I've now written over 230 original Wikipedia articles, mostly on music, some long, some short, some just sections of longer pieces. Mainly for my own benefit I plan over time to revisit each of them here, in alphabetical order, attempting to explain why I wrote them in the first place. #jawiki
August 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I've now written over 230 original Wikipedia articles, mostly on music, some long, some short, some just sections of longer pieces. Mainly for my own benefit I plan over time to revisit each of them here, in alphabetical order, attempting to explain why I wrote them in the first place. #jawiki
It varies! Sometimes articles on other language versions are really high quality and I'm basically just translating. In this case, a lot of the information on the existing article on jawiki was unsourced, and so I cobbled together the article without that much reliance on the jawiki page
February 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It varies! Sometimes articles on other language versions are really high quality and I'm basically just translating. In this case, a lot of the information on the existing article on jawiki was unsourced, and so I cobbled together the article without that much reliance on the jawiki page
36) The Daimler Car Hire Garage, now a fashionable art deco style office for a fintech company - always a wonderful sight when you find yourself wandering in the back streets of Bloomsbury en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler... #jawiki
Daimler Car Hire Garage - Wikipedia
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September 26, 2026 at 11:59 AM
36) The Daimler Car Hire Garage, now a fashionable art deco style office for a fintech company - always a wonderful sight when you find yourself wandering in the back streets of Bloomsbury en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler... #jawiki
16) Henry Charles Banister, who as a boy sang 'Walpurgisnacht' with Mendelssohn accompanying, was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music for 46 years. He composed four symphonies and wrote many books on music. He died mid-piano lesson in 1897. 6/23 #jawiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C... #jawiki
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
16) Henry Charles Banister, who as a boy sang 'Walpurgisnacht' with Mendelssohn accompanying, was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music for 46 years. He composed four symphonies and wrote many books on music. He died mid-piano lesson in 1897. 6/23 #jawiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C... #jawiki
133) Test card music. Somehow the music side of things was left out of the "Test Card" entry, so I added a short summary. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_ca... #jawiki
Test card - Wikipedia
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February 19, 2026 at 10:44 AM
133) Test card music. Somehow the music side of things was left out of the "Test Card" entry, so I added a short summary. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_ca... #jawiki
19) Basil Cameron helped steer the Proms through the difficult post WW2 years. He bravely programmed Schoenberg's Piano Concerto on 7 September 1945 with the young pianist Kyla Greenbaum as soloist. It was received by the audience with unexpected enthusiasm #jawiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_C...
Basil Cameron - Wikipedia
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July 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM
19) Basil Cameron helped steer the Proms through the difficult post WW2 years. He bravely programmed Schoenberg's Piano Concerto on 7 September 1945 with the young pianist Kyla Greenbaum as soloist. It was received by the audience with unexpected enthusiasm #jawiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_C...
131) David Snell, harpist who has spanned genres. Studied with Marie Goossens, played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and ROH, but also with John Dankworth, Tubby Hayes, Zoot Sims, Kenny Wheeler, Incredible String Band. Also a composer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S... #jawiki
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
131) David Snell, harpist who has spanned genres. Studied with Marie Goossens, played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and ROH, but also with John Dankworth, Tubby Hayes, Zoot Sims, Kenny Wheeler, Incredible String Band. Also a composer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S... #jawiki
可視光ギリなるほど (jawikiのだと)距離も0一個違いか…
April 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
可視光ギリなるほど (jawikiのだと)距離も0一個違いか…
