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The result was: promoted by  S ven M anguard   Wha?  15:10, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Cantiones sacrae

 * ... that Cantiones sacrae, 40 choral pieces composed during the Thirty Years' War by Heinrich Schütz (pictured), contain intensely expressive and happy music?
 * Reviewed: Viktor Dyk

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nominated at 20:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg The article is new and long enough with an interesting hook. The latter is also sourced by inline references in the article. But I'm having two problems here. First of all: The image is very hard to identify at the small preview resolution. I suggest you replace it with a larger portrait, e.g. the one by Rembrandt. The next thing is a phrase in the hook. As with anything involving personal judgment and taste we shouldn't claim that it contains music of a certain quality. I'd be more happy if you wrote that the Cantiones sacrae have been described as happy, intense, etc. De728631 (talk) 21:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The image: can't use Rembrandt, as it probably doesn't show Schütz, and a clause such as "possibly pictured but rather not" seems awkward. Better no image, or a crop, or this which shows the style of the period rather than the person's face (even looking closer you don't see much). I'll think about the hook, planning to expand the article, - I just didn't want to miss nominating. Approach:
 * ALT1: ... that parts of Cantiones sacrae, 40 choral pieces composed during the Thirty Years' War by Heinrich Schütz (pictured), have been described as intensely expressive, others as happy? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's it. Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 is good to go. De728631 (talk) 23:25, 26 April 2014 (UTC)