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Too much bias. --Eldarion 23:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed several gushing adjectives but I don't think the article is especially biased -- there really were no challengers to Rockmore through the Theremin's early years. RomaC 01:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does the mySpace link really belong there? It seems just advertising to me, especially placed where it is, in the middle of the article instead of in the External References section. Also the title "Clara Rockmore MySpace" is misleading since she is no longer alive. I'm moving it at the end. -- Daniel 11:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it's OK to say that she was a virtuoso performer when you source it. A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument so she fits this definition. The problem is the "she's considered". Please visit Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words. Maybe you could just say "she was a virtuso (...) performer". Cheers --Karljoos (talk) 19:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture[edit]

It would be nice to find a pic of Clara to post on this article. I found this on google. http://www.thestraniero.com/stranierovision/images/Clara-Rockmore.jpg

We may be able to get one under fair use. — Edward Z. Yang^(Talk) 01:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Music[edit]

Freebird55 (talk) 17:18, 9 March 2016 (UTC) I suggest an addition to the Clara Rockmore page, I'd like to add that the theme music to 'Midsomer Murders' is played on the instrument the theremin by Celia Sheen. Thank you Freebird55 (talk) 17:18, 9 March 2016 (UTC) Freebird55[reply]

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There is a grammatical error: the word 'she' before the word 'tendenitis' is incorrect. 81.101.75.102 (talk) 18:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected (talk) 19:14, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Already done EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 20:22, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revert 'virtuosa performer' in first line back to 'virtuoso performer'. Feminine form of this word may be correct in Latin or Romance languages, but is extremely uncommon in English and makes the line look bizarrely pedantic. 38.140.164.106 (talk) 01:36, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unexplained undo[edit]

Specifico, could you explain why you object to my edit? I made some minor changes to the text, which I thought improved the tone and readability, and added some information about why the family left Europe. Zacwill (talk) 18:13, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I feel your edit added unsourced information and was worse in tone and diction than what had been there, e.g. you wrote "born to a family of Jews" omitted the migration to America and other issues. SPECIFICO talk 19:47, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

'Born to a family of Lithuanian Jews' is better than 'the daughter of a Lithuanian-Jewish family' in my opinion, but that's personal preference. I don't see that I omitted the migration to America: '...before leaving for the United States in 1922.' Zacwill (talk) 22:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Let's wait and see what others think. SPECIFICO talk 22:42, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

She couldn't have been "the daughter" if she had a sister. How about "born to a Jewish-Lithuanian family"? The additional details on movement are potentially valuable, but they should be sourced. Eperoton (talk) 22:56, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I find User:Zacwill's version slightly better flowing, especially the section around "meeting fellow immigrant Léon Theremin" and omitting the repeated date of birth details. I also agree with User:Eperoton about the slightly confusing use of "the daughter". Further, Zacwill gives more details about the family's movements, and omits unnecessary historial geographical detail. On balance, I prefer Zacwill's. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 23:13, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a source, with a lot of other valuable information that could be incorporated into the article. Zacwill (talk) 23:25, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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