Talk:Hubert Parry

Deletion of Compositions section

I have deleted the short Compositions section because it lists very few of his works and the text above already gives a much fuller list. Ben Finn 19:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Cause of death

Did Parry really die of Spanish flu? The biography by Dibble doesn't mention anything like it. According to Dibble, p. 495, he already had a badly suppurating cyst, then a new cyst developed and eventually caused blood poisoning. Also, his dying was drawn out for a month, which hardly seems compatible with a sudden death of influenza.195.246.180.202 (talk) 12:18, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

He is listed as dying of it in a history of the pandemic, The Plague of the Spanish lady by Richard Collier and the dates fit. Perhaps he might have finally died of the flu on top of those pre-existing conditions? Vultureofbook (talk) 03:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Studies with Sterndale Bennett

An editor keeps deleting the words about their being unsufficiently demanding for Parry: this is the source, Jeremy Dibble in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "While working at Lloyd's, Parry took lessons with Sir William Sterndale Bennett, but found them insufficiently critical, so he made enquiries through his friend Walter Broadwood and through Joseph Joachim to study with Brahms in Vienna." – Tim riley (talk) 15:32, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Development 'almost certainly hampered'

I've amended 'His own full development as a composer was almost certainly hampered by the immense amount of work he took on' by replacing 'was almost certainly' with 'may have been'. Setting aside the question of whether the amount of work he took on actually had an effect on his development, to claim that his 'full development' was 'hampered' is to make a value judgement about the quality of his music, which, being a value judgement, either isn't the sort of thing that admits of near certainty or is devoid of objectivity. H Remster (talk) 18:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Extensive revision of childhood and education sections

With Tim riley's encouragement, I started reworking this article with the intention of giving it a complete overhaul. Unfortunately time to do this has been restricted recently by "real life" commitments; so rather than sit on what I had done so far, I have now updated the article with that material. I'd be very happy if another editor wishes to continue this work, but I do hope and intend to resume when I have more time. Alfietucker (talk) 11:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

This is a great improvement, and I applaud. I hope at some point Alfie's commitments will allow him time to resume, but meanwhile the article is already a lot better than it was. Tim riley talk 19:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

That's very kind of you, Tim. I certainly like the old chap even more having started work on the article, and will return when I can for more substantial work. I hope that doesn't put any other editors off if they're interested in having a go! Alfietucker (talk) 20:03, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Newly discovered works

A description of the auction material is available as a pdf download ("Click here for further details") at the auctioneer's website: [1]. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:58, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Prince Charles is to present a BBC Four programme about Parry on Friday 27 May: [2]. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:11, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

It's a repeat, with the PoW talking to Officer Dibble. I was much tickled to see the hits on our page rocket up from a few score a day to many hundreds when Parry's music was featured at the wedding of Prince William and then again at the first broadcast of Prince Charles's programme. Tim riley talk 18:39, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Ah yes, it was first shown on 8 Feb 2013. I love good gritty 1950s films almost as much as I love Officer Dibble. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:48, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

And how many extra hits shall we have on our WP page after the repeat? Faites vos jeux! Tim riley talk 19:45, 19 May 2015 (UTC)