Template:Did you know nominations/Requiem (Saint-Saëns)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Requiem (Saint-Saëns)

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Camille Saint-Saëns in 1875

• ... that Camille Saint-Saëns (pictured) composed the Messe de Requiem in memory of his friend and patron, Albert Libon, and conducted the first performance in 1878 at Saint-Sulpice in Paris? Source: several
  • ALT1:... that in his 1878 Messe de Requiem, Camille Saint-Saëns (pictured) composed parts for four trombones, four harps and two organs, among others? Source: several
  • ALT2:... that Camille Saint-Saëns was required to complete the Messe de Requiem by the first anniversary of Albert Libon's death as a condition of receiving 100,000 francs from his patron's estate? Source: Foreword, Messe de Requiem full score, Dieter Zeh for Carus Media (2016)

• Reviewed: Molly Morgan

5x expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 16:23, 16 October 2018 (UTC).

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: Good on all counts:

• Length OK: 3222 characters (517 words) "readable prose size", 5x expansion began 29 edits ago on October 9, 2018
• Newness: less than five days elapsed between 5x expansion finished 16 oct and 16 oct nom
• Both hooks are well sourced - Carus Verlag
• Hook is a bit dry but not completely unsuitable. If I think of a better one, will note it here.
• Earwig's Copyvio Detector says plagiarism unlikely; the detected overlaps are nearly all in direct quotes of individuals no longer living.

Looks like this passes QPQ. One content nitpick I adjusted here and was reverted. I believe that somewhere in MOS parallel to WP:MOS#Titles of people we say that capitalization should only pertain to a particular work; if it is discussing a generic requiem ("a requiem"), then lowercase is appropriate. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:49, 11 November 2018 (UTC)