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Needing some help here. Several sources report that the autograph manuscript for Water Droplets is lost and, therefore, that the piece only survives as a copy made by Sibelius's first biographer, Erik Furuhjelm , who published a Swedish-language book in 1916. What I cannot figure out from the sources available to me is whether: a) Furuhjelm made a hand-written copy; or b) Furuhjelm was permitted to print the score in his book, i.e., a printed copy.
Second, it's not clear to me what happened to the autograph ... Tawaststjerna seems to indicate that it was destroyed, but his wording (or, more accurately Layton's translation) is, in my view, woefully imprecise. Here's the relevant passage:
Sibelius preserved these [his Uncle Petr's compositions] all his life although few of his own manuscripts from the time of his youthful Water-drops down to what he wrote of the Eighth Symphony survives the bonfires which warmed his old age (p. 10).
Add to this the following passage from an article by Layton, which confuses things further:
It is a small piece for violin and cello pizzicato called Vattendroppar (Drops of Water) and on the same piece of manuscript paper there is a short sketch for string quartet (p. 4).
Any clarifying information would be much appreciated. Thanks ~ Silence of Järvenpää 00:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
I definitely agree with the B-class rating, nice work and impressive research! It's the perfect balance of information for a juvenile piece like this. Some thoughts
Later in life, Sibelius claimed that his first composition [...] perhaps because Janne never committed it to paper). It makes them sound like different people; maybe "he" or "the composer" would be better
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Improved to Good Article status by Silence of Järvenpää ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 23:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Water Droplets (Sibelius); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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QPQ: Done. |
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Needing some help here. Several sources report that the autograph manuscript for Water Droplets is lost and, therefore, that the piece only survives as a copy made by Sibelius's first biographer, Erik Furuhjelm , who published a Swedish-language book in 1916. What I cannot figure out from the sources available to me is whether: a) Furuhjelm made a hand-written copy; or b) Furuhjelm was permitted to print the score in his book, i.e., a printed copy.
Second, it's not clear to me what happened to the autograph ... Tawaststjerna seems to indicate that it was destroyed, but his wording (or, more accurately Layton's translation) is, in my view, woefully imprecise. Here's the relevant passage:
Sibelius preserved these [his Uncle Petr's compositions] all his life although few of his own manuscripts from the time of his youthful Water-drops down to what he wrote of the Eighth Symphony survives the bonfires which warmed his old age (p. 10).
Add to this the following passage from an article by Layton, which confuses things further:
It is a small piece for violin and cello pizzicato called Vattendroppar (Drops of Water) and on the same piece of manuscript paper there is a short sketch for string quartet (p. 4).
Any clarifying information would be much appreciated. Thanks ~ Silence of Järvenpää 00:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
I definitely agree with the B-class rating, nice work and impressive research! It's the perfect balance of information for a juvenile piece like this. Some thoughts
Later in life, Sibelius claimed that his first composition [...] perhaps because Janne never committed it to paper). It makes them sound like different people; maybe "he" or "the composer" would be better
The result was: promoted by
Vaticidalprophet (
talk) 16:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Silence of Järvenpää ( talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke ( talk) at 23:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Water Droplets (Sibelius); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Reviewing...
Flibirigit (
talk) 12:56, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |