User talk:Gerda Arendt

Did you know ...

... 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?

(pictured, 2nd from left,
in Christmas Oratorio
at Unionskirche, Idstein in 2018)

(9 February 2021)

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February songs

take courage · encourage
Herr, unser Herr, wie bist du zugegen Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud

in memoriam

Innisfree Garden
Libuše Domanínská Flyer22 Jerome Kohl in Freundschaft · Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts ·

6 February

St. Martin, Idstein Solang es Menschen gibt auf Erden

2021 · take courage · encourage

take courage in 2021

calling heaven and earth to be glad

Welcome 2021! In the end, 2020 looked quite promising, and it's new year's resolutions can stay. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

My motto for 2021 is taken from a song: tell (announce) all in distress to take courage, as Isaiah wrote. Perhaps I should have just said "encourage!"

Today is my grandparents' wedding anniversary. They loved gardening and made a small summer paradise for us kids, with fruits, vegetables, potatoes, abundant flowers, especially dahlias, and a swing, - so garden will be a topic in 2021, as Beethoven was in 2020, today expanding Stonecrop Gardens. Ongoing: Bach, psalms, recent deaths, opera, Germany, and (my) places and songs.

I love collaboration, and can't mention all 2,500 whom I acknowledged so far, so thank just three of them for constant help: LouisAlain (prolific article translations), Grimes2 (language, sources and articles on request) and Yoninah (psalms and DYK). I make you (three) honorary members of WP:QAI, the project about article quality that I inherited, - more detailed plans are laid out (work in progress) on the project talk. The only reward for members is a monthly calendar image I took, such as the year's picture, - if you (all) want that, sign up ;)

I am proud that I could take recent images of music-making I enjoyed, and plan to do more of that. Off to Stonecrop Gardens. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

QAI

I sent the following note to members and friends of QAI = quality article improvement, so here to myself ;) - I tried to give a good start to 2021 by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct, - did you know that you belong to project's few members from the beginning who are still active? Yes, I know, I joined as No. 6 when it was founded in 2012, No. 1 is blocked, No. 2 is banned (therefore we call the project also the cabal of the outcast), No. 3 moved away and back under a higher number, Nos 4 and 5 edit but do little project work. Here I am to keep it going, in fond memory of the legacy the founders planted. Precious and Impact are the project's prizes, and I offer monthly thanks to those who are active, - you who read this could be one of them ;)

Ongoing projects, besides writing and reviewing quality articles:

• improve Psalms articles
• improve Bach cantatas articles
• expand and source translations
• polish articles about people who recently died
• offer infoboxes
• perform gnomish tasks: spelling mistakes, unclosed