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"(These concertos) are firm fixtures in his/the repertoire"

Someone changed this from "the repertoire" to "his repertoire". I don't think this is right; for most people who use this word, "his repertoire" would be mean "pieces Mozart played" and "the repertoire" means "pieces characteristically played by musicians in general". It is the second meaning that is applicable here; the sentence means that the practice of playing Mozart concertos has endured to this day. Opus33 (talk) 06:42, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Miserere Myth

Charles Burney makes clear in his 'Present State &c' [Italy) that it was not 'forbidden' to copy this work; rather, its manner of performance was so unique that transcribed scores were inadequate to indicate exactly how to reproduce it; hence, copying was futile. It could only be 'learned', for example, by becoming a guest conductor. Whether Mozart wrote it out from memory or not is irrelevant. Doubtless he could have, but it would have been rather a waste of time. 193.114.140.166 (talk) 03:24, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". The painting Portrait of the Mozart Family depicts him with his family around 1780.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → Mozart – WP:CONCISE and WP:COMMONNAME, see ngrams 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:19, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:CONCISE, which notes that "given names and family names are usually not omitted or abbreviated for the purposes of concision". This is consistent with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Johannes Brahms and Claude Debussy and so forth. SilverLocust 💬 11:54, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as per SilverLocust. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:09, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. See above. Zacwill (talk) 12:20, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Me thinks you read WP:COMMONNAME wrong. I dunno why people would even bother with 'oppose' votes. Or are even pretending to take this seriously. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 13:25, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Two days ago Portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was moved to Portraits of Mozart, with the edit summary "make consistent with other Mozart pages". Those Mozart pages appear to be Biographies of Mozart and some others linked to from Template:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I would be in favour of moving at least those two to Biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and (back to) Portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, assuming that this RM fails. Ham II (talk) 14:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think that would be a misunderstanding. While I agree that for the biography, the guideline is to have the full name, I don't believe that it is meant also for related articles. I once started an article Reger works, and find Mozart operas useful for easy search. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:50, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I quite agree with Reger works and Mozart operas existing as redirects, but those articles' titles are (now, at least) List of compositions by Max Reger and List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ham II (talk) 15:01, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't go for making the shortcuts article names, but without a redirect, searching for such a list, especially with a first name as long as Wolfgang Amadeus, is tedious. There are longish discussions about different names than Bach cantata in its archives. - It's not without irony that Mozart never used Wolfgang Amadeus. The Salzburg Festival - his festival - uses W. A. Mozart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others, also largely agreeing with Gerda. Reger works would not be ideal as the actual title, but Mozart operas would be fine imo. Johnbod (talk) 15:03, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]