
  • SOURCE: Music of the Avant Garde - new music magazine published by Larry Austin from 1967 to 1972
  • Wind instrument extended technique
  • Brass instrument extended technique
  • Harp extended technique (this would overlap with Salzedo technique)
  • Budapest Symphony Orchestra
  • Hungarian Radio Choir
  • Werner Josten
  • Harrison Kerr
  • Elinor Remick Warren
  • Marilyn Shrude
  • Gundaris Pone
  • Thomas Ludwig
  • Claude Baker
  • Piano extended technique

[edit] Other tasks

  • Individual composer articles - add list of works for each (organized chronologically or by instrumentation); or, if the list of works is very large, create separate articles such as List of compositions by Bohuslav Martinů.
  • Individual composer articles - find and add freely licensed photos for all composers; this may involve sending emails to the composers or their estates.
  • Individual composer articles and/or articles about individual compositions - find and add freely licensed or fair use images of particularly notable or interesting score pages, such as Image:TidesOfManaunaunOpening.jpg, which is in the public domain.

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