Template:Did you know nominations/Merrill Bradshaw


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Merrill Bradshaw

 * ... that Mormon composer Merrill Bradshaw wrote an oratorio in 1974 that used elements of jazz and popular hymns? Source: "Working to bridge the gap between high-brow music and popular culture, Bradshaw incorporated everything from jazz to familiar hymns to be sung by the audience, and avoided the more inaccessible elements of modernism." People of Paradox by Terryl Givens.
 * ALT1: ... that composer Merrill Bradshaw wrote that a "Mormon style" of music might be whatever style best expressed the artistic desires of Mormon artists? Source: "A year after retiring, while speaking at the Mormon Arts Festival in 1995, Bradshaw reflected on the challenges of his generation and the changes that had come about in his lifetime: "It used to be the fashion to try and come up with the parameters for the Mormon style. But I think that in fact, the idea of some kind of exclusive stylistic reference is a product of a time with a stronger need for alliances. We seem to worry less and less today about the schools of thinking that dominated and intimidated my generation for so many years. Perhaps we have discovered too many successful and inspiring works in too many different styles to be able to commit ourselves irrevocably to a single one. Moreover, I think it neither possible nor desirable to try to set up the parameters for such a style by some sort of manifesto."" (40) "Bradshaw encouraged Mormon composers to treat any subject (and specifically, Mormon subjects) in whatever style or manner the composer felt best expresses his or her convictions and/or artistic urges, rather than adhering to conventional stylistic bounds."(41) A SURVEY OF THE CHORAL MUSIC AND WRITINGS OF MERRILL BRADSHAW AND ANALYSES OF REPRESENTATIVE WORKS by Daniel McDavitt
 * Reviewed: Julia Kleiter

Improved to Good Article status by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 14 February 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting life and work, on good sources, GA, no copyvio obvious. In the article, please think about linking Mormon, as in the hooks. I Prefer the original. I did some formatting, - revert what you don't like. How do you feel about an infobox? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks for the improvements, . I have no problem with infoboxes but I know that Wikiproject Composers seems to dislike them. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:41, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * You decide. Look at Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Max Reger for good examples, and stable for years ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 20 February 2019 (UTC)