User:Ron Oliver

Articles I've created

à r. (Xenakis) · Jagden und Formen · Un grand sommeil noir · Tuning Up · Offrandes (Varèse) · Birthday Sleep · "Hay que caminar" soñando · La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura · Harpsichord Concerto (Górecki) · Kleines Requiem für eine Polka · Divertimento (Bernstein) · Points and Dances (Davies) · Aïs (Xenakis) · Suite populaire brésilienne · Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Lutosławski) · Sarcasms (Prokofiev) · Palimpsest (Xenakis) · Phlegra (Xenakis) · Bridal Suite (Bernstein) · Anniversaries · Four Sabras · Touches (Bernstein) · Piano Sonata (Bernstein) · Non troppo presto (Bernstein) · Music for the Dance No. 2 · Tone Roads No. 1 · Hymn (Ives) · The Gong on the Hook and Ladder · Hallowe'en (Ives) · Piece for Four Pianos · Khoaï (Xenakis) · Oophaa · 27' 10.554" · Five Pianos · Village Scenes · Five Songs, Op. 15 (Bartók) · Cries of London · Arcana (Varèse) · Twenty Hungarian Folksongs · Offrande au Saint-Sacrement · Diptyque (Messiaen) · Prelude for Organ (Messiaen) · Monodie · Okho · Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace · Five Hungarian Folksongs (Bartók) · Dispelling the Fears · Your Rockaby · Night Dances · Violin Sonata (Respighi) · String Quartet No. 4 (Rautavaara) · Lied ohne Name · Seven Anniversaries · Five Anniversaries · O sacrum convivium! · Eight Hungarian Folksongs · Nine Little Piano Pieces · Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony · The Triumph of Time (Birtwistle) · Concerto Grosso No. 3 (Schnittke) · Symphonische Gesänge · Bluebird Pas de Deux (Stravinsky) · Babel (Stravinsky) · Ave Maria (Stravinsky) · Coro (Berio) · ..... sofferte onde serene ... · Contrappunto dialettico alla mente · Como una ola de fuerza y luz · Valse des fleurs (Stravinsky) · Dérive 1 · Symphony No. 3 (Pärt) · Imaginary Landscape No. 5 · But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froissés" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers déchirés?" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests · Double Concerto (Henze) · Sonata per archi · Hungarian Pictures · Scherzo (Stravinsky) · Columbus: Images for Orchestra · Double Concerto (Balada) · Symphony No. 1 (Balada) · Three Burlesques · Three Hungarian Folktunes · Ten Easy Pieces (Bartók) · Four Dirges (Bartók) · Psalm 83 (Zemlinsky) · Four Piano Blues · Danzón cubano · Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes · Music for an Aquatic Ballet · Keqrops · Antikhthon · Charivari (Gruber) · Studies for Player Piano (Nancarrow) · Concerto alla rustica · The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred · Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio) · Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" · Aroura (Xenakis) · Stele (Kurtág) · Rhapsody, Op. 1 (Bartók) · Synaphaï · Corona (Takemitsu) · A String Around Autumn · Eclipse (Takemitsu) · Javelin (Torke) · Adjustable Wrench (Torke) · Color Music (Torke) · Diamorphoses · Piano Sonata No. 1 (Hindemith) · Rebonds (Xenakis) · Violin Concerto (Salonen) · Lágrima (Tárrega) · Estudio en forma de minueto · Zwei Klavierstücke (Schoenberg) · La Pasión según San Marcos (Golijov) · Asyla · Komboï · Five Easy Pieces (Stravinsky) · Three Easy Pieces (Stravinsky) · Haj, ifjúsag! · Pletykázó asszonyok · Lakodalmas (Ligeti) · Kállai kettős (Ligeti) · Bujdosó · Pápainé · Three Bagatelles (Ligeti) · Invention (Ligeti) · Chromatische Phantasie · Mátraszentimrei dalok · Éjszaka - Reggel · Magány · Magyar Etüdök · Ramifications (Ligeti) · Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano · Clarinet Quartet (Penderecki) · Prelude for Clarinet (Penderecki) · Cello Concerto No. 1 (Penderecki) · Emanations (Penderecki) · Canticum Canticorum Salomonis · Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra (Penderecki) · The Dream of Jacob · Fonogrammi · Symphony No. 1 (Penderecki) · Partita (Penderecki) · Fantasia for Strings (Henze) · Utrenja · Troorkh · Divertimento (Penderecki) · Sextet (Penderecki) · Scherzo à la russe (Stravinsky) · Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin · Tango (Stravinsky) · Fanfare for a New Theatre · Étude pour pianola · Piano Sonata (Stravinsky) · Serenade (Stravinsky) · Anastenaria (Xenakis) · Due capricci (Ligeti) · Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor (Stravinsky) · Quatre études, Op. 7 (Stravinsky) · Concerto for Two Pianos · Three Pieces for String Quartet · Raíces (Colomer) · Six Chansons pour piano · String Quartet No. 2 (Glass) · Quatre Études · Sonata for Two Pianos (Stravinsky) · Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs · Romanian Christmas Carols · Petite Suite (Bartók) · Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs · Slovakian Dance · Dance Suite (Bartók) · Turkish March (Ippolitov-Ivanov) · Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 2 · Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1 · Chamber Symphony No. 1 · Four Orchestral Songs · No-res · Herzgewächse · Pléïades · Music for Flute and Orchestra · Concierto Magico · 44 Duos for Two Violins · Piano Concerto No. 3 (Balada)

