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A fact from Symphony for Strings appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov was not played again until 2000?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sviridov circa 1940

... that after hearing the Symphony for Strings, Dmitri Shostakovich called its composer Georgy Sviridov (pictured) the hope of Soviet music?

Source: Sviridov, Georgy (2002). Belonenko, Alexander (ed.). Музыка как судьба [Music as Destiny] (in Russian). Moscow: Молодая гвардия [Young Guard], p. 88

ALT1: ... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov (pictured) was not played again until 2000? Source: [1], p. 41
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Roberto Quintanilla
Comment: ~~QPQ coming later today.~~ Done.

Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.

CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article was created on the day of the nomination and is long enough for DYK standards. Given that all of the sources are offline and/or in Russian, I am unable to check each statement individually and so AGF here; however, if possible, I'd like to request a brief excerpt for the relevant statements supporting both hooks. A QPQ has been done and I didn't find any close paraphrasing. Either hook can be used (both are cited inline and AGF on their verification and sourcing), although I do have a slight preference for ALT1. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! Give me a few minutes to find the book for ALT0 in my stacks. Be right back! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, here's the source quote for ALT0 with my translation. It comes from Sviridov's personal jottings that were intended for an essay about Shostakovich published in 1976:

Когда я играл в Союзе Лен<инградских> комп<озиторов> свою Стр<унную> симфонию, он выступил на обсуждении и говорил: «Свиридов—это наша надежда» и еще несколько раз так говорил. (When at the Len[ingrad] Union of Comp[osers] I played my Str[ing] Symphony, [Shostakovich] spoke up at the conference and said "Sviridov is our hope" and repeated this several more times.)

—CurryTime7-24 (talk) 03:04, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As for ALT1, here's the quote with translation:

Одной из причин того, что она выпала из поля зрения исследователей, стал тот факт, что после 1943 г. симфония покинула концертный репертуар. [...] Тем не менее симфония не была забыта автором. [...] Вполне очевидно, что Георгий Васильевич хотел дать своему незаслуженно забытому сочинению новую жизнь. Это произошло в 2000 г., уже после кончины композитора. 28 июня 2000 г. в Большом зале Санкт-Петербургской филармонии с успехом прошла повторная премьера Симфонии в исполнении камерного ансамбля «Солисты Москвы» под управлением Юрия Башмета. (One of the reasons [the Symphony for Strings] fell from favor with researchers is the fact that after 1943 it was dropped from the repertoire. [...] Even so, it was not forgotten by its composer. [...] Clearly, Georgy Vasilyevich wanted to breathe new life into his unjustly forgotten work. After the composer's death this came to pass in 2000. The successful second premiere of the Symphony took place on June 28 at the Large Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, played by the Moscow Soloists chamber ensemble conducted by Yuri Bashmet.)

—CurryTime7-24 (talk) 03:39, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]