Template:Did you know nominations/John Whitworth (musician)
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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John Whitworth (musician)
... that the countertenor John Whitworth had "a voice of great beauty, rich in the lower register, trumpet-toned in the upper, and without the Deller vibrato"?
Source: Charlotte Smith, "Obituary: John Whitworth, countertenor" in Gramophone, 5 September 2013
Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 18:00, 22 June 2020 (UTC).
Interesting life, on few but good sources. I am not happy with the hook which relies on people knowing what Dweller means. I do but how about the others. Also, you can't say something a critic said as a fact, and to add that a reviewer said so make a hook clumsy. Also, what people have in mind hearing countertenor will be Andreas Scholl and other operatic stars, so a hint at English church music and "early" might prevent disappointmet. - In the article, BBC seems linked too often, and the Guild hall school too little. Also, there are more impressive pics of the Chapel, see Stephen Cleobury (not in the infobox, below). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the picture suggestion, Gerda Arendt, I have changed it. I can only see one link each for the BBC and the Guildhall School of Music, I believe that is the right number. Here is another possible hook... Moonraker (talk) 01:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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... that the countertenor John Whitworth, who was also a schoolmaster, switched to teaching maths instead of singing, to reduce the strain on his voice?
Source: Garry Humphreys, John Whitworth: Celebrated countertenor, in The Independent, 15 September 2013- I can see only one link to BBC, but it's not on the first occasion. I wonder if it needs any link. I'd prefer the original to ALT!. Could you say something about him being a countertenor at one of these famous places (pictured, and the pic with people is more attractive) and then say something about the beauty of his voice? If not, I'd approve the original, just predicting that there will be more discussion. Perhaps link to the Deller Consort then, to show at a glance how influential Dweller was. (I had a discussion when I compared to Scholl in a hook, long ago, - they said they don't know him. Eric Corbett helped with the lead for Scholl, fondly remembered, at the time when he changed his user name, - those were the days ... - Thank you for your help with the Romanian battle music on my talk, - nice to wake up to! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
No problem, Gerda, I am happy to think again. How about Alt2? We have a lot of numbers left. Moonraker (talk) 04:56, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
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Westminster Abbey choir
- Alt2 ... that John Whitworth, a singing lay vicar at Westminster Abbey (choir pictured) for 22 years, was praised for his "voice of great beauty, rich in the lower register, trumpet-toned in the upper"?
Sources: (1) Garry Humphreys, John Whitworth: Celebrated countertenor, in The Independent, 15 September 2013; (2) Charlotte Smith, "Obituary: John Whitworth, countertenor" in Gramophone, 5 September 2013
I love it. OTD 20 years ago, I heard the Chanticleer at Unionskirche, Idstein, as part of the Rheingau Musik Festival, - vivid memories! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:19, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
