Template:Did you know nominations/Die schöne Melusine

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:37, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Die schöne Melusine

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The fair Melusine
The fair Melusine
  • ... that the fascinating Mlle. Hähnel inspired Felix Mendelssohn to create the fair Melusine? Mendelssohn, Felix, tr. Lady Wallace (1864). Mendelssohn's Letters from 1833 to 1847. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt. pp. 31-32

Created by Smerus (talk). Self-nominated at 22:38, 26 December 2017 (UTC).

  • The article is new enough and long enough. It is neutral and uses inline citations. I assume good faith for the offline sources. I could not find any copyright violations. The hook is cited, and the QPQ is done. The hook says that Mlle. Hähnel is fascinating, which isn't very neutral. How about:
  • ALT1: ... that Felix Mendelssohn thought Mlle. Hähnel was fascinating and was inspired to create the fair Melusine? Gulumeemee (talk) 06:47, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Hmm. that seems a bit picky, as the cite makes it clear that FM was 'fascinated' (his own word)....but if you insist, how about ALT2:... that Felix Mendelssohn was so fascinated by Mlle. Hähnel as a mermaid that he was inspired to create the fair Melusine? --Smerus (talk) 09:09, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
  • This hook is good. It attributes the opinion to Mendelssohn. Gulumeemee (talk) 09:43, 27 December 2017 (UTC)