Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music

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An illustration from the E codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria
A string quartet of Chamber Music Society musicians at the Lincoln Center
Detail of Franz Liszt at the piano in an 1840 painting by Josef Danhauser
First page of the autograph score of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in C major, BWV 846

Welcome to WikiProject Classical Music! This WikiProject aims to improve and maintain all articles related to classical music that are not covered by other classical music related projects.

Participants help sort stubs and categories as well as source statements made throughout the world of classical music to provide a comprehensive documentation of classical music—including historical and musicological analysis.

WikiProject Classical music does not assess articles. We provide a general guideline on article formatting, including information on the use of biographical infoboxes.

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There are various lists of articles in need of creation or particular attention:

Need help? Ask questions at the WikiProject Classical music talk page, or visit the Teahouse or Help desk.

History

WikiProject Classical music is an independent WikiProject, listed under Music. It was started by OldakQuill on 24 May 2004. As of 3 August 2026, there are 35,300 pages within the scope of the project. Previously, there were 25,794 on 19 April 2020; 20,842 on 4 March 2017; 16,781 on 10 September 2013; 15,574 on 9 January 2012; and 10,332 on 23 November 2009.

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Any article which falls under the scope of WikiProject Classical music (and not under that of a related project) should be tagged as such by adding the following on the talk page: {{WikiProject Classical music }}. A category containing all articles with this banner on its talk page can be found here .

The last bot run to automatically tag articles was carried out in June/July 2008 by ShepBot and Bot0612. (Note: all articles then bannered by the Composers, Contemporary music, and Opera projects were excluded from the run.)

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29 Jul 2026 – Variations on "Trockne Blumen" (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Zingarese (t · c); see discussion
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30 Jul 2026 – Leon Russianoff (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by UpTheOctave! (t · c); see discussion
11 Jul 2026 – Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion

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28 Jul 2026 – Sibelius Monument (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Silence of Järvenpää (t · c); start discussion
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16 Jul 2026 – Les Mamelles de Tirésias (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Les mamelles de Tirésias by Asukite (t · c); see discussion
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02 Jul 2026 – Draft:African classical music (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by L'embellie (t · c)
01 Jul 2026 – Draft:Bekal Gokulam Goushala (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vishnuhebbar971 (t · c)
21 Jun 2026 – Draft:Clarice Jensen (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by September cohen (t · c)

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