Appalachian Spring is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | |||||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 6, 2024. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
A
fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
October 25, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the early drafts of
Appalachian Spring contained a Native American girl to act as an invisible theatrical device, but it was cut in the final production? | |||||||||||||
Current status: Featured article |
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Appalachian Spring article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
This
level-5 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This article should probably be cut into two, or at least have two distinct sections: information concerning the dance by Martha Graham, and information concerning the musical score by Copland. As it currently stands, the article switches back and forth between the two (the dance and the score) and is, I think, confusing as a result. J. Van Meter 02:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Could the synopsis be more embellished? It would also be nice to see how the brief storyline fits into the eight-section structure of the piece.
Additionally, the storyline currently mentions a character named "Graham" without having mentioned who that is beforehand: "... The newlyweds muse on their future as night falls. In the course of the dance, Graham reveals the inner lives of the four principal characters..."
This is grammatically incorrect:
The melody I borrowed and used almost literally, is called "Simple Gifts."
It should be
The melody I borrowed and used almost literally is called "Simple Gifts."
or
The melody I borrowed, and used almost literally, is called "Simple Gifts."
Is it written sic, or is it simply a misquote?
Appalachian Spring is not a ballet. It is a modern dance, which is very different. Martha Graham is one of THE names in the early history of modern dance.
Tasedjebbast 06:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)Tasedjebbast
I have always understood that "spring" in the title of Appalachian Spring does not refer to the season, but refers to an expanse of water, similar to a brook, rill or stream.This article hardly clarifies this and if anything, goes on to mislead people. ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 17:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
I was told the same thing on the German Wikipedia. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Should this article not include reference to the fact that it has been influenced by the hymn Lord of the Dance? ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 15:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Could we get a source for the form of the orchestral suite? When and where did Copland describe these sections? Jwberns ( talk) 12:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
PrimalMustelid
talk
00:12, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
5x expanded by MyCatIsAChonk ( talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 15 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Appalachian Spring; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
The sources currently present (Ross 2007 and Rutkoff & Scott 1995) do not state that The Dance is a subsection of Powhatan's Daughter. If you wish to change this, please add a reliable source- you could even just add a citation to the Crane book itself. MyCatIsAChonk ( talk) ( not me) ( also not me) ( still no) 13:39, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
"On the contrary, Hawkins was stiffer, exhibiting a masculinity and suppleness that stuck in the role with future performers." "Suppleness" means the "quality of being soft and able to bend", which is the opposite of "stiff". So did it exhibit suppleness or stiffness or both? I can't make sense of it. Nosferattus ( talk) 00:46, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Appalachian Spring is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | |||||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 6, 2024. | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
A
fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
October 25, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the early drafts of
Appalachian Spring contained a Native American girl to act as an invisible theatrical device, but it was cut in the final production? | |||||||||||||
Current status: Featured article |
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Appalachian Spring article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
This
level-5 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This article should probably be cut into two, or at least have two distinct sections: information concerning the dance by Martha Graham, and information concerning the musical score by Copland. As it currently stands, the article switches back and forth between the two (the dance and the score) and is, I think, confusing as a result. J. Van Meter 02:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Could the synopsis be more embellished? It would also be nice to see how the brief storyline fits into the eight-section structure of the piece.
Additionally, the storyline currently mentions a character named "Graham" without having mentioned who that is beforehand: "... The newlyweds muse on their future as night falls. In the course of the dance, Graham reveals the inner lives of the four principal characters..."
This is grammatically incorrect:
The melody I borrowed and used almost literally, is called "Simple Gifts."
It should be
The melody I borrowed and used almost literally is called "Simple Gifts."
or
The melody I borrowed, and used almost literally, is called "Simple Gifts."
Is it written sic, or is it simply a misquote?
Appalachian Spring is not a ballet. It is a modern dance, which is very different. Martha Graham is one of THE names in the early history of modern dance.
Tasedjebbast 06:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)Tasedjebbast
I have always understood that "spring" in the title of Appalachian Spring does not refer to the season, but refers to an expanse of water, similar to a brook, rill or stream.This article hardly clarifies this and if anything, goes on to mislead people. ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 17:25, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
I was told the same thing on the German Wikipedia. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Should this article not include reference to the fact that it has been influenced by the hymn Lord of the Dance? ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 15:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Could we get a source for the form of the orchestral suite? When and where did Copland describe these sections? Jwberns ( talk) 12:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
PrimalMustelid
talk
00:12, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
5x expanded by MyCatIsAChonk ( talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 15 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Appalachian Spring; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
The sources currently present (Ross 2007 and Rutkoff & Scott 1995) do not state that The Dance is a subsection of Powhatan's Daughter. If you wish to change this, please add a reliable source- you could even just add a citation to the Crane book itself. MyCatIsAChonk ( talk) ( not me) ( also not me) ( still no) 13:39, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
"On the contrary, Hawkins was stiffer, exhibiting a masculinity and suppleness that stuck in the role with future performers." "Suppleness" means the "quality of being soft and able to bend", which is the opposite of "stiff". So did it exhibit suppleness or stiffness or both? I can't make sense of it. Nosferattus ( talk) 00:46, 6 April 2024 (UTC)