Talk:Symphony No. 6 (Langgaard)

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Did you know nomination

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:23, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to Danish composer Rued Langgaard, his Symphony No. 6 depicts the struggle between Jesus and "spiritual wickedness in high places"?

Source: Viinholt Nielsen, Bendt (November 2016). "Langgaard SYMPHONY No 6". issuu.com. Wise Music Classical. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

ALT1: ... that according to Jens Cornelius, the two versions of the main theme of Langgaard's Symphony No. 6 represent Christ an Antichrist? Source: Cornelius, Jens (2018). "Rued Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6" (PDF). www.eclassical.com. Translated by Irons, John. Copenhagen: Dacapo Records. p. 7. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
ALT2: ... that the Danish premiere of Langgaard's Symphony No. 6 became a scandal? Source: Viinholt Nielsen, Bendt (November 2016). "Langgaard SYMPHONY No 6". issuu.com. Wise Music Classical. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
Reviewed:

Moved to mainspace by NeoGaze (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

NeoGaze (talk) 17:40, 13 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

My review (sorry if I've done this wrong):

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - ~~Almost yes but there is one uncited sentence that I have tagged; I think this should be let off in the context of a 1700 word article.~~
Neutral: - I have concerns about the use of phrases within the article such as "showing his spiritual concerns and mystical inclinations" and "the work then cemented its place as a major work in the Danish repertoire", of which only one source is given to back up the claim. Additionally, I discovered that the claim This was possibly done in order to present the symphony as a new work, dissociating it from the scandalous danish premiere was not actually backed up by the source it was cited from.
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: All three hooks are cited and somewhat interesting, although I would say ALT1 is quite wordy. Personally, I would choose the original suggestion over ALT2 especially as that is what the nominator is suggesting is their preference. The barrier to this being accepted is the article itself; although it is well-cited, I would argue that it doesn't really represent a NPOV and reads more like an advertisement for the work or its composer. The non-neutral language is also not simply cited from critical interpretations, but seems to be the author's. JacobTheRox^{(talk | contributions)} 16:16, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JacobTheRox: Thank you for the review! I think I have fixed your concerns. The last statement is actually backed by the source and is in the same page, I quote:

"In the leaflet he announces that Symphony no. 6 will be performed 'for the first time in Copenhagen' at a concert on 11 April 1928. He pretended, then, that it was a different work from the scandal-tainted symphony that one could have heard in the city five years earlier (and which admittedly was called symphony 'No.5')."

If you think its still not neutral enough (or if there is any other issue), then please point me. NeoGaze (talk) 19:14, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@NeoGaze:

I think the article is reasonably NPOV and sourced now, so I think that the nomination can be approved. I would appreciate if the person who moves this onto the next stage just gives the article a quick check to make sure they agree, as I myself have now been involved in editing it. Thanks. JacobTheRox^{(talk | contributions)} 21:51, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]