Talk:Masquerade (Khachaturian)

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Did you know... that the waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite has been called "spooky" and is often played for Halloween?

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Incorrect year[edit]

This 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)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

See Talk:Masquerade Suite#Merge proposal. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 11:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 05:21, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... 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.[reply]

Starting review. Zeete (talk) 16:34, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- 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)[reply]

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)[reply]