Talk:Igor Stravinsky

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 15:29, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

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Stravinsky c. 1920 to 1925

• ... that in 1944, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured) engaged with Boston police after his unique arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra? Source: Thom, Paul. 2007. The Musician as Interpreter. Studies of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium 4. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03198-9. p. 50
  • ALT1: ... that composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured) studied under member of The Five Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for six years? Source: White, Eric Walter (1979). Stravinsky, The Composer and His Works (2nd ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520014350. pp. 25-30
  • ALT2: ... that Igor Stravinsky (pictured) composed a number of works for the self-playing piano the Pleyela? Source: "Composers and the Pianola - Igor Stravinsky". The Pianola Institute.
  • ALT3: ... that composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured) said in 1930 that "I don't believe that anyone venerates Mussolini more than I ... He is the saviour of Italy and – let us hope – Europe"? Source: Sachs, Harvey. 1987. Music in Fascist Italy. New York: W. W. Norton. p. 168
  • ALT4: ... that Igor Stravinsky (pictured) won five Grammy Awards? Source: "Igor Stravinsky". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  • ALT5: ... that composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured) fled Russia after the October Revolution, but returned once in 1962 to conduct in Moscow and Leningrad, meeting Nikita Khrushchev during the visit? Source: Stravinsky, Vera; Craft, Robert (1978). Stravinsky in Pictures and Documents. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 469
    White, Eric Walter (1979). Stravinsky, The Composer and His Works (2nd ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520014350. pp. 146-148
  • ALT6: ... that composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured) wrote the opera The Rake's Progress with authors W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman? Source: Whiting, Jim (2005). The Life and Times of Igor Stravinsky. Mitchell Lane Publishers. ISBN 978-1-584-15277-4. pp. 39-40
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  • Comment: Some notes on the hooks: ALT0 is my personal favorite; ALT4 would make a good quirky hook (additionally, I do realize it's a rather simple hook, but that's very much intentional since not many famous composers were alive when the Grammy's existed).
    Additionally, I'd like if it could be featured on May 29. OTD is also featuring the same photo of Stravinsky, so I thought it'd be amusing to have the photo for DYK and OTD be the same. If this against a policy, there's no need for a special occasion. Thanks!

Improved to Good Article status by MyCatIsAChonk (talk). Self-nominated at 00:11, 11 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Igor Stravinsky; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @MyCatIsAChonk: Good article. I don't think that you'll be able to run it on May 29 as per the rules "not more than six weeks in advance". You can ask in the general discussion but I'm not sure if they'll allow it. AGF on offline citations. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:07, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Personality and political stances

I recalled reading a few years ago on Wikipedia that Stravinsky had fascist sympathies. I returned today to reacquaint myself with that situation, only to find that the article no longer had any mention of it. It looks like most of the "Personality" section is gone, including the entire "Political stances" subsection. Why were these removed? I think knowing these things about a composer like Stravinsky humanizes him and puts him in historical context. I generally like to know what 20th-century public figures were doing and saying about the state of the world around World War Two. I might restore it if nobody objects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.34.198.160 (talk) 21:20, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

You have quite a remarkable memory, as this section was apparently removed in 2011. I would object to its reinstatement, as the sourcing is comparatively poor in quality, and I don't think it's really borne out enough in the literature to be given this much representation in the present article. Remsense诉 21:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

It was removed in 2023. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.34.198.160 (talk) 21:45, 13 July 2024 (UTC)