Talk:Adrian Boult
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Does anybody know for sure when Boult died? Various online sources say Feb 22, Feb 23 or Mar 24. --Camembert
- It was definitely in February, and I believe it was the 22nd. --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 12:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
The article says that Boult gave the British premiere of Mahler's fifth symphony. However, Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) says that Heinz Unger gave that premiere - my source for this info is Kenneth Thompson's A Dictionary of 20th Century Composers (published in the mid 1970s, if memory serves) - if somebody knows better and can say for sure that Bould really did give the premiere, then the article on the symphony needs to be changed as well as this article. --Camembert
- I don't think the article says that Sir Adrian conducted the British première of Mahler's 5th. The 3rd, certainly - which is documented in Kennedy. Tim riley 23:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question on Lecture on Boult & Thomas Russell
I found a transcript of a lecture by Richard Witts which talks about the Thomas Russell affair, at this link:
http://www.witts.me.uk/pdf/Boult__Russell.pdf
I have not included this yet in the Boult wikipedia article, as an external link, partly because it has not been published in any formal journal that I can see, but also because some of Witts' comments about Boult are at best snarky, at worst possibly libelous. In fact, in a pdf from the Institute for Historical Research (London), Witts makes no bones about his thinking in the title of the talk there:
http://www.history.ac.uk/annual/annrep01_02.pdf
"Richard Witts: 'Adrian Boult, witchfinder general: musical McCarthyism in post-war Britain'"
To me, the irony is that in accusing Boult of Joseph McCarthy-like slander, Witts himself seems to be using the same "character assassination" tactics in some of his comments on Boult, even if it's more "personal" than "political". So, to include or not to include? Thanks, DJRafe 23:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- You can't libel the dead (as I understand the law), but whatever care needs to be taken not to give the criticisms undue weight. David Underdown 10:47, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Boult & Horenstein?
I think I read somewhere that Horenstein had been scheduled to do the Everest Mahler 1 session (& perhaps others too) in 1958 but got sick, and Boult came in to cover for him, which accounts for the unusual Boult recorded repertory of Hindemith, Shostakovich, & Mahler. Can anyone confirm this? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 01:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
