Template:Did you know nominations/The Firebird

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 14:58, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

The Firebird

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Costume sketch by Léon Bakst

... that Rachmaninoff revered Stravinsky's The Firebird (costume pictured), saying "Great God! What a work of genius this is! This is true Russia!"? Source: Slonimsky, Nicholas (2014). Slonimsky's Book of Musical Anecdotes. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-36860-9. p. 197
- ALT1: ... that the 1919 The Firebird suite (costume pictured) contained "more than three hundred errors"? Source: Craft, Robert (1993). Stravinsky: Glimpses of a Life. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312088965. p. 10
- ALT2: ... that Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird (costume pictured) was featured in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics? Source: Lally, Kathy (21 February 2014). "What opens must close at Sochi Olympics". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ALT3: ... that an excerpt from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird (costume pictured) was commonly used as an orchestra hit in 80s and 90s music? Source: Kottke, Jason (15 May 2018). "The fascinating history of the "orchestra hit" in music". kottke.org. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ALT4: ... that Frank Zappa used melodies from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird (costume pictured) in his 1967 album Absolutely Free? Source: Ulrich, Charles (2018). The Big Note. Canada: New Star Books. ISBN 9781554201464. p. 3
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Palm State Park

Improved to Good Article status by MyCatIsAChonk (talk). Self-nominated at 15:22, 23 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Firebird; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @MyCatIsAChonk: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:35, 23 March 2023 (UTC)