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==BLPs/February 2010==

The following are now all referenced or otherwise processed:

*<s>[[Aasmund Nordstoga]]</s>{{Y}}
*[[Abdalla El-Masri]]{{Y}}
*[[Akira Miyoshi]]{{Y}}
*[[Alastair King]]{{Y}}
*[[Alejandro Núñez Allauca]]{{Y}}
*[[Alexander Shchetynsky]]{{Y}}
*[[Alfio Fazio]]{{Y}}
*[[Amos Elkana]]{{Y}}
*[[Andreas Kunstein]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Andrzej Smolik]]</s>
*[[André Popp]]{{Y}}
*[[Anne Dudley]]{{Y}}
*[[Anthony Gatto (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Antoine Duhamel]]{{Y}}
*[[Antón García Abril]]{{Y}}

*<s>[[Arianna Savall]]</s>
Ato Mariano
*[[Axel Borup-Jørgensen]] Minimal, not worth saving? {{Y}} but remains a stub as pointed out
*[[Barry Truax]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Bernhard Wagner]]</s>
*<s>[[Björn J:son Lindh]]</s> non-classical
*[[Boris Yoffe]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Boris Đurđević]]</s>
*[[Bruce MacCombie]]{{Y}} but only with primaries
*[[Bunita Marcus]]{{Y}}
*[[Cacilda Borges Barbosa]]{{N}} nothing to find? <sub>added citation and link, check it again, please</sub> {{Y}} Translation checks out so it is fine.  Now also added Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers per [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0393034879?ie=UTF8&keywords=cacilda&p=S02H&twc=1&avc=1&checkSum=G%2B%2BXBfo66ltcIdsWSDtT3QqfT2AIRghE6juPJkxa%2Bx4%3D this] (needs account). --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 21:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Cezar Mateus]]</s>
*[[Chihchun Chi-sun Lee]]{{Y}}
*[[Corey Dargel]]{{Y}}
*[[Craig Russell (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Cristobal Pazmino]]{{Y}}
*[[César de Oliveira]] {{N}} <sub>please don't confuse with Brazilian composers Paulo César de Oliveira and Marco César de Oliveira Brito. This article was recently repeatedly deleted on Portuguese Wikipedia. No reliable sources found.</sub>
:I nearly PRODed this until I realised neither [[Paulo César de Oliveira]] nor [[Marco César de Oliveira Brito]] have articles here either.  How do we distinguish between them all?  Are those other guys notable?  We are on a bit of a back foot with this one it seems...  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Damon Ebner]]</s>
*[[Daniel Dutton]]- this is an odd one - the only real info is to be found on DD's own site - there is also a 'review' of a record of his music that suggests his 'operas' are really more in the line of songwriting - I suggest this is left to sink or swim.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 20:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
:Added one reference but not that good.  Agree sink or swim.  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 20:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
::This is how I put it this afternoon: --- {{question}} Only a single review from a not-entirely-RS plus his official site.  Orphan still.  [http://www.cdbaby.com/Search/fj8%3D/0/c3ViR2VucmU6OlBzeWNoZWRlbGlj/c3ViR2VucmU6Ok1vZGVybiBGb2xr This] probably says it all...  Now tagged NN --- Personally, (after some thought now) I'd just PROD it and see if anyone notices...  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:21, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
::{{N}}PROD --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 16:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
::'''Update''' - AfD.  See project talkpage.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 20:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[David B. Doty]] - no sources for this guy online (or anywhere else that I can find) apart from his own  notes to his recordings and his own website, which quaintly cites 'My Wikipedia article. Perhaps some qualified person would like to edit and expand it.'     Another case of sink or swim.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 20:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
:Another PROD?  I only found one ref and his own sites this afternoon.  I didn't tick these two guys off here, BTW, in case anyone had a flash of inspiration and found a great source which we might have missed if they were maked "done"...  Well, you never know..!  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
::{{N}}PROD --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 16:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
:::'''Update''' {{Y}} Deprodded --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 20:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[David Earl]]{{Y}} <sub>not the most brilliant sources, but better than a slap in the face with a wet haddock for someone who seems clearly notable enough.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 18:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)</sub>
*[[David Lang (composer)]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[David Linx]]</s>
*[[David Ward-Steinman]]{{Y}}
*[[David del Puerto]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Deepak Dev]]</s>
*[[Diderik Wagenaar]]{{Y}}
*[[Dieter Kaufmann]]{{Y}}
*[[Dominic Muldowney]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Don Friedman]]</s>
*[[Don Kay (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Edwin Penhorwood]]{{Y}} but far too many sopranos... --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 03:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Edwin Roxburgh]]{{Y}} very notable it seems
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]]{{Y}}
*[[Elodie Lauten]]{{Y}} all a little too Primary for my liking (Kalvos and Damien are Nonpop artists and Lauten appears to be associated with the nonpop scene).  Verify please!  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 04:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Eric Ross]]{{Y}} {{N}} sources now questioned: see the article's talk page  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 05:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Erica Muhl]]{{Y}}
