Talk:Sigurd Raschèr

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Article was moved from "Sigurd Rascher" to "Sigurd Raschèr"[edit]

Why were the "discussion" and "history" from the previous article not moved here?

More importantly, why was this page moved at all? I have just looked at hundreds of web pages listing the name "Sigurd Rascher" on Google, all the published arrangments I have by Rascher, and all references I can find in books about him (including The New Grove Dictionary of Music, and none lists his name with the grave accent on the "e" in his surname. Whoever did this needed to explain the reason behind this strange change, but didn't. Diacritics needs to be used according to the preference of the individual in question. Miroslav Vitous, for example, never uses the hachek (i.e. Miroslav Vitouš) and we have to respect the individual's own choice of spelling/diacritics. What is your evidence that the grave accent should be used (when neither Rascher himself, nor the premier English-language music dictionary seem to have used it)? Badagnani 23:44, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some reason why the editor who moved this page to a spelling including a diacritic that the subject seems not to have used not responding to this previous comment (above)? Badagnani 05:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No response from the person who moved this page means that this page needs to be moved back to Sigurd Rascher. Would an admin please take care of this? Thank you. Badagnani 00:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please. There is no such thing as a grave accent in the german language and i've never seen his name written that way. This is plain wrong. Please change it to be Rascher without any accent again. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.57.0.33 (talk) 11:51, 18 December 2005

Please sign posts. The guy who changed it has confirmed to me that he knew Rascher and that Rascher always and consistently insisted his name be spelled with the grave accent. I checked and the Rascher Saxophone Ensemble does indeed use this diacritic. http://www.rsq-sax.com/ Perhaps his family was originally from France. Badagnani 19:33, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In answer to the above questions

I worked closely with Raschèr for a period of nine months, and during that time he never failed to use the diacritical, both in typed correspondence and in his signature. In reviewing printed materials that I had prepared, he consistently corrected any appearance of his name that omitted the diacritical. At his memorial service, there was a display of many concert posters and programs from the 1930s through 1970s, all of which spelled his name with the diacritical. Therefore I moved the page here.
There was no Discussion page to move. You can see that by looking here.
The reason that I did not move the history page was that I did not know how. I still don't know how, but you can see the old history page here.
The reason there was "No response from the person who moved this page" is because you didn't contact me about it. If you have a question for someone, ask it on their "User Talk" page, or by emailing them using the link on their "User" page. Don't expect an editor to regularly check the talk page for every article he ever edited. Thanks. -- SaxTeacher (talk) 23:23, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, there is no Akzent Grav in German. The name originates from Switzerland (also Rascher's roots) which has four languages: German, French, Italian and Rätoromans. This fourth language is a mixture of Swiss- german, Latin and Italian, therefore Romanisch( I am most likely spelling this wrong!)The word Rascher means someone who gathers rosin for medicinal purposes.(from pine trees,also used for preparing the hair on string instruments). I have this information first hand from my father.Sorry, my computer has no accent grave. User Kattamaki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kattamaki (talk • contribs) 15:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Many other career awards"[edit]

I am removing the last bullet of the awards section, since it would be better fitted to this talk page discussion. There is a claim that the subject received many other awards - if this is the case, let's find a reference and cite it. Ludicrous (talk) 17:06, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]