Talk:Pietro Yon

Name

I'd like to point out that the artist's name, and consequently the title page, is Pietro Alessandro Yon.

I'm Italian so I can't figure out if Pietro Yon is the most widespread form among organist, but in Italy he is known with a double first name. However you can trust the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians or even Google. This interesting article explains the form Piero Yon (after quoting his entire name) as a pun, (pietro ->"Saint Peter" and Pietra ->"stone/rock"). And finally, is his abbreviated name "P. Yon" or, as resulting by crawling through music stores online, "P.A. Yon" or "Pietro A. Yon"? Just a look at IMSLP, where he is lited as Pietro Yon after Wikipedia gives a different result when you peruse any single score: check the author's name on them. - εΔ ω 08:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OrbiliusMagister (talk • contribs)

Rendition of Bach's Organ Works

In 1962 I knew an organist named Arthur Dunn who stated that, years beforehand, he went to an organ recital in New York that was performed by Yon. Yon played a certain piece twice- first "how the doctors of music said I should play Bach", and then "how I believe it should be played". The audience applauded him with much more enthusiasm after the latter. Musicwriter (talk) 18:47, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Rumor" Removed

I removed the following, which had been added at the bottom of the page:

It was rumored that he wrote the Christmas piece "Gesù bambino" on the back of an envelope while on his way to work at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

This makes no sense, as the song was written in 1917 but Yon wasn't employed at St. Patrick's until almost a decade later. Tfmisc (talk) 04:57, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]