Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 17, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 06:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)



Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. A child prodigy, he grew up in Warsaw, but left Poland, never to return, aged 20. He settled in Paris and in 1835 he obtained French citizenship. From 1837 he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer George Sand. A brief and unhappy visit to Majorca with her was one of his most productive periods of composition. Through most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health. He died in Paris in 1849, probably of tuberculosis. All of Chopin's compositions include the piano, amongst them mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, études, impromptus, scherzos, and preludes; many contain elements of Polish folk music. Chopin’s combination of transcendent keyboard technique and poetic genius were the foundations of his European reputation, despite giving only 30 or so recitals after he left his homeland. His music, his status as one of music's earliest "superstars", his association with political insurrection, his love life and his early death have made him a leading symbol of his era.
 * Most recent similar article(s): last composer bio 10 June Frederick Delius, last classical music 1 July Pierre Monteux, - possibly 21 September Gustav Holst
 * Main editors: Smerus
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: 165th anniversary of death, vital article
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Am I allowed to support this as one of the principal editors? If so, I do! I changed (I hope improved) the suggested text slightly--Smerus (talk) 14:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Hooray, a vital FA! (And a wonderful composer.) Double sharp (talk) 13:35, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support with not the slightest reservation. An important musical figure and one of the most readable lives, too.  Tim riley  talk    21:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, also with enthusiasm, notwithstanding Holst on 21 September and (perhaps) Peter Warlock (120th birthday) on 30 October. These composers are everywhere. Brianboulton (talk) 08:58, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support What was the last vital article to appear as TFA? Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:44, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * In 2014? Douglas MacArthur (26th January), Charlie Chaplin (2nd February), Perseus (constellation) (11th February), Bill Russell (12th February), Cabbage (16th February), Starfish (28th February), Jimi Hendrix (4th March), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (21st June), Enid Blyton (24th June), Babe Ruth (11th July), Manta ray (27th July), Nebular hypothesis (5th September), plus two scheduled: Fluorine (23rd September), Metalloid (4th October). For the 24 vital articles apart from Chopin yet to appear at TFA, see User:Bencherlite/TFA notepad. BencherliteTalk 21:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Of course. —Cliftonian (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, of course most encyclopedic. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:56, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment FYI, the blurb has over 1800 words characters, quite over the 1200 word character/space limit that they asked for. Prhartcom (talk) 13:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * ? I make it 207 words, 1111 characters.--Smerus (talk) 14:12, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I meant characters! Their instructions say we must count the spaces as well. Prhartcom (talk) 14:46, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Here then is an ALT if thought appropriate (1137 characters with spaces). --Smerus (talk) 15:33, 2 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Reads very well! You have my Support, not that you need it; such a vital encyclopedic article, on which you have done an excellent job. (Understand I am just another TFA editor; standing in line on this page just like you; I just wanted to help by pointing out this possible issue.) Cheers. Prhartcom (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2014 (UTC)