Robin Newton replies to Andrew Carlan:

>As for Nielsen, I'm afraid the article is not as big you or I would like.
>I'm not entirely sure why, but he's got around 3000 words plus full
>work-list and bibliography.  Personally I feel that he and Sibelius should
>get around the same, but its not the case.  Its actually a truly bizarre
>activity trying to work out how many words a particular figure 'deserves'.
>Our criteria are far from concrete, but I don't see how they can be any
>other way.

I haven't seen this edition but I wonder how much space Wagenseil gets with
his massive output.

I think we can all guess who gets most space without even looking.  Shush,
you know who.

And, of course to the average reader there's an implicit message in the
amount of space allocated ie the greatest get most.

On a more positive note: I reckon the idea of putting the New Grove
online would be excellent.  A massive task though.  Any work going?

Bob Draper
Challenging Music's Paradigms
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