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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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk05:53, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Béla Bartók in 1903
Béla Bartók in 1903

Created by Ron Oliver (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 15:17, 16 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen in online sources. The hook, though, is boring. The part about Bartók's desire to educate the public was so evident that the melody in his folksongs was doubled by the right hand of the pianist would make more interesting hook material, as long as it's cited. Image is public domain but looks like it was photographed off a television set. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 04:53, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bartók is primarily known for two things apart from his outstanding musical output: Hungarian folk music and education. Now, you are most likely never going to find a reference that implies that Bartók doubled the voice because he had a strong desire to educate, but it was surely easier for him to teach and promote songs by showing (potentially) undereducated singers what the melodies are expected to sound like. The next sentence is ref'd and, in my view, it's equally as interesting. Ron Oliver (talk) 18:21, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the next sentence could make a good hook:
Alternatively, folksongs and DYK hooks are both meant to interest to the general public. Perhaps something based on their textual content, such as
However, this kind of information is not currently in the article. FourViolas (talk) 21:52, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]