ChoralWiki:Adopt-A-Composer

Introduction

There are over 1,350 composer pages at CPDL. In an effort to improve the quality and information on these composer pages, CPDL has an Adopt-A-Composer program. Those composers who have already been adopted already are listed below. Yes, this is a chance to study a composer, aid in developing that composer's web page, and help your fellow choral musician all at once! For this program we are looking for volunteers to select a composer, and add content to the composer's wiki page. While there is a great deal of flexibility in this, we ask that contributors stay with the general guidelines and organizational structures of this wiki.

If you are interested in "adopting" a composer, please volunteer on the talk page - or contact an admin - and your name will be added to the list below. If several folks volunteer for the same composer, admins may need to assign composers. Thanks!

Content items

• List of sheet music organized by various criteria (publication date, opus, genre)
• List of complete works (choral/vocal/all)
• List of all publications/editions
• Biography
• Bibliographic information
• External links
• Recordings of interest
• images

These items do not have to be included, and other content not listed here may also be added.

Currently adopted composers

• Johannes Brahms - Arthur Reutenauer (16 February 2007)

• William Byrd - Master Byrd for me - David Fraser (23 March 2006)

• William Croft - I'll take on William Croft. - Thomas F. Strode (16 July 2006)

• Juan del Encina - Here we have such a very interesting composer of the Catholic Kings of Spain (really, the four kingdoms that became Spain). If would you mind, I want to adopt him. - Oscar Santos (22 November 2007)

• Gabriel Fauré - I am willing to clean up his page(s) - Admin (22 March 2006)

• Carlo Gesualdo - The prince of Venosa for me - Martin Neumann (23 August 2007)

• Edvard Grieg - Roar Kvam (10 October 2008)

• Robert Jones - Not a main interest, but I've 4/6 of his books in facsimile on my office floor, so I'll take him on. Rob Durk (24 March 2006)

• Claudio Monteverdi – I'm currently preparing to conduct an entire program of Monteverdi, so I might as well sign up for him. Philip Legge (23 March 2006)

• Thomas Morley - Thomas Morley for me. Brian Russell (10 April 2006)

• William Mundy - My favorite composer. If you like Renaissance music and don't know him, you should! --Vaarky 06:14, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

• Palestrina - SDoonan 18:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - This will give Charles Villiers Stanford some company - John Henry Fowler (31 March 2006)

• Michael Praetorius - I will adopt this neglected composer --Bach1685Music (29 June 2008}

• Henry Purcell - I'll take on the "Orpheus Britannica" as well ... John Henry Fowler (3 April 2006, 29 June 2008)

• Caleb Simper - I will adopt this neglected composer - Eby (31 July 2008)

• Charles Villiers Stanford - Wouldn't mind this Genius ! - Jeremy Jones (29 March 2006)

• Tomás Luis de Victoria - Having already worked on the Victoria page in the past, I'll be happy to adopt his page. ChuckGiffen (13 April 2006)

• John Wilbye - Perhaps the highest quality per pound of output of any choral composer - Steve Andrews (28 July 2007)

• Hugo Wolf - I've sung a few bits and bobs by this manic depressant so I'll take him! - Robert Nottingham (11 May 2006)