Template:Did you know nominations/String Quartets, Op. 50 (Haydn)


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 14:32, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

String Quartets, Op. 50 (Haydn)

 * ... that the original manuscripts of four string quartets in Joseph Haydn's Opus 50 were discovered in 1982, after being handed to the conductor Christopher Hogwood in a plastic shopping bag?

Created by Syek88 (talk). Self nominated at 23:04, 19 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Sutcliffe's book - which outlines the plastic shopping bag story - is not fully available online. So I will quote the relevant passage, which states, on page 37: "The beginning of this story suggests that the celebration of composers' anniversaries may after all have its positive side. Thus the fact that in 1982 Haydn turned two hundred and fifty years old, as it were, prompted the organization of a Haydn Festival in Melbourne to which the conductor Christopher Hogwood was invited. At the end of a concert given on a wet Sunday afternoon in Melbourne's Universal Theatre, featuring works of various genres from Haydn's London years, Hogwood was approached by a 'little old lady' bearing what she thought might be some authentic Haydn manuscripts in a plastic shopping bag. After telling Hogwood briefly about the history of the documents and allowing some pages to be photocopied in the manager's office of the theatre, she disappeared." Syek88 (talk) 08:09, 20 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Same information (of nominator's first nom) shorter:


 * ALT1: ... that Haydn's manuscripts of four of his six string quartets Op. 50 were discovered in 1982 in a plastic shopping bag handed over to Christopher Hogwood (pictured)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 20 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:18, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have an inline citation and are accepted in good faith - the source passage has been helpfully quoted by the nominator above. I would go for the original hook as the image of the conductor who received the manuscripts (mentioned in ALT1) is rather peripheral to the subject. The article is neutral but the sources are largely unavailable to me and I was unable to assess whether there were any close paraphrasing/copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:17, 24 January 2015 (UTC)


 * ALT1 is essentially the same information as the original hook, - I would prefer to mention string quartets (substantial compositions for which Haydn is known) to a general Opus 50. You don't have to take the image, - but it would pay homage to a great man who recently died. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:10, 24 January 2015 (UTC)