Wikipedia:Peer review/Ferruccio Busoni/archive1

Ferruccio Busoni

I've come to a bit of a block on this one, after tinkering with it for a longish period. I would like to get it up to GA and would appreciate all or any constructive comments on any aspects. Thanks, Smerus (talk) 15:48, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Comments from JM

Happy to take a look through with the same caveat as last time- I'm shockingly ignorant of classical music!

• I'm not sold on the one-line opening paragraph.
• "an outstanding (if sometimes controversial) pianist" Is this a little hyperbolic for the lead?
• "late romantic style" Link?
• "North American indigenous tribal melodies" Again, perhaps a wikilink or two?
• "His compositions include works for piano, including a monumental Piano Concerto" Repetition of "include"; also, is "monumental" a little POV?
• "he would commission a fantasy" What does this mean?
• "amongst his compositions at this period" Is at the right word?
• "his Konzertstück (Concert Piece) for" How about "his Konzertstück ("Concert Piece") for"
• A comment on your footnote on antisemitism; do your sources specifically mention these pfacts about his life as evidence that he was/was not not anti-Semitic? If not, there would be a problem with OR.
• "The concerts also included premieres of some of Busoni's own works of the period, amongst them, in 1904, the Piano Concerto, in which he was the soloist and the conductor was Karl Muck, in 1905 his Turandot Suite, and in 1907 his Comedy Overture."
• "unexpected twist - for example" Is that the right kind of dash?

It reads very well so far; pausing for now. Please double-check my edits. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:32, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

• @J Milburn:: Many thanks for these comments, sorry for my dselay in getting round to them. I think I have addressed most of them. I'm not myself entirely happy with the note on anti-semitism , although the sources I cite are I think relevant for it: need to think about that a bit further. Do please add any further comments if you have them. Best, Smerus (talk) 21:02, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

  I confess I had completely forgotten about this; I will do my best to find some time to come back for a full read-through! Josh Milburn (talk) 22:43, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Comments from Ipigott

I have finally found time to read the article and find it generally very well presented and informative. I have a few non-critical suggestions which you may or may not like to implement: Ipigott (talk) 14:10, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

• Lead: Perhaps "Empoli, Tuscany", "the Tuscan town of Tuscany" or "Empoli just south of Florence". (Most people don't know it.) I don't think "His international career and reputation meant that" adds very much and would delete it. Avoid two "early"s in para 3, ditto America + North American, include + including.

• Early career: Two occurrences of "playing" in connection with Liszt. "Others of his early pieces" > "Other early pieces". I find "met with (rather than just met) Johannes Brahms" rather American. "Met with" also occurs later in the article. Too many occurrences of "this period", "at this period", etc., throughout the article.

• Berlin: Letter to Verdi: "the courage to send" (not "to actually send"). "...still remitting substantial amounts to his parents" - this is the first we have heard about it. " In Paris in 1912 Busoni had meetings in Paris" needs attention.

• Before and after..: "Nonetheless" and "however" do not really add anything. (Too many "however"s throughout.) Sentence beginning "Bologna was..." needs rearranging or breaking into two. Does one "play" a tour?

• Last years: "Weimar Republic era" - do we need era? Could simply be wikilinked.

I may return with comments on the remainder later if you find them useful but in any case, congratulations on putting together a very informative article.--Ipigott (talk) 14:39, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

@Ipigott:: many thanks for this. I have dealt with most of your points I think, but there are (however) still a few howevers to deal with. Do please add any further comments you may have. Best, Smerus (talk) 21:02, 29 May 2016 (UTC)