Lists I've created

List of compositions by Alexander von Zemlinsky · List of compositions by Luigi Nono · List of compositions by Michael Torke · List of compositions by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga · List of compositions by Frederic Rzewski · List of compositions by William Bolcom · List of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg

Pages I've substantially expanded

Le chant du rossignol · Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité · Trionfo di Afrodite · For Children · Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (March No. 2) · Imaginary Landscape No. 3 · Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (March No. 1) · Imaginary Landscape No. 1 · Mikrokosmos (Bartók) · Turkish Fragments · Romanian Folk Dances · Canto Ostinato

DYKs

On 13 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scherzo (Stravinsky), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scherzo (Stravinsky). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Scherzo (Stravinsky)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 27 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charivari (Gruber), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the 1981 composition Charivari by HK Gruber, based on a Strauss polka in perpetual motion, the mask of Gemütlichkeit "is gradually allowed to slip"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charivari (Gruber). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 30 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Keqrops, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Keqrops, a composition for piano and orchestra by Iannis Xenakis, melodies are played in cluster lines? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Keqrops. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 11 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Op. 120, No. 1 refers to a clarinet sonata by Brahms which Luciano Berio arranged as a clarinet concerto for the Los Angeles Philharmonic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 8 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid", which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Luciano Berio based Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" on Boccherini's night street music of Madrid? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid". You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 29 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stele (Kurtág), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that György Kurtág completed Stele as composer-in-residence with the Berlin Philharmonic, dedicating it to the orchestra and conductor Claudio Abbado? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stele (Kurtág). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 25 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhapsody, Op. 1 (Bartók), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Béla Bartók composed his Rhapsody, Op. 1, in Lisztian style? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhapsody, Op. 1 (Bartók). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 24 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Luciano Berio's The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred takes only one minute to perform? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 24 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Asyla, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that British composer Thomas Adès thought he was having a heart attack when composing Asyla, a contemporary classical composition with techno music characteristics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Asyla. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 12 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Komboï, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Komboï. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 6 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Three Bagatelles (Ligeti), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the set of Three Bagatelles by György Ligeti consists of only one note? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Three Bagatelles (Ligeti). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 12 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Dream of Jacob, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Dream of Jacob, a composition by Krzysztof Penderecki based on the biblical account of Jacob's Ladder, was featured in the American horror movie The Shining? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Dream of Jacob. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how,quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 7 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fantasia for Strings (Henze), which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fantasia for Strings (Henze). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Barnstars, prizes, and gifts from wonderful people

Contemporary compositions
Thank you for quality articles on contemporary compositions, such as Henze's Fantasia for Strings and Schoenberg's Herzgewächse, for List of compositions by William Bolcom, for watching and taking care of more compositions and their creators, for simply contributions on your user page, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For writing Divertimento (Penderecki) - a lovely article :). Ironholds(talk) 19:09, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for taking care of the DYK! I read the article, found it fascinating and nominated it - but then got swamped by work IRL. I thought the nomination would lose until you rescued it! SPat ^talk 01:46, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For dedication to improving and expanding the Classical music topic. —Cote d'Azur (talk) 08:16, 10 February 2019 (UTC)