Not Including Non-Orchestral Vocal Music in My Catalogues

[kyjo]

As you have seen, all my catalogues have been all-comprehensive up to this point. But, so many composers wrote so many non-orchestral songs and choral music, that, I admit, does not interest me (my loss, I'm sure :(). So, I am seriously considering not including non-orchestral music in my catalogues because it becomes a "chore" for me and once I am done with piano and organ music, I just want to get on to another composer. If a composer didn't write a lot of non-orchestral vocal music, I might consider including it in my catalogues. If anyone has any objections to this, please let me know :).

[Dundonnell]

I am the last person in the world to criticise anybody's choice of what to include in a catalogue and what to omit ;D ;D

What others should appreciate-and I know virtually everybody does so understand-is that these catalogues are being compiled for the pleasure it gives the researcher/cataloguer and shared with others via the net in the hope that they will be of some interest/usefulness. They are not done for financial remuneration or a commercial publisher. In these circumstances I, for one, am unapologetic in cataloguing what I find of interest and omitting what does not interest me. As I have said before, if someone else wants a list of all composer X's string quartets then go ahead and do the necessary research, compile the list and add it on publicly. There is no problem, issue or difficulty for me, at least, in that and, again speaking purely personally, I have never and will never have any issue with corrections, amendments or additions to my lists. I make mistakes and am more than happy to have these corrected :) :)

[kyjo]

Thank you for your kind and understanding words, Colin :).

[Neil McGowan]

these catalogues are being compiled for the pleasure it gives the researcher/cataloguer and shared with others via the net in the hope that they will be of some interest/usefulness.

I have no problem with that at all, and entirely understand the situation!

As soon as I see a composer wrote no operas or vocal music, I usually pass them by ;)  My interest in the song repertoire is connected with the poetry as much as the music. For example Medtner -living in poverty in emigration, but safe from the fist of the Kremlin - set a good number of poets who were banned, or excluded from publication, under the soviet government. There are very few musical settings of fine poets like Balmont, Akhmatova, Blok, or Gumilev - so they're worth hearing, when we get the chance :)