Talk:John Thomas Douglass

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Did you know... that John Thomas Douglass's Virginia's Ball, which premiered in 1868, is generally regarded as the first opera written by a black composer?

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Did you know nomination

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 MeegsC (talk) 14:34, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that John Thomas Douglass wrote Virginia's Ball (1868), which is generally regarded as the first opera written by a black composer? ^[1]^[2]
- ALT1:... that John Thomas Douglass's Virginia's Ball (1868) is generally regarded as the first opera written by a black composer?

Comment: My first nom, so please let me know if I messed up the nomination process at all.

5x expanded by Aza24 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:22, 18 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: This is my first DYK review, so another reviewer may wish to double-check before promoting. Everything looks good, though! I prefer ALT1. ezlev^tlk
_ctrbs 19:52, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Southern, Eileen (2001). "Freeman, (Harry) Lawrence". Grove Music Online. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10187. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Burnim, Mellonee V.; Maultsby, Portia K. (2014). African American Music: An Introduction. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor & Francis. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-317-93442-4.

[1] Southern, Eileen (2001). "Freeman, (Harry) Lawrence". Grove Music Online. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10187. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[2] Burnim, Mellonee V.; Maultsby, Portia K. (2014). African American Music: An Introduction. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor & Francis. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-317-93442-4.

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