Template:Did you know nominations/Borys Lyatoshynsky

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:07, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Borys Lyatoshynsky

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Lyatoshynsky in 1920

• ... that Borys Lyatoshynsky (pictured) composed his First Symphony during his student years at the Kyiv Conservatory? Source: [1]
  • Reviewed: to come

Improved to Good Article status by Amitchell125 (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 11:28, 12 September 2022 (UTC).

• The article was promoted to GA status within seven days of the nomination and appears to meet DYK guidelines. I also didn't find any close paraphrasing. I'm a fan of the hook, as I think it's impressive to write a symphony at such a young age; I'm assuming good faith for the sourcing as they're books. This will be good to go once a QPQ has been provided. Although I like the original hook, I do wonder if additional hooks could be proposed here in order to give the promoter more choices. For example, a hook about him writing an emotional piano piece the day his father died, or perhaps a hook about his legacy, could also be possible options. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:29, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you for the review. I reviewed now Template:Did you know nominations/Absolutely Sweet Marie. I picked the hook to match the image in time. I like the intensity of his look at me, - stronger than our short words. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

• Comment : As per the request, here are two alternatives. I don't think either of these are better than the original, which I like, and I think it's snappy. But these are intriguing as well. Unfortunately, ALT2 is very long, perhaps too long.
  • ALT1: ... that Borys Lyatoshynsky (pictured) wrote Mourning Prelude, a very powerful work and possibly his most tragic, the day his father died of typus.
  • ALT2: ... that Borys Lyatoshynsky (pictured), who received the award Honoured Artist of the USSR, wrote works that did not adhere to the Communist Party doctrine and were never performed publicly during his lifetime.
• BTW: The caption on the photo says 2020 instead of 1920 as it should. Radzy0 (talk) 00:30, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you for the offers, Radzy0. Blushing about my typo in the caption. Next time, please just fix such a thing ;) - ALT1 has a lot of opinion, and the piece rather small in his vast work. ALT2 is very general, while we already had the content (not the prize) more specifically for Luigi Gaggero, and relates to a later time in his life than pictured, and I love the pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:10, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm rewriting ALT1 as the following: ALT1a ... that Borys Lyatoshynsky (pictured) wrote Mourning Prelude, possibly his most tragic work, the day his father died of typhus? I'm approving both ALT1a and ALT0; while I have a slight preference for ALT1a, ALT0 is also acceptable, I will ultimately leave the final choice to the promoter. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:16, 19 September 2022 (UTC)