Talk:Igor Kipnis

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Greetings -

Igor Kipnis is certainly one of the greatest names in harpsichordy. His dedication to both the instrument and the music of the harpsichord can be appreciated from the perspective of a lion taimer.

"The harpsichord is not unlike a wild cat, fornicating on a tin roof." - Igor Kipnis (1977)

While colourful, the reference is entirely correct, as most poeple find the modern piano to be a much more easthetic instrument and easier to handel sound!

The history of the harpsichord is fraught by many technical and artistic constraints.

MORE to FollOW!!! - unsigned.

Well, he certainly was one of the best known harpsichoridist of the 20th century, and did much to popularize the instrument, picking up where Wanda Landowska left off. But it looks like his article is a cut-and-paste-job from his obituary; we need an encyclopedia article, so it'll need some rather severe adjustment! - Nunh-huh 05:46, 15 June 2006 (UTC) (BTW, you can sign your notes here with four tildes (~~~~ that will be converted to your username when the page is saved.[reply]

Biography - clarity and grammar

" He was survived by his son, film, record producer, and Kipnis Studio Standard creator Jeremy R. Kipnis, and his wife Carolina R. Kipnis" - Carolina is the son's wife, I presume - does one say that one is survived by one's daughter-in-law ? If she is not his child, should perhaps not mention this ... 195.59.147.60 (talk) 10:27, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's fairly routine to include sons- and daughters-in-law as survivors in obituaries — see [1] — but this, of course, is not an obituary and I don't think we necessarily want to list "survivors" as such anyway. In a biographical article one might want to know that the subject had a son, and has living descendants, but I think you're right in saying there's a better way to do this. - Nunh-huh 11:23, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]