86) Percussionist James Holland was principal percussionist at the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Boulez, performed with the London Sinfonietta from its start, and assisted Britten, Henze, Knussen, Stockhausen and others with their percussion problems (10/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H... #jawiki
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
86) Percussionist James Holland was principal percussionist at the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Boulez, performed with the London Sinfonietta from its start, and assisted Britten, Henze, Knussen, Stockhausen and others with their percussion problems (10/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H... #jawiki
10) John Banting, left wing English Surrealist artist and writer associated with the Bloomsbury Group. Book jackets for Hogarth Press, set designer for Constant Lambert's ballet Pomona, and of the front cover to the score of The Rio Grande. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ba... #jawiki
June 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
10) John Banting, left wing English Surrealist artist and writer associated with the Bloomsbury Group. Book jackets for Hogarth Press, set designer for Constant Lambert's ballet Pomona, and of the front cover to the score of The Rio Grande. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ba... #jawiki
9) Horton Claridge Allison, organist composer, perhaps one of the group Vaughan Williams referred to as "composers with ridiculous names". He wrote a symphony in 1875 and I have been compiling a list (6/25) atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com/british-symp... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_... #jawiki
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
9) Horton Claridge Allison, organist composer, perhaps one of the group Vaughan Williams referred to as "composers with ridiculous names". He wrote a symphony in 1875 and I have been compiling a list (6/25) atuneadayblogdotcom.wordpress.com/british-symp... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_... #jawiki
90) Adrian Kerridge, producer and sound engineer, helped found the Lansdowne Studios in 1959 (with Denis Preston and Joe Meek), established "The Tottenham Sound", recorded Stranger on the Shore, and many of the KPM 1000 Series library music discs (6/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_... #jawiki
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
90) Adrian Kerridge, producer and sound engineer, helped found the Lansdowne Studios in 1959 (with Denis Preston and Joe Meek), established "The Tottenham Sound", recorded Stranger on the Shore, and many of the KPM 1000 Series library music discs (6/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_... #jawiki
Helen Perkin, pianist and composer, pupil of John Ireland. She premiered his Eb Piano Concerto on 30 October 1930, and was the soloist in the first performance of his Legend four years later. But after her marriage in 1935 they stopped talking. (7/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_P... #jawiki
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Helen Perkin, pianist and composer, pupil of John Ireland. She premiered his Eb Piano Concerto on 30 October 1930, and was the soloist in the first performance of his Legend four years later. But after her marriage in 1935 they stopped talking. (7/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_P... #jawiki
94) Frederick Laurence, impoverished husband of Marie Goossens, composer and early film music pioneer, latterly had to scratch a living out of orchestral management (for Henry Wood) and administration. He slipped a few of his own works into the Proms (10/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi... #jawiki
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
94) Frederick Laurence, impoverished husband of Marie Goossens, composer and early film music pioneer, latterly had to scratch a living out of orchestral management (for Henry Wood) and administration. He slipped a few of his own works into the Proms (10/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi... #jawiki
11) Stanley Bate, an intriguing composer who will never be fashionable, has at least had some of his long-forgotten music made available again through recordings. He died in 1959, broke and depressed by his lack of recognition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley... #jawiki www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Lx...
Stanley Bate - Wikipedia
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June 10, 2026 at 6:27 AM
11) Stanley Bate, an intriguing composer who will never be fashionable, has at least had some of his long-forgotten music made available again through recordings. He died in 1959, broke and depressed by his lack of recognition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley... #jawiki www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Lx...
