Talk:Thomas Wilson (composer)

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thomaswilsoncomposer.com doesn't seem to exist. Flapdragon 12:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BBC programme music commissions[edit]

@Gerda Arendt: As noted in the article before my addition of links, these works were commissions by the BBC, for the programmes in question. The New Road article notes the tv adaptation and Cloud Howe and Grey Granite redirect to A Scots Quair which in turn notes the tv adaptations of these works. The House with the Green Shutters article does not, though, mention the various BBC adaptations, which, if 1980 is correct, would actually be the tv, not radio, production of that year. There could be confusion with the 1989 radio production, less likely with the 1961 tv adaptation.

If it's a general sourcing issue tying Wilson to the work in question, that may apply more widely in the article, depending what the existing refs say. Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:59, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's confusing to be linked to anything other than a composition for the title. I saw that there is a section for the BBC commissions, and the pieces in question might better go there, perhaps? Or say: piece so-and-so, commissioned by the BBC for this-and-that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:10, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what's best, though it seems unlikely that articles for each individual work are likely to transpire, any time soon at least. Links to the productions, either standalone articles or included in articles on the various works and their adaptations, seemed to me the most realistic limit of expectation for a linked article. Not sure I see the section for BBC commissions, though all those in the "other" section seem to be for BBC productions. A rename of the section may be suitable. To note, there are BBC commissions listed elsewhere, I'm guessing as works for broadcast concerts rather than for productions.

Were you thinking of having the link to the production to avoid linking to the piece? Wondering if it might look as or more confuisng but you may be right. Could you give an example for one of the works? Mutt Lunker (talk) 13:07, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have little time right now, so just an example: Instead of The House with the Green Shutters, you could write

* music for the TV adaptation of the novel The House with the Green Shutters ...

After all these sonatas and songs, one expects a composition, not something else, such as a link to a novel. How about turning that whole BBC section into prose? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, likewise I'm kind of buried in other stuff but I like your example. Will have a think but not sure how much it would benefit from being prose unless there were sources to expand on the material further. Mutt Lunker (talk) 14:45, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Back a bit: I just find that section awfully repetitive, - who needs - after the header - "commissioned by the BBC" again in every line? I think in prose it might be easier to group a bit, but no rush for whatever, just don't let me land at a novel when I expect music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:32, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]