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The result was keep. 4meter4 (talk) 16:42, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh

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While this sounds like a great organization, the article has remained completely unsourced. I searched Google to see if I could rectify that, but I was unable to find any reliable, secondary sources on the organization to establish notabilty. LadyofShalott 16:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment You can find a lot of independent coverage here, however, all the articles were published by local Pittsburgh newspapers. An article by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 2011) ranks Renaissance & Baroque among "small music organizations" (together with Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh Camerata and Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society). It seems that Renaissance & Baroque is rather a local organization. On the other hand, there's clearly a possibility to write an informative article based on reliable sources, and we have quite populated categories covering local culture subjects and events, see Category:Performing arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Category:Culture of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Arguably major arts organizations in Paris, London or New York are also largely reviewed by the 'local' press, given that they are static unlike arts performers. Do we have any similar articles about music promoting organizations in other cities? --Klein zach 09:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, see [1]. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 09:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I now understand the society is mentioned in Grove Music (Ida Reed and Robert Croan. "Pittsburgh." Oxford Music Online, www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/21869.) --Klein zach 00:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (albeit a weakish one). I've added the Grove reference + a couple more and have fleshed out the article a bit. I gather from this that if anyone wants to spend time in the archives of the 'Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh' project at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, they could find more on the society's history. Voceditenore (talk) 07:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article is now in a good shape and well referenced. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 11:59, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Per the references that have been found, I gladly withdraw the nomination. As there have been no other calls for deletion, anyone should feel free to close this discussion. LadyofShalott 14:41, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.