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Did you know... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence (pictured) hated being called the "queen of ragtime" despite being a catalyst for the revival of Scott Joplin's music?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:29, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence (pictured), despite being a catalyst for the revival of Scott Joplin's music, hated being called the "queen of ragtime"? Source: Ms. Lawrence is the one who dug Scott Joplin out of the dust of libraries, took him away from the specialists, and set him loose on the world. Without her, The Sting would have had music by somebody else and there wouldn't be sixteen listings of ragtime music under Joplin's name in the classical section of Schwann's catalogue. So—whether she likes it or not—Ms. Lawrence is the queen of ragtime.[1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Women in the Etruscan society
- Comment: ~~QPQ coming later.~~ I got more and maybe better ALTs, but for now papacito needs to go sleep for the night!

Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:32, 27 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Vera Brodsky Lawrence; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: - Not done
Overall: @CurryTime7-24: Good article. waiting on QPQ. Though, I would like to see the alts you mentioned. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:22, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in new ALTs. Been traveling the past week. Without further ado...

ALT1 ... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence destroyed her personal documents and made an abrupt career shift after the death of her husband? (Source: Destruction of personal effects in [2]; career shift in [3])
ALT2 ... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence played Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2 at Carnegie Hall in the presence of Andrei Gromyko? (Source: [4])
ALT3 ... that the New York Daily News said that Vera Brodsky Lawrence "dug Scott Joplin out of the dust of libraries" and that "without her The Sting would have had music by somebody else"? (Source: [5])
ALT4 ... that pianist and host Vera Brodsky Lawrence played music ranging from Béla Bartók and Dmitri Shostakovich to Alec Templeton and Duke Ellington on her CBS radio show? (Source: Bartók, Shostakovich, Templeton, Duke)
ALT5 ... that in 1938, pianist and host Vera Brodsky Lawrence played music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Medtner, and Duke Ellington on the same radio program?(Source: [6]) —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:19, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Onegreatjoke to respond as it has been over 2 weeks. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:31, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:23, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@CurryTime7-24 and Onegreatjoke:

iii'm not seing a QPQ? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:26, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: I thought I had added it, but it's: Template:Did you know nominations/Women in Etruscan society. However, that DYK nomination hit a snag because of some problems with its prose and sourcing. I tried to give the submitting editor time to remedy these issues and even took a stab at them myself, but I didn't get very far as it quickly became a bigger challenge than expected and I have only so much time on my hands. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 22:42, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

curse me and my green redirect links. :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:45, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]