User:Cbl62/DYK low performing hooks

These lists present the lowest performing DYK hooks (less than 70 views per hour) for the period starting December 1, 2020.

All-time

The 20 lowest performing hooks include hooks falling into four categories: nine relating to Western European classical music and opera (Nos. 5-6, 8-10, 12-13, 16-17); three late 20th century American ballets (Nos. 1, 4, and 14); three English Football League Two playoff finals (Nos. 2, 11, and 18); and two American radio stations (Nos. 3 and 7).

Article	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Stravinsky Violin Concerto (ballet) (3/4/21)	404	33.7	... that George Balanchine choreographed the ballet Stravinsky Violin Concerto in 1972, a year after Igor Stravinsky's death, having previously choreographed another ballet to the same score in 1941?
2. 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final (2/8/21)	443	36.9	... that Blackpool became the most successful club in the history of English Football League play-offs when they won the 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final against Exeter City?
3. KKLY (12/4/20)	453	37.7	... that 185 Spanish-language radio stations aired the astronomy program Universo produced by KXCR of El Paso, Texas?
4. In the Night (ballet) (2/5/21)	504	42.0	... that Jerome Robbins's ballet In the Night is set to four nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin?
5. Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (12/24/20)	1,070	44.6	... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?
6. Peter Lagger (12/3/20)	1,070	44.6	.. that Swiss bass Peter Lagger performed in the world premieres of Louise Talma's Die Alkestiade at the Oper Frankfurt and of Penderecki's Magnificat at the Salzburg Festival?
7. KPHN (1/24/21)	543	45.2	... that during the trial of Francis Gary Powers, Kansas radio station KBTO presented summaries of Radio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports?
8. Rosl Zapf (1/8/21)	557	46.4	... that Rosl Zapf, a mezzo-soprano of the Oper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte conducted by Georg Solti?
9. Gustav Classens (12/16/20)	1,136	47.3	... that Gustav Classens, music director in Bonn from 1933, performed Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Missa solemnis, and Ninth Symphony during his first two seasons, offering the Ninth in both?
10. Peter Wollny (3/10/21)	569	44.7	... that the Bach Archive in Leipzig, directed by Peter Wollny, acquired in 2021 Gustav Mahler's Bach edition, in 59 volumes with handwritten annotations by Mahler?
11. 2016 Football League Two play-off Final (2/6/21)	578	48.1	... that AFC Wimbledon were promoted for a sixth time since their formation in 2002 when they won the 2016 Football League Two play-off Final?
12. Christian Schreiber (philosopher) (12/16/20)	1,159	48.3	... that Christian Schreiber, a church administrator, philosopher and poet, wrote a German version of the Latin Mass for the publication, alongside the original, of Beethoven's Mass in C major?
13. David Cordier (12/9/20)	582	48.5	... that countertenor David Cordier performed operatic title roles such as Handel's Giulio Cesare and one of the three sisters in Tri sestry by Péter Eötvös?
14. Sandpaper Ballet (12/13/20)	590	49.2	... that despite Sandpaper Ballet being choreographed to music by Leroy Anderson, his piece of the same name is not used?
15. Paul Foley (cricketer) (12/7/20)	597	49.8	... that Paul Foley, who played one match in his first-class career, went on to co-found the Minor Counties Cricket Championship?
16. William Wernigk (3/10/21)	599	49.9	... that William Wernigk performed four roles in Der Rosenkavalier during his decades at the Vienna State Opera, including the Innkeeper on a 1933 recording conducted by Robert Heger?
17. Michael Gläser (1/11/21)	601	50.1	... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill?
18. 2013 Football League Two play-off Final (2/21/21)	1,203	50.1	... that Bradford City scored three goals in 13 minutes to secure promotion in the 2013 Football League Two play-off Final?
19. Cyclone Meena (2/9/21)	608	50.7	... that Cyclone Meena was the first of four severe tropical cyclones to impact the Cook Islands in February 2005?
20. Columbia Global Reports (1/20/21)	611	50.9	... that Columbia University's small press Columbia Global Reports has been described as "somewhere between a magazine and book publisher"?