Though it was a great resource as far as pointing me in the right direction as to information to look for, and was very useful in helping me find the interwiki links for articles that still exist on jawiki but not enwiki (such as Ota's political contemporaries)
February 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Though it was a great resource as far as pointing me in the right direction as to information to look for, and was very useful in helping me find the interwiki links for articles that still exist on jawiki but not enwiki (such as Ota's political contemporaries)
6) Neil Ardley, something of a British Gil Evans, whose record contract was terminated after 1975's Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows (which Duncan Heining judged his masterpiece), and who went on to become a successful writer of non-fiction books on science and music en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ar... #jawiki
Neil Ardley - Wikipedia
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June 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
6) Neil Ardley, something of a British Gil Evans, whose record contract was terminated after 1975's Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows (which Duncan Heining judged his masterpiece), and who went on to become a successful writer of non-fiction books on science and music en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ar... #jawiki
91) Gwynne Kimpton was a pioneering woman conductor and founder of many orchestras, including the Bromley Symphony Orchestra in 1917 and the 80-strong British Women's Symphony Orchestra, which had its inaugural concert at Queen's Hall on 3 April 1924. (11/23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_... #jawiki
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
91) Gwynne Kimpton was a pioneering woman conductor and founder of many orchestras, including the Bromley Symphony Orchestra in 1917 and the 80-strong British Women's Symphony Orchestra, which had its inaugural concert at Queen's Hall on 3 April 1924. (11/23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_... #jawiki
74) Pianist Kyla Greenbaum, (much) younger sister of Hyam, made Lambert's Rio Grande a calling card piece. But she also gave the first UK performance of Schoenberg's Piano Concerto at the Proms in September 1945. She died in June 2017, aged 95. (10/19) xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/... #jawiki
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
74) Pianist Kyla Greenbaum, (much) younger sister of Hyam, made Lambert's Rio Grande a calling card piece. But she also gave the first UK performance of Schoenberg's Piano Concerto at the Proms in September 1945. She died in June 2017, aged 95. (10/19) xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/... #jawiki
39) Composers in literature is a list of novels including fictional representations of real (named) composers and musicians, and fictional characters under other names that resemble a specific musician. I'm sure there are many more, feel free to add. (1/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... #jawiki
September 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
39) Composers in literature is a list of novels including fictional representations of real (named) composers and musicians, and fictional characters under other names that resemble a specific musician. I'm sure there are many more, feel free to add. (1/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... #jawiki
70) Baritone John Goss gave recitals of classical lieder and English art song mixed with what he called sociable songs - folk song, drinking songs, army songs & sea shanties. A friend of Peter Warlock, he sang the 2nd performance of The Curlew in 1923 (1/23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Go... #jawiki
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
70) Baritone John Goss gave recitals of classical lieder and English art song mixed with what he called sociable songs - folk song, drinking songs, army songs & sea shanties. A friend of Peter Warlock, he sang the 2nd performance of The Curlew in 1923 (1/23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Go... #jawiki
33) Leon Calvert, British bebop jazz trumpeter, was one of the 11 founders of Soho's Club Eleven in 1948. He founded Morgan Sound Studios in Willesden, played trumpet and flugelhorn on Martha My Dear, and was lead trumpet, Top of the Pops Orchestra. (11/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ca... #jawiki
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
33) Leon Calvert, British bebop jazz trumpeter, was one of the 11 founders of Soho's Club Eleven in 1948. He founded Morgan Sound Studios in Willesden, played trumpet and flugelhorn on Martha My Dear, and was lead trumpet, Top of the Pops Orchestra. (11/24) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ca... #jawiki
91) Known to many for his Mr Benn TV theme tune, Duncan Lamont was a wide-ranging musician: sax player, bandleader, composer of orchestral music and library music. In 2019 he performed in a tribute concert at the 606 Club, aged 87, just before he died (10/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_... #jawiki
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
91) Known to many for his Mr Benn TV theme tune, Duncan Lamont was a wide-ranging musician: sax player, bandleader, composer of orchestral music and library music. In 2019 he performed in a tribute concert at the 606 Club, aged 87, just before he died (10/22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_... #jawiki
14) I wrote an entry on Andrew Ball when I heard of his death in July 2022. I'd come across his performances of the Tippett piano sonatas. Teaching, rather than performing, became his primary focus after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012. 7/22 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_... #jawiki
Andrew Ball (pianist) - Wikipedia
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August 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
14) I wrote an entry on Andrew Ball when I heard of his death in July 2022. I'd come across his performances of the Tippett piano sonatas. Teaching, rather than performing, became his primary focus after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012. 7/22 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_... #jawiki
24) Eddie Blair, Scottish jazz trumpeter, with the Johnny Dankworth Seven, Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. But then (like many jazz musicians I'm also researching) he became a session player for pop, rock, TV and film music. 4/25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrB... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_B... #jawiki
Eddie Blair (jazz musician) - Wikipedia
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September 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
24) Eddie Blair, Scottish jazz trumpeter, with the Johnny Dankworth Seven, Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. But then (like many jazz musicians I'm also researching) he became a session player for pop, rock, TV and film music. 4/25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrB... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_B... #jawiki