Talk:Jerome Kern

message: Biographic articles are by WIkipedia convention, given the name they are known by. In this case, that's "Jerome Kern" not "Jerome David Kern" - Nunh-huh 04:16, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The title of the musical is "Show Boat". The word itself can be spelled both ways.Sluzzelin 08:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Old comments

message: I tried to verify the Appleographone claim but found nothing. (See Talk:Appleographone) Perhaps whoever created this article could give us more information? Sluzzelin 09:00, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, it's a hoax.Sluzzelin 11:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appleographone(?) 

message: Partly with a view to reducing the future possible length of the article, and to providing a ready reference to his works, I have created a List of Jerome Kern songs. Please contribute.--Technopat (talk) 13:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Jerome Kern's songs 

message: Is the infobox on this article actually serving any purpose?  It appears to have Kern's birth and death date (which can be found on the first line of the lead section), and the non-important listing of his equally non-important spouse, which I don't think should be one of the first things the reader sees. -- CassiantoTalk 11:02, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  It contains only redundant information included elsewhere in the article, and the information it contains is not the most important information about Kern.  I'd like to hear from User:Tim riley before deleting, as he has done much work on this article.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:35, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. Info-boxes can sometimes be useful: I am busying myself with Liberal and Conservative MPs of the 1880s at the moment, and a neat table summarising ministerial posts held is, to my mind, quite helpful. But the box here serves no discernible purpose at all IMO. I suggest we leave it a day or so to see if anyone demurs, and if not, blitz it. Tim riley (talk) 13:43, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops.  Before I read your last sentence, I removed it.  But if a different consensus emerges, we can always restore it.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:03, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. I doubt if the consequence will be acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. Tim riley (talk) 17:25, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Bravo! Heartfelt rounds of applause all round! - SchroCat (talk) 22:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: I've read that there was a copyright infringement matter about a bar of music from "Dardanella" being used in "Ka-lu-a" (one of my favorite Kern songs)which established some sort of copyright precedent in the USA. Does anybody have the particulars?  I've been trying to find out just what that important precedent was.  50.202.81.2 (talk) 05:03, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, here it is.  Fred Fisher, Inc. v. Dillingham 298F. 145 (S.D.N.Y. 1924)  Judge Learned Hand found that Kern had subconsciously copied the ostinato from "Dardanella" and awarded the plaintiffs $250.  50.202.81.2 (talk) 05:31, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ka-lu-a and Dardanella 

message: There is a discussion at Talk:Great American Songbook#The future of this article as to how to deal with the uncited lists of songwriters, songs, and singers in that article. Please join the discussion if it interests you. Softlavender (talk) 03:20, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Great American Songbook]] article