Talk:Unfinished symphony

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Bizet doesn't belong

Both 'Roma' and the early Symphony are essentially complete works.Cenedi 10:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just written "Roma" Symphony (Bizet), and I agree with you. But rather than removing it at this stage, I've added some comments, to the effect that it may be considered "unfinished" in the sense that Bizet was never truly happy with where it was at, but it is certainly finished in the sense that all 4 movements are present, and all are fully scored. It is often described in sources as "unfinished" (but then, a lot of sources also call it a "suite", so what do they know). It might be educational to leave it here to let readers know it really only half-belongs here, if that makes any sense. Maybe we can do this a better way. -- JackofOz (talk) 08:27, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On further reflection, maybe we need a separate section for works that were fully scored, but the composer was not happy and kept revising them. In some cases, they finally wrote what they intended to, but in other cases they never quite knew what they wanted to say, and died before finding out. Bizet's Roma would certainly be in this category. It does not meet the usual criteria for an "unfinished symphony". -- JackofOz (talk) 08:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Schickele

Note that Peter Schikele did not claim that PDQ Bach wrote the Unbegun symphony; he claimed it as his own (but was born too late to begin it). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.78.46.140 (talk) 18:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nielsen

Instead he started composing what would become his first symphony in G minor, which is famous for being the first symphony in history that changes key and ends in C major.

What is this claim about? Lots of symphonies change keys mid-stream. Hardly any don't. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 03:34, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]