Talk:Masquerade (Khachaturian)
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Incorrect year
editThis cannot have been written in 1875 as he was not even born at that time. I do not know the correct year so I cannot fix it. 212.151.13.248 (talk) 21:16, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Merge proposal
editSee Talk:Masquerade Suite#Merge proposal. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 11:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
edit- 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 Cielquiparle (talk) 05:21, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
- ... that the Waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite has been called "spooky" and played for Halloween? Source: Music critic Jay Nordlinger: "his waltz—that spooky, haunting, marvelous waltz—from Masquerade."[1]; School of American Ballet: "A few of our musicians on staff also shared a few of their favorite, spooky pieces of classical music: [...] Aram Khachaturian’s Masquerade Waltz"[2]played in Halloween concerts: "KHACHATURIAN Waltz from Masquerade"[3] "dancers from the Rock School appeared as guests at the ball in the "Waltz" from Khachaturian's Masquerade."[4]
- ALT1: ... that the Waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite was played at his funeral? Source: "Following the composerʼs death on 1 May 1978, funeral services were held in Moscow Conservatoryʼs Grand Hall during which the "Waltz" from Masquerade was performed by the State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yevgeni Svetlanov." [5]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kabul synagogue
5x expanded by Yerevantsi (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Masquerade (Khachaturian); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Starting review. Zeete (talk) 16:34, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Review: Expanded 5x, from 2,062 on 7/29/23 to 10,440 on 8/2/23 (per double DYK check), well cited, neutral, Earwig reported ok (Violation unlikely, 25.9%, quotations), QPQ done, hooks interesting, cited, length checked ok. Very interesting article.
Good to go! Thanks, Zeete (talk) 17:02, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Popularity rank
edit- second in popularity only to "Sabre Dance" from the ballet Gayane.
Come on, everybody has heard the climax of the Adagio in the Spartacus suite. That is more of a meme, approaching "Also sprach Zarathustra" (by R. Strauss). (This needs no source, by the way.) 89.8.226.131 (talk) 06:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)