Talk:Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet)

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Did you know... that George Balanchine choreographed Ballet Imperial to prove that Americans were capable of performing in the traditions of classical ballet?

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Tschaikovsky vs. Tchaikovsky

How should the name of the composer of the music for “Serenade” be spelled? Most Westerners now spell it Tchaikovsky, but City Ballet took up, during Balanchine’s lifetime, the spelling Tschaikovsky. Why? Because that’s how the composer spelled it when he was in New York in 1891. (My thanks to the reader who sent me a copy of his Carnegie Hall autograph from the Pierpont Morgan Library.)

NY Times article by Alastair Macaulay, June 1, 2007

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:28, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that George Balanchine choreographed Ballet Imperial to prove that Americans are capable of the classical ballet traditions? Source: [1], p. 129
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Somewhere Else (The Good Place)
- Comment: The spelling of the composer's surname is deliberate. This is explained in a note in the lead.

5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 22:42, 20 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review. Zeete (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded 5x on January 20 (from 1,117 to 7,035 per DYK check), cited, neutral, Earwig reported ok (Violation unlikely, 32.0%, one long quotation), QPQ done, hook interesting, cited, length checked ok. Big improvement over the earlier version. AGF, preview unavailable for book refs. Note small typo in quote, s/b decorations. Consider using Tchaikovsky as common usage spelling in other places.

Good to go. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 16:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The error in the quote is a grammatical error in the source. I put " [sic]" instead. I also changed the common spelling for the composer outside of the titles. Corachow (talk) 15:27, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good! Thanks, Zeete (talk) 15:46, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tschaikovsky vs. Tchaikovsky

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