Talk:Adagio for Strings/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Nikkimaria (talk) 03:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello! I will be reviewing this article for GA status. My review should be posted within the next few days. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 03:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately I feel this article is not yet at GA standard. Feel free to renominate once the below concerns have been addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:34, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Writing and formatting

• "Barber has turned down many arrangements published by G. Schirmer" - unclear. Do you mean he has rejected or repudiated them?
• "with Alexander J. Morin wrote that Adagio for Strings contains "full of pathos..." - grammar
• Italian terms should generally be italicized
• "who evaded an invitation from the conductor" - meaning is unclear. What invitation? To do what?
• "thus being the first Adagio performance in both continents" - grammar
• Be consistent in whether the title is italicized or not
• "The arrangement was sent sent to Barber" - grammar
• "The song's contour is melodic melodic" - grammar
• "The pieces' melody" - grammar
• Needs a general copy-edit for grammar and clarity
• Avoid repetitious phrasings
• "Journalist Tim Smith considered it to be one of the most beloved pieces in gaging Brandenburg Concertos" - what does this mean?
• "Toscanini's composing was recorded at 8H Studio for radio broadcasting" - do you mean his conducting?

Accuracy and verifiability

• Do lower strings come in on the second beat or two beats after the violins?
• "It is disputed whether the first performance of Adagio in Europe was conducted by Toscanini or Henry J. Wood." - not supported by the article text
• "At practical tempo" - vague and unsourced
• "Barber has turned down many arrangements published by G. Schirmer, such as the organ arrangement by William Strictland" - not supported by the article, which actually says that Barber asked Strictland to compose an arrangement
• "The conductor returned the score without comment, which annoyed Barber, who evaded an invitation from the conductor. Toscanini then sent word through Menotti that he was planning to perform the piece and had returned it simply because he had already memorized it" - not supported by source
• "his partner Gian Carlo Menotti" - though it is implied, the source does not specifically support this assertion
• "In an edition of A conductor's analysis of selected works, John William Mueller devoted over 20 pages to Adagio for Strings. Wayne Clifford Wentzel, author of Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide (Composer Resource Manuals), said that it was a piece usually selected for a closing act because it was moderately famous" - need bibliographic details for both books (in references)
• Use a consistent reference format
• Ref 3: author? Publisher?
• Ref 7: provide bibliographic details for the book, including page number
• ref 11, 14, 19: page?
• Ref 22, 23: retrieval date?

Broad

• "A concert program from London, England, however, cites that the first performance of the Essay for Orchestra (another work of Barber's) was conducted by Henry J. Wood on August 24, 1939" - okay, but why is this relevant? You did not argue that Toscanini conducted the first Barber performance in Europe, but the first Adagio performance
• In general, more depth of information is required. The article could reasonably be half again as long
• Missing discussion of the modernist aspect - what makes this piece a modernist work?

Neutrality

• Need more information on early criticism of the work - a quote would be helpful

Stability

No issues noted

Images

• Sound clip is lacking appropriate fair-use rationale for this article