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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:42, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Hanns-Martin Schneidt

 * ... that Hanns-Martin Schneidt became head of an academy of church music in 1955 at age 25, of the Münchener Bach-Chor in 1984, and of a symphony orchestra in Japan in 2007? Source: 1st fact 2nd + 3rd fact
 * Comment: RIP. The Bach-Chor is legendary, and they searched for years for a successor of Karl Richter. There would be many more positions, but you don't like lists ;)
 * Comment: RIP. The Bach-Chor is legendary, and they searched for years for a successor of Karl Richter. There would be many more positions, but you don't like lists ;)

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 13:52, 7 June 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article checks out the requirements of newness, length, stability, and sourcing. German sources accepted AGF. No copyright violations detected. The hook is interesting and cited inline to a German source. I think the hook is good and I'm approving it, but, as someone who knows little about choirs or classical music, I think an alternate hook could be proposed here that only focuses on the first hook fact: as a layman reader, I think heading an academy of music at such a young age is by itself pretty hooky. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 14:56, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It is, but would leave out his music-making, which is actually what should be remembered more, + we recently had a cellist who wasn't much older when he became professor, so yes, unusual, but not enough so ;) - Thank you for the speedy review! I thought about a hook about the Bach choirs in Berlin, Munich and Tokyo, but in an interview (one of the refs), he said he's interested in more than Bach only, and church music only. I'd like to mention his opera work in Wuppertal, but guess Japan in old age is more outstanding. I will add (to the article) that he conducted Beethoven symphonies with the Japanese orchestra. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I forgot to say that I reviewed Pauline Short Robinson. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)