December 2020

Article	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. KKLY (12/4/20)	453	37.7	... that 185 Spanish-language radio stations aired the astronomy program Universo produced by KXCR of El Paso, Texas?
2. Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (theologian) (12/24/20)	1,070	44.6	... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?
3. Peter Lagger (12/3/20)	1,070	44.6	.. that Swiss bass Peter Lagger performed in the world premieres of Louise Talma's Die Alkestiade at the Oper Frankfurt and of Penderecki's Magnificat at the Salzburg Festival?
4. Gustav Classens (12/16/20)	1,136	47.3	... that Gustav Classens, music director in Bonn from 1933, performed Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Missa solemnis, and Ninth Symphony during his first two seasons, offering the Ninth in both
5. Christian Schreiber (philosopher) (12/16/20)	1,159	48.3	... that Christian Schreiber, a church administrator, philosopher and poet, wrote a German version of the Latin Mass for the publication, alongside the original, of Beethoven's Mass in C major?
6. David Cordier (12/9/20)	582	48.5	... that countertenor David Cordier performed operatic title roles such as Handel's Giulio Cesare and one of the three sisters in Tri sestry by Péter Eötvös?
7. Sandpaper Ballet (12/13/20)	590	49.2	... that despite Sandpaper Ballet being choreographed to music by Leroy Anderson, his piece of the same name is not used?
8. Paul Foley (cricketer) (12/7/20)	597	49.8	... that Paul Foley, who played one match in his first-class career, went on to co-found the Minor Counties Cricket Championship?
9. Hermann Wiedemann (12/3/20)	614	51.2	... that Hermann Wiedemann, who sang the role of Beckmesser in Toscanini's recording of Die Meistersinger, appeared as Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera 196 times?
10. Johannes Chum (12/16/20)	1,234	51.4	... that when Johannes Chum, a tenor in operatic roles from Nerone to Lohengrin, performed in Harnoncourt's recording of Beethoven's Missa solemnis, a reviewer described his singing as "seraphic"?
11. Tropical Storm Merbok (2017) (12/17/20)	1,245	51.9	... that Tropical Storm Merbok flooded 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of crops in 2017 and led to an economic loss of CN¥600 million (US$88.3 million) in China?
12. W. F. Taylor (12/4/20)	627	52.5	... that on this day in 1914, W. F. Taylor became the first president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association?
13. Udyavara Madhava Acharya (12/26/20)	1,268	52.8	... that Udyavara Madhava Acharya is credited with the modernisation of the theatre form Yakshagana?
14. Ulung Sitepu (12/6/20)	641	53.4	... that as the governor of North Sumatra, Ulung Sitepu donated 2,400 bottles of passion fruit drinks for the inaugural Games of the New Emerging Forces?
15. London Theatre Studio (12/22/20)	1,285	53.5	... that the London Theatre Studio was the first English drama school to teach theatrical design as well as drama?
16. Delftia lacustris (12/4/20)	648	54.0	... that the bacterium Delftia lacustris could be used in combination with a crust fungus in the bioremediation of petrochemical wastewater?
17. Requiem (Martin) (12/7/20)	662	55.2	... that in his Requiem, premiered at Lausanne Cathedral in 1973, Frank Martin scored the "Dies irae" for speaking choir and a "battery of percussion"?
