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Article title: change to "Minimal music"

it struck me that the term "minimalist music" is incorrect. It seems the original term, "minimal music," after Nyman and Mertens, is used more widely.For example:

"minimal music" v "minimalist music," common usage survey based on search hits.

google -> 908000 to 221000

google books -> 10400 to 2870

google scholar -> 1010 to 596

JSTOR -> 212 TO 126

Perspectives of New Music (journal sample) -> 15 to 5

Fink (2005) (recent publication example) -> 79 to 14

I feel it would be appropriate to change the title accordingly and will do so unless there are any good reasons not to. Only instances of the expression "minimalist music" will change, the term "minimalist composer" remains. Any thoughts on this? --Semitransgenic (talk) 23:53, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The term Terry Riley prefers is "Psychedelic music", and it is far more accurate. Anything by these "minimalist" guys is such a note soup that to call it "minimal" is a joke. The term "psychedelic" fell out of favor with the elites around 1968, when it was appropriated by the proletariat, so a new term was invented. The term "Minimal music" is even stupider, minimalist music is the common usage, although almost no-one self identifies as minimalist. If you want a real minimalist, John Cage is probably the closest thing you'll find in music.69.22.238.161 (talk) 01:30, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have reverted User:Gentlecollapse6's change of the article title to "Minimalist music". This was the former article title, changed to "Minimal music" after a brief discussion in 2011 (see above). It seems to me that reverting a previous change should be preceded by a discussion, and consensus of the editors working on this article.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 07:35, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Byron

See: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 May 11#Michael Byron (composer). Hyacinth (talk) 21:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article failed to mention muzak

I think the article failed to mention the watered-down music of Muzak, known nowadays as "elevator music". Key feature - inobtrusive. People used to criticise "muzak" for being monotonous, too dull... and, honestly, Muzak sounds like a "minimalsitic" take on classical music to me - one even lighter than light music. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 16:48, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]