Classical Music Compositions Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 10 entries checked · 5 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 1 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Night on Bald Mountain — The claim that 'Together with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko (1867), it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer' is inaccurate because earlier Russian tone poems exist, such as Mikhail Glinka's Kamarinskaya (1848).

Nocturnes (Chopin) — The claim that 'Number 21 was originally untitled on Chopin's manuscript' is false; the manuscript bears the title 'Nocturne'.

Nocturnes (Chopin) — The claim that 'Chopin had composed five of his nocturnes before meeting Field for the first time' is not reliably documented and is speculative.

Pachelbel's Canon — The first known recording was made in 1940 by the Berlin Philharmonic under Arthur Grüber — the conductor's name is likely incorrect or unverifiable; the correct conductor for that recording is not Arthur Grüber.

Requiem (Mozart) — The Tuba mirum movement features a solo trombone accompanied by the bass voice — this is misleading because the trombone solo introduces the movement alone, and the bass voice enters after the trombone solo, not accompanying it throughout.

Requiem (Verdi) — The first performance was at the church of San Marco in Milan, but it was not a liturgical performance; it was a concert performance.

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