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Try calling Franz Schubert a "melodist", or Shakespeare a "lyricist". [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:40, 8 September 2008 (EDT) | Try calling Franz Schubert a "melodist", or Shakespeare a "lyricist". [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:40, 8 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
:Shakespeare didn't write lyrics, and I don't think Schubert would approve of "songwriter" :) [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:27, 8 September 2008 (EDT) | :Shakespeare didn't write lyrics, and I don't think Schubert would approve of "songwriter" :) [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:27, 8 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Too right on Shakespeare. However Franz was a writer (composer) of songs - some say the greatest. I think if an interviewer had said: "Herr Schubert; as a songwriter, do you think that blah blah blah?" he would not have been too upset. | ||
| + | :I think this article should be confined to "popular" music. | ||
Revision as of 21:45, September 8, 2008
Try calling Franz Schubert a "melodist", or Shakespeare a "lyricist". AlanE 16:40, 8 September 2008 (EDT)
- Shakespeare didn't write lyrics, and I don't think Schubert would approve of "songwriter" :) HelpJazz 17:27, 8 September 2008 (EDT)
Too right on Shakespeare. However Franz was a writer (composer) of songs - some say the greatest. I think if an interviewer had said: "Herr Schubert; as a songwriter, do you think that blah blah blah?" he would not have been too upset.
- I think this article should be confined to "popular" music.