18. Exeter Chiefs Women (12/12/20)	662	55.2	... that newly founded Exeter Chiefs Women were given a place in the top flight of English women's rugby union ahead of Richmond Women, historically one of the most successful teams in England?
19. Klaus Bernbacher (12/8/20)	702	58.5	... that conductor and politician Klaus Bernbacher was responsible for 600 Radio Bremen music broadcasts, including of the original version of Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder?
20. The Alcestiad (12/14/20)	722	60.2	... that The Alcestiad, an opera based on a Greek myth and written collaboratively by Thornton Wilder and composer Louise Talma, was premiered by the Oper Frankfurt in German?
21. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Böhm) (12/20/20)	1,453	60.6	... that in Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, a cantata in eleven movements for Advent, Georg Böhm set all eight stanzas of Luther's hymn, and all differently?
22. Autumn (Australian band) (12/21/20)	1,477	61.6	... that Australian pop band Autumn was one of four artists co-credited with a number-one hit in the Australian charts on 31 October 1970, each with a version of the song "Yellow River"?
23. Hespress (12/26/20)	1,543	64.3	... that Hespress, the most popular news website in Morocco, initially relied on non-staff bloggers for its articles?
24. Women Leaders in Global Health Conference (12/5/20)	772	64.3	... that a 2017 global women-leaders conference found that the chief barrier to leadership roles for women was a lack of mentoring?
25. Cassandre (Jarrell) (12/14/20)	781	65.1	... that in Cassandre, an opera by Michael Jarrell based on the novel by Christa Wolf, Cassandra speaks and acts without singing?
26. O magnum mysterium (Lauridsen) (12/25/20)	1,575	65.6	... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen, is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?
27. Guido Goldman (12/27/20)	1,583	65.9	... that academic and philanthropist Guido Goldman convinced West German chancellor Willy Brandt to set up and endow the German Marshall Fund on the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan?
28. James M. Canty (12/3/20)	804	67.0	... that James M. Canty became the first Superintendent of Mechanical Industries at West Virginia State University following a recommendation from Booker T. Washington?
29. Bangour General Hospital (12/27/20)	1,627	67.8	... that the Wallace rule of nines to calculate the area of a burn was introduced by A. B. Wallace of Bangour General Hospital?
30. Recollections of Full Years (12/12/20)	813	67.8	... that Recollections of Full Years by Helen Taft was the first memoir published by a first lady of the United States?
31. Rudolf Steglich (12/23/20)	1,631	68	... that Rudolf Steglich, a musicologist who wrote his habilitation thesis on rhythm in 1930, was a co-editor of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe, the critical edition of Handel's complete works, from 1955?
32. One Voice at Christmas (12/25/20)	1,645	68.5	... that One Voice at Christmas involves Aled Jones duetting Christmas carols with his younger self and the late Terry Wogan?
33. My Memoir (1/9/21)	835	69.6	... that in My Memoir, former United States first lady Edith Wilson detailed how she became Woodrow Wilson's gatekeeper after his stroke, prioritizing his official duties?
34. Cello Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven) (12/16/20)	1,678	69.9	... that Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?

