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Saint-Saëns and Durand should be introduced, linked and given their full names at the start of the main part of the article (i.e. in the first paragraph of this section).
Saint-Saëns began sketching the composition in March 1891 while he was in Cairo and completed it by 1 April - This statement appears to be uncited, and also gives no information about how long Saint-Saens took to compose the work—presumably the reason why the sentence is included.
Link musicologist; folk-like (folk music); key (Key (music)); tempo; G major; sixteenth note (a term that may be unfamiliar to some readers —I would add 'semiquaver' in brackets; octave.
Arab music has a link (Arabic music), but as the genre is so diverse, I am unclear the term is appropriate here.
Sadly that is what the source says: "The effect of such successions resembles not only that of Hungarian rhapsodies but also Arab music" intforce (talk) 23:46, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Understood, but my point is valid, and I wouldn't be the only reader/editor to query the text here. One way forward here is to quote the text (as you have done above), which would make it clear where the phrase originates from. Amitchell125 (talk) 06:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A typical performance takes around 9 to 11 minutes - is uncited.
I can not find a reliable source which gives a direct figure. If the recordings are primary sources, I'm not sure if the state constitutes WP:SYNTH. intforce (talk) 23:46, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The link to political resentments doesn’t lead to where readers might expect it to. I would amend the text here to something more like the linked article’s title.
"exquisite finesse", its "captivating and stylish finish", and its "truly ingenious details in the orchestration" - I cannot access Stegemann, do we know who praised the work in this way?
Throughout his correspondence – Throughout implies “all the way through” or “during all of”, neither of which can possibly be the case here. I would replace the phrase with something like ‘In much of his correspondence during this period’, or something similar.
perhaps also due to political resentments – other reasons are presented in the sources (e.g. that the composer hadn’t been to Germany for many years), which I would include.
The table's Source column consists of external links, and external links are not supposed to be placed within the text of the article. The external links are to commercial websites, and so should not be used as references. Also, there is no indication that the table is complete.
I've removed the external links; since these are in essence primary sources on their own, a citation for each may not be necessary. intforce (talk) 23:46, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
first concerted works to be recorded with its composer in the role of soloist – needs to be paraphrased, as it appears to have been taken directly from the source.
What makes you think Ref 18 20 (Stephenson) is a reliable source?
I sadly can not find a better source. If desired, the source can be removed and the sentence rephrased to cite the 1904 recording itself. intforce (talk) 23:46, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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