*[[Erik Bach]] {{Y}}
*[[Erkki-Sven Tüür]]{{Y}}
*[[Esteban Benzecry]]{{Y}}
*[[Ester Mägi]]{{Y}}
*[[Eve Beglarian]]{{Y}}
*[[Francis Dhomont]]{{Y}}
*[[Frans Bak]]{{Y}} <sub>WPJazz?</sub>
*[[Frederik Magle]]{{Y}}
*[[Garbis Aprikian]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Gennady Gladkov]]</s>
*[[George Dreyfus]] {{Y}} was already quite acceptable imo but have added a ref anyway--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 19:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Georgi Minchev (composer)|Georgi Minchev]]<s>{{N}}</s> but Google book search came up with New Grove as a possible source.  Any one verify he has an article in NG?  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 01:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC) {{y}} Now sourced from [[Oxford Music Online]] (= Grove).--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 14:23, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Gilbert Biberian]]{{Y}} ''24 Preludes for Guitar'' seem very well known in Guitar world but I only found one useful page to source him.  Any more?  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 01:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Gilius van Bergeijk]] Reduced to stub by BLP content deletionist. - {{y}}Rolled back (AFG) and added some sources.  Please check they are useful RSs.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 22:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
:Donemus and HCMF sources seem good. I notice the HCMF performance was at Bates Mill, which is the venue where they put all the weird stuff...!  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 23:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Giorgos Katsaros]]</s>songwriter--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 10:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Grigoriy Korchmar]]{{Y}}
*[[Hans-Ola Ericsson]]{{N}} possible copyvio, page blanked and [[WP:CP]] and creator notified --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 02:26, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Heinz Chur]] Reduced to stub by BLP content deletionist, but content is uncontentious and I've restored it. - OTOH, I can't find ''anything'' about this bloke!  PROD?  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 22:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
:Looks PROD-worthy. The best hint of notability is the claim of a recording on MDG, but I can't find this on [http://www.mdg.de/ MDG's own website]. The German version [[:de:Heinz Chur]] is scarcely any better.  The [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=2.1/SET=4/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=1080&SRT=YOP&TRM=Heinz+Chur+ reference] to the Deutsche National Bibliothek looks promising, but it's just a list of works.  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 22:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
::{{n}} PRODed. (<s>Your last link is broken BTW, hence the dl tag!</s> corrected)--[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 00:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Hildegard Westerkamp]]{{Y}} (I didn't see any obvious COI either so I removed that tag, too)  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 03:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
:The COI tag was added by {{user|Duffbeerforme}} after {{user|Electrocdwiki}}, owner of the record label [[Empreintes DIGITALes]], created or expanded articles for most of the composers on his label &mdash; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Empreintes DIGITALes]].  I think most of these COI tags could probably be removed if there is no obvious promotion of the label.  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 15:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
::Oh ''that''.  The AfD proposed mass-deleting multiple articles simply because of very minor COI concerns, IIRC.  Anyway, I suspect the tagging was ''also'' somewhat agressive so we can safely remove any more that don't tag really obvious promo of the label, agreed.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 17:26, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Hirofumi Taniguchi]]</s> not composer --[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 21:28, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Howard Cable]]{{Y}}
*[[Huib Emmer]]{{Y}} but not much (and in Dutch); might also be in New Grove according to Google books --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 18:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Ib Nørholm]]{{Y}}
*[[Ilija Pejovski]]{{N}} (prodded) - very passing mentions and his own book were all I could find so Smerus' PROD is probably correct.  I think he's WPJazz anyway so we should just probably unbanner this one and forget about it.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 22:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
::'''Update''' {{Y}} Deprod (may well be classical too)  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 20:50, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Isabel Soveral]]{{Y}}
*[[Jaakko Mäntyjärvi]]{{Y}}
*[[Jacques Castérède]]{{Y}} '''but''' retagged "refimprove" because sources are not great --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 18:33, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[James Di Pasquale]]{{Y}} Nothing beyond NY Times filmography and IMDb, added as ELs.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 00:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[James Erber]]{{icon|q}} Think he might be a bit young to be notable yet.  Nothing much out there anyway.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 03:20, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Jay Alan Yim]]{{N}} but he seems to have taught [http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/markengebretson.html Mark Engebretson] according to [http://www.operatoday.com/content/2008/10/tom_moore_inter_5.php this].  That composer appears to need an article if a quick [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=CWd&q=%22Mark%2BEngebretson%22+%2Bcomposer+-wikipedia&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= Google is trustworthy].  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 02:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
:{{Y}}Vaguely sourced now.  Also, I (re)created the article on [[Mark Engebretson]]]. --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 16:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC) 
*<s>[[Jeffrey Fayman]]</s>
*<s>[[Joel Garten]]</s>
*[[John D. Stevens]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[John Ewbank]]</s>
*[[John Ferritto]]{{Y}} Not BLP
*[[John Mackey (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[John Palmer (composer)]]{{icon|q}} not sure if he copied ''us'' or if we are copyvioing [http://www.johnpalmer.org/bioE.html ''him'']...  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 03:54, 7 February 2010 (UTC) 
*<s>[[John Sheahan]]</s>
*[[John Webb (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Josep Mestres Quadreny]]{{Y}}
*[[Joseph Curiale]]{{Y}}
*[[José Carlos Amaral Vieira]]{{Y}} removed mistagging but added refimprove after I failed to find more --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 02:52, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[José María Sánchez-Verdú]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Kasper Bai]]</s> Songwriter.  I gave a source anyway.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 06:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Kepa Junkera]]</s>
*[[Kim Kuusi]]{{Y}} though he appears to be a jingle writer and eurovision songwriter only.  Any more?  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 19:01, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Larry Goves]]{{Y}} he's all over the web - highly notable --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 19:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Laurence Crane]]{{Y}}
*[[Linda Catlin Smith]]{{Y}}
*[[Liu Shueh-Shuan]] Taiwanese light music composer probably notable but difficult to reference
*[[Marek Biliński]]{{N}}<sub>bannered for speedy deletion as 100% copyvio - otherwse prod, no refs anywhere I could see--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 18:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)</sub>
*[[Marjorie Merryman]]{{Y}} Frustrating. She should be perfectly notable but I can't find one review link. Partly because the Boston Globe is not online. Maybe someone else can have a go? --''[[User:Kleinzach|<span style="color:#FF4500;letter-spacing:2px;">Klein</span>]][[User talk:Kleinzach|<span style="padding:0px 0px 1px 2px;color:white; background-color:#ACE1AF;letter-spacing:2px;">zach</span>]]'' 11:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC) <sub>Clearly notable, you can find plenty of reviews in major US journals, see [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Marjorie+Merryman%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Search+Archives Google News Archives].</sub>--[[User:Vejvančický|Vejvančický]] ([[User talk:Vejvančický|talk]]) 12:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC) 
*<s>[[Mall'd Vydinac]]</s> flagged for speedy delete (hoax) Are you sure? I've never heard of a shopping mall with this name. Is it in the US? A Google search gives [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Mall%27d+Vydinac%22+-wikipedia&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a this] which simply takes us to wikimirrors if you follow the links through.  Obvious PROD anyway, though, if the Speedy is refused!  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 22:57, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Hmm- may have been wrong about the shopping mall, due ot misreading of Google, but her supposed music school, 17 km from Paris, is an anagram of 'is nowhere'; it's defnitely a hoax.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 06:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC) {{N}} '''Note''' now PRODed after speedy declined.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 17:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
:The place she was supposedly born looks suspicious too.  How has this article managed to survive 2½ years without anyone spotting it...?  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 18:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
::"Mall'd Vydinac" is an anagram of "David McNally".  The article was created by {{user|Davidm617617}}.  Could it be...?  --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 18:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
:::Unless he lives in Kent (Ace Kent) or has a very friendly cat (Keen Cat), Ancketé doesn't anagram to much (though Ate Neck is a bit worrying).  There are [http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Nomi+alea+Real+Mur+ly&language=english&t=1000&d=&include=&exclude=&n=&m=&source=adv&a=n&l=n&q=n&k=1 58824 anagrams] of "Nomi alea Réal Mur ly", so unless it is a phonetic play I've missed or his girl friend's name anagrammed, I can't get that one.  David McNally is probably right, though!  All good fun.  Article still goes though...  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 06:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
::::"Nomi alea Réal Mur ly" is an anagram of "really our email, man", which is the most promising candidate I have found so far.  AA Milne, manure, normal, normally, etc can all be formed from these letters but don't really go anywhere further, as far I can see. There is a full listing of 62501 anagrams [http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Nomi+alea+R%C3%A9al+Mur+ly&language=english&t=0&d=&include=&exclude=&n=&m=&source=adv&a=n&l=n&q=n&k=1 here] if anyone is that bothered.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 22:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Martijn Padding]]{{Y}}
*[[Martin Boykan]]{{Y}} mistagged but more added --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 14:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC) {{icon|q}} appears to be copied from Boston Modern Orchestra Project website.  Verify?  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 14:53, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Maria de Alvear]]{{Y}}
*[[Mary Ellen Childs]]{{Y}} Grove or ODM would consolidate this.  Clear notable.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 07:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Max Méreaux]]{{Y}}
*[[Michael Byron]]{{Y}}
*[[Michael Gordon (composer)]] {{Y}}
*<s>[[Michel Geiss]]</s>
*[[Milos Raickovich]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Mineminemine]]</s>
*[[Nigel Keay]] {{Y}} <sub>looks like this was already done by [[User:Kleinzach|Kleinzach]], but I added another ref --[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 20:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)</sub>
*[[Nils Lindberg]]{{Y}}
*[[Olivier Derivière]]{{Y}}
*[[Oscar van Dillen]] Note - [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Oscar this] claims he was a member of the WikiMedia foundation and first President of Wikimedia Nederland.  Notable in a rather surprising way, then, possibly!  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
:{{N}} OTOH, I can't find anything beyond passing mentions of him either as a composer or first President of Wikimedia Nederland.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
::<s>PRODed</s> AfDed (didn't spot the first one): [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oscar van Dillen (2nd nomination)]] --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 23:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
:::{{Y}} but need more and needs sources about him not just about his music!  Might just survive AfD, again, too.  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 03:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Paavo Heininen]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Pedro Iturralde]]</s>
*<s>[[Petar Krumov]]</s>
*[[Pierre Cogen]]{{Y}}
*[[Pär Lindgren]]{{icon|q}} appears to be a close paraphrase of one of the references --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 14:31, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Pēteris Vasks]]{{Y}} mistagged --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 13:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Paul Dolden]]{{Y}}
*[[Paul W. Whear]]{{Y}}
*[[Peter Ruzicka]]{{Y}}
*[[Pierre Mariétan]]{{Y}}
* [[Rafał Stradomski]]{{Y}}
*[[Rihards Dubra]]{{Y}}
*[[Robert Cogan]]{{Y}}
*[[Rodrigo Cadiz]]{{Y}}
*[[Roland Dyens]]{{Y}} mistagged but it could do with more  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 04:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Raoul Pleskow]]{{Y}}
*[[Richard Emsley]]{{Y}}
*[[Richard Stoker]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Robert Hartshorne]]</s> not a composer - I have prodded him anyway--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 17:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Robert Matthew-Walker]]</s> not a composer--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 14:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Robert Washburn]]{{Y}} but article appears to be a close-paraphrase of his own website and has been tagged as such  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 13:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Robert Ian Winstin]]{{Y}} found a source, but also removed a lot of copyvio material.--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 11:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Roderick Watkins]]{{Y}}
*[[Ronald Caltabiano]]{{Y}}
*[[Roxanna Panufnik]]{{Y}}
*[[Samuel Jones (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Sara Carvalho]]{{Y}}  but not a great source --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 04:57, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
*<s>[[Sarah Peebles]]</s>
*[[Sheila Silver]]{{Y}}
*[[Simon Emmerson (composer)]]{{Y}}
*[[Sinan Savaskan]]{{Y}}
*[[Stefan Hakenberg]]{{Y}}
*[[Stephen Jaffe]]{{Y}} wrongly tagged --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 12:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Surendran Reddy]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Tom Price (musician)]]</s>
*[[Tona Scherchen]]{{Y}}
*[[Toshi Ichiyanagi]]{{Y}}
*[[Ugo Nastrucci]]{{Y}}
*[[Vasco Mendonça]]{{N}} prodded--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 14:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[Victor Davies]]{{Y}}
*<s>[[Vincent de Jesus]]</s>{{N}} <sub>due for a prod I would say - no sources but seems to be a songwriter rather than composer and anyway nonnotable despite the inflated text (which I will tone down)--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 14:53, 9 February 2010 (UTC)</sub>
::Note: removed from Composers and moved to Film  --[[User:Jubileeclipman|Jubilee♫]][[User talk:Jubileeclipman|<span style="color:darkorange;">clipman</span>]] 17:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
*[[W. Francis McBeth]]{{Y}}
*[[Walter Hekster]]{{Y}}
*[[William Anderson (guitarist)]]{{Y}}
*[[Zoltán Jeney]]{{Y}}

== Underdeveloped Composers ==

The following is a list of composers who have been identified as in need of work.  Feel free to add to this list or work on these articles!

* [[Alexandre Rey Colaço]]: Not enough sources and lacking information regarding musical style.
* [[Karel Bendl]]
* [[Michael Berkeley]]: sketchy. Lacks information on musical style
* [[Jackson Berkey]]: needs more references and expansion, but substantially improved over its one-sentence prior existence. 
* [[Marcel Bitsch]]: stub
* [[Adriaan Bonsel]]: stub, needs references (possibly to articles not in Dutch) 
* [[Jürgen Braüninger]]: stub
* [[Jerry Brubaker]]: could use some photos and more details about original works (not arrangements)
* Wan Chi Cung Page here ->[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/WAN_CHI_CHUNG]] : Need to expand - anyone with knowledge in Chinese Classical Opera - particularly in Hong Kong please  add and edit - Original creator can't read Chinese and the translations are not the best.
* [[Jean Courtois (composer)]] needs a look by someone with access to the latest Grove. [[User:Narky Blert|Narky Blert]] ([[User talk:Narky Blert|talk]]) 18:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
* [[Camille Decreus]] - Stub, bio almost doesn't exist on web
* [[Adam Falckenhagen]] - I'll be doing my best to improve this article. Any help is welcomed. [[User:Lantrix|<span style="color:#3300FF;">Lantrix</span>]] <span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 0.7em; position: relative; top: -0.5em; bolder">::[[User_talk:Lantrix|<span style="color:#FF3300;">Talk</span>]]::[[Special:Contributions/Lantrix|<span style="color:#009933;">Contrib</span>]]::</span> 06:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
* [[Zdeněk Fibich]]: needs cleanup
* [[Josef Bohuslav Foerster]]
* [[Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann]]
* [[Alois Hába]]: pioneer of microtonal composition.  Needs massive expansion to properly cover his important work in this field.
* [[Tibor Harsányi]]: start
* [[Karel Kovařovic]]
* [[Iša Krejčí]]
* [[Jaroslav Křička]]: stub
* [[Ralph Lyford]]
* [[David_MacIntyre_(composer)|David MacIntyre]]
* [[Jocelyn Morlock]]
* [[José Vianna da Motta]]: <sub>added something, it's a bit less stublike now.  lots more on Portuguese WP, which I can't understand--[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 21:28, 9 February 2010 (UTC)</sub>
* [[Vítězslav Novák]]: lacking citations
* [[Fritz Joseph Orzelek]]
* [[Otakar Ostrčil]]: lacking citations
* [[Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa]]
* [[Jeffrey Ryan]]
* [[Ruben Sargsyan]] - article creator has [[WP:COI]] - effective translation from Russian Wikipedia.
* [[Rodney Sharman]]
* [[Matthew Shlomowitz]]
* [[Robert Stoepel]] 
* [[Zygmunt Stojowski]]: unref tag
* [[Henri Tomasi]] - This article is...in poor condition. I'll leave it at that.
* [[Barry Truax]]
* [[Owen Underhill]]
* [[Chinary Ung]]: (Grawemeyer prize, 1989) stub
* [[Theo Verbey]]
* [[Hildegard Westerkamp]]
* [[Julia Wolfe]]: cleanup needed
* [[Vache Sharafyan]]: pruned his article down, but he looks notable and well regarded. Currently just a couple sentence stub.
* [[Jamal Belal]]

[[User:Lioux|Lioux]] ([[User talk:Lioux|talk]]) 06:43, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

==Automated expert requests==
[[:Category:Composers articles needing expert attention]]

==Composer stubs==

Another good place to look for underdeveloped composer biographies is in the composer-stub category:  [[:Category:Composer_stubs]]

==Featured articles==
The following is a list of composer articles who have been considered as a [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured article]].  They may be helpful examples.

* [[Rebecca Helferich Clarke|Rebecca Clarke]]
* [[Charles Ives]]
* [[Olivier Messiaen]]
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
* [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
* [[Igor Stravinsky]]