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Consider this a work in progress for which I don't have as much time as I'd like to have. This is not a FAC, and the multiple tags were one of the reasons to split. It's on my mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 1 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
You do know that I hate these tags. Everybody seems to know that Concentus Musicus Wien promoted HIP, etc. - I want to find a way not to have to add a ref to each individual field, - it's distracting. Do you have a solution? I want to focus on the bio and not think of this but this makes me think of it. Makes me sad. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 1 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
Suggesting to drop the {{Cantata discography row}} layout. I've tried to work with it a few times in the past, but find it rather counterproductive. I won't go as far as to say I "hate" it, but my feelings towards that layout come pretty close.
A bit of history: We have recordings lists for Bach's major works, such as Mass in B minor discography. It used to look like this: two separate lists, one for "normal" instruments, a different one for period instruments. The idea was to have one list, sortable by various criteria, but somehow retain the information where it came from, - in other words, the "Period" is not something that needs a citation, but something that was there before, meant to not loose the original information. Concentus Musicus Wien is a HIP ensemble, regardless which piece. I received a review from the beginning of their cantatas cycle. https://www.jstor.org/stable/741467?seq=1 - similar Koopman and Suzuki. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 2 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
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The article was shortened and made a bulleted list. Just to explain how that could ever have been a DYK article. I am not sure that the bullets really improves the quality. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 30 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Converted to prose again. IMHO, however, there is still rather too much prose for a discography (discographies are, if I remember correctly, in Wikipedia rather regarded as lists). A list can have a decent, even an extended, intro, but when prose and list proper largely double one-another, and use around the same amount of words, that doesn't seem to be very balanced. --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
