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The result was: promoted by Mifter (talk) 21:12, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Sécheresses (Poulenc)

 * ... that in his cantata Sécheresses, Francis Poulenc set four poems by patron of the arts Edward James to music for choir and orchestra? Source:


 * ALT1 ... that Francis Poulenc set four poems by Edward James to music for choir and orchestra in his cantata Sécheresses?


 * Reviewed: Sarah Bavly

Created by LouisAlain (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 23:50, 15 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are sourced and accepted in good faith and I have added ALT1 which expresses them in a different way. The article is neutral and I could not assess whether it had any policy issues. The image in the article could do with a caption that links it to the subject of the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the review! (nominator speaking) - I would like to avoid readers checking out Poulenc (FA, never ending reading!) and James, so prefer the original. - A caption for the obvious - "drought", simply the translation of the title, which is repeated a little below - seems undue weight that early in the article, imo, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It took me several minutes to work out why there was a large picture of dry mud. A better hook would be


 * ALT2 ... that when first performed in 1938, Poulenc's cantata Sécheresses was a flop? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:30, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you happy with ALT2? The word "flop" is used extensively to describe films that do badly at the box office. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT2 is acceptable, although I think there are many flops, but few cantatas by a French composer on (translated) poems by an English poet. We can drop choir and orchestra if you think it's not unusual (but it is, normally cantatas hae soloists.) - What kind of caption would you suggest?
 * ALT3: ... that in his cantata Sécheresses, French composer Francis Poulenc set four poems by the English surrealist Edward James?
 * "surrealist" is a bit too short, though, - just look at the image by Magritte that we unfortunately can't show. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Let's go with ALT3 then. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:51, 4 March 2017 (UTC)