January 2021

Article	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. KPHN (1/24/21)	543	45.2	... that during the trial of Francis Gary Powers, Kansas radio station KBTO presented summaries of Radio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports?
2. Rosl Zapf (1/8/21)	557	46.4	... that Rosl Zapf, a mezzo-soprano of the Oper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte conducted by Georg Solti?
3. Michael Gläser (1/11/21)	601	50.1	... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill?
4. Columbia Global Reports (1/20/21)	611	50.9	... that Columbia University's small press Columbia Global Reports has been described as "somewhere between a magazine and book publisher"?
5. WUNA (1/30/21)	618	51.5	... that when a proposed sale of Orlando-area radio station WVCF fell through, the attempted buyer started his own station?
6. Bangladesh national cricket team record by opponent (1/28/21)	624	52.0	... that Bangladesh is the only Test-playing nation that has not been involved in any tied international cricket matches?
7. Lucy Burwell Page Saunders (1/16/21)	634	52.8	... that Lucy Burwell Page Saunders's novel Dora Lee features a French-speaking macaw named Fanchon, inspired by Dolley Madison's pet parrot, who attacks three different characters in eight pages?
8. Gernot Roll (1/6/21)	639	53.2	... that Gernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television series The Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann's novel?
9. Frances Todman (1/9/21)	654	54.5	... that Fran Todman, who fundraised for the Retina Foundation for decades, was honored with an electrophysiology laboratory at the Schepens Eye Research Institute being named for her?
10. Oscar Fritz Schuh (1/15/21)	655	54.6	... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters?
11. Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit (1/31/21)	662	55.2	... that "Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit", for New Year in the current Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, takes two stanzas from a 1851 song by Heinrich Bone, a third stanza and refrain from 1969, and a 1529 popular melody by Luther?
12. Iqbal Qureshi (1/17/21)	755	62.9	... that Iqbal Qureshi composed the music for the 1964 film Cha Cha Cha, the first Indian film to feature Western dance?
13. Edinburgh City Hospital (1/1/21)	1,511	63.0	... that Milestone House at the Edinburgh City Hospital was the first custom-built AIDS hospice in the UK?
14. Philip Saunders (philatelist) (1/19/21)	767	63.9	... that in their 1962 postal history of the Cayman Islands, Philip Saunders and Everard Aguilar were unable to find any surviving mail from the islands before 1889 in private collections, and very little in archives?
15. Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1/30/21)	771	64.2	... that Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani translated the Islamic law book Fatawa 'Alamgiri from Arabic into Urdu?
16. Freedom of Information Act (Illinois) (1/2/21)	1,567	65	... that after Illinois overhauled its Freedom of Information Act on January 1, 2010, the law became regarded as one of the most liberal public-records statutes in the United States?
17. Wolfgang Marschner (1/12/21)	792	66.0	... that Wolfgang Marschner was the violinist in the first public performance of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist?
18. KCEE (1/21/21)	816	68	... that KEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station in Tucson, offered English lessons from a University of Arizona professor?
19. Zabân-e Pâk (1/29/21)	822	68.5	... that the treatise Zabân-e Pâk, written by Ahmad Kasravi, was one of the first works that sought to suggest refinements to the Persian language?
20. My Memoir (1/9/21)	835	69.6	... that in My Memoir, former United States first lady Edith Wilson detailed how she became Woodrow Wilson's gatekeeper after his stroke, prioritizing his official duties?
21. Jerome Kohl (1/28/21)	838	69.8	... that Jerome Kohl, a music theorist of the University of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on his Zeitmaße in 2017?
22. Manek Premchand (1/30/21)	838	69.8	... that Manek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs?

February 2021

Article	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final (2/8/21)	443	36.9	... that Blackpool became the most successful club in the history of English Football League play-offs when they won the 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final against Exeter City?
2. In the Night (ballet) (2/5/21)	504	42.0	... that Jerome Robbins's ballet In the Night is set to four nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin?
3. 2016 Football League Two play-off Final (2/6/21)	578	48.1	... that AFC Wimbledon were promoted for a sixth time since their formation in 2002 when they won the 2016 Football League Two play-off Final?
4. 2013 Football League Two play-off Final (2/21/21)	1,203	50.1	... that Bradford City scored three goals in 13 minutes to secure promotion in the 2013 Football League Two play-off Final?
5. Cyclone Meena (2/9/21)	608	50.7	... that Cyclone Meena was the first of four severe tropical cyclones to impact the Cook Islands in February 2005?
6. Kyle Larson Racing (2/4/21)	664	55.3	... that after twelve years of attempts, Kyle Larson won the Chili Bowl Nationals back-to-back in the first two years in which he ran the event for his own team?
7. 2014 Football League Two play-off Final (2/11/21)	671	55.9	... that Billy Kee was going to include "Wembley" in the name of his child who was being born during the 2014 Football League Two play-off Final if he scored?
8. 2013 Football League One play-off Final (2/12/21)	675	56.2	... that after winning the 2013 Football League One play-off Final, Yeovil Town were promoted to the second tier of English football just ten years after being a non-League club?
9. St Peter's Medal (2/2/21)	696	58.0	... that the St Peter's Medal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons was first awarded for the detection of bladder cancers in the dye industry?
10. Anne Bierwirth (2/9/21)	699	58.3	... that Anne Bierwirth has performed the alto part in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and in a recording of the first Passion oratorio in German by Reinhard Keiser?
11. Peter Herrmann (2/21/21)	1,419	59.1	... that Peter Herrmann composed a Second Symphony that premiered at the Gewandhaus with Kurt Masur, and a Kant Pop Symphony that premiered at the Musikhochschule Leipzig, where he had taught for decades?
12. Charles Mayer (journalist) (2/4/21)	710	59.2	... that journalist Charles Mayer proposed an election procedure change in his attempt to become president of the National Boxing Association?
13. Frank LoMonte (2/5/21)	739	61.6	... that lawyer and press freedom advocate Frank LoMonte helped pass legislation in 14 U.S. states outlawing censorship of student media by school administrators?
14. Miriam Usher Chrisman (2/6/21)	765	63.8	... that in a 1982 book about the printing industry of 16th-century Strasbourg, historian Miriam Usher Chrisman demonstrated the scholarly potential of the digital analysis of large archival datasets?
15. I've Seen All I Need to See (2/23/21)	1,551	64.6	... that American band the Body's album I've Seen All I Need to See opens with a reading of the poem "The Kaleidoscope" by Scottish poet Douglas Dunn?
16. 2005 Football League One play-off Final (2/19/21)	1,604	66.8	... that some of the Sheffield Wednesday team participated in a conga on the M4 motorway after winning the 2005 Football League One play-off Final?
17. Rudy Atwood (2/8/21)	805	67.1	... that gospel pianist Rudy Atwood, heard on Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio broadcasts of the 1930s to the 1960s, attributed his hymn arrangements to the influence of J. S. Bach?
18. Biserka Cvejić (2/18/21)	1,672	69.7	... that Biserka Cvejić, a Serbian mezzo-soprano who appeared at the Vienna State Opera in 372 performances, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961 as Amneris in Verdi's Aida?

March 2021

Article	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Stravinsky Violin Concerto (3/4/21)	404	33.7	... that George Balanchine choreographed the ballet Stravinsky Violin Concerto in 1972, a year after Igor Stravinsky's death, having previously choreographed another ballet to the same score in 1941?
2. Peter Wollny (3/10/21)	569	44.7	... that the Bach Archive in Leipzig, directed by Peter Wollny, acquired in 2021 Gustav Mahler's Bach edition, in 59 volumes with handwritten annotations by Mahler?
3. William Wernigk (3/10/21)	599	49.9	... that William Wernigk performed four roles in Der Rosenkavalier during his decades at the Vienna State Opera, including the Innkeeper on a 1933 recording conducted by Robert Heger?
4. Joachim Herz (3/11/21)	618	51.5	... that Joachim Herz was the stage director of an unconventional production of the Ring cycle at the Leipzig Opera, completed in 1976, and of the opening performance of the restored Semperoper in 1985?
5. Volker Wangenheim (3/15/21)	621	51.8	... that conductor Volker Wangenheim opened the Beethovenhalle in Bonn for music by Karlheinz Stockhausen on 15 November 1969, including the world premiere of Fresco for four orchestral groups?
6. Norman C. Deno (3/6/21)	657	54.7	... that plant scientist Norman C. Deno's research on seed germination techniques resulted in him writing a book with germination methods for thousands of species?
7. BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (3/8/21)	658	54.8	... that badminton player P. V. Sindhu became the inaugural recipient of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award in 2020?
8. 2012 Football League Two play-off Final (3/6/21)	760	63.3	... that Cheltenham Town lost the 2012 Football League Two play-off Final, their first defeat in nine play-off matches?
9. Andréa Guiot (3/8/21)	789	65.7	... that Andréa Guiot appeared internationally in French soprano roles such as Mireille, Marguerite, Manon, and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, which she recorded alongside Maria Callas in the title role?
10. 2009 Football League One play-off Final (3/11/21)	796	66.3	... that 23-year-old Michael Oliver refereed the 2009 Football League One play-off Final at Wembley Stadium the day after his father had officiated the 2009 Football League Two play-off Final?