Talk:Edmund Chipp

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This page is young and still evolving, Contributions welcomed.Bvrly (talk) 18:35, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chipp and Mendelssohn

Dear Bvrly, Please don't take my edits of this article as an attack on you personally. What you have written about Mendelssohn's untoward reception in the UK before 1844 is completely unsubstantiated by any biography of the composer - please look for example at R. Larry Todd's 2003 biography, Werner's biography or indeed any other. Nor was there any hint of anti-Semitism attached to M. in the press or elsewhere. There is no evidence that Chipp introduced M.'s music to the Royal Family. And it is just not true that Chipp was the first to play M.'s compositions in the UK before he became famous (or even I think that he was the first to give M's organ sonatas in public, as the composer himself played them frequently, but I am open to correction on this if you can provide citations). The Musical Times obituary which you cite does not say that Mendelssohn heard Chipp play the six sonatas from memory, only that the obituarist heard him do so - your citation as it stood was misleading. (Of course if you can find well-researched publications which you can cite backing such statements, I will gladly withdraw these comments). I do not mean in any way to demean Chipp, but if you make unreasonable claims for him you yourself are devaluing him. With best regards, --Smerus (talk) 21:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I would recommend that you rename the article as Edmund Chipp (according to standard Wikipedia practice) and add some categories - that way the article will get more readers. If you want help on this (it is a bit complex for new editors) I will be glad to do it on your behalf.--Smerus (talk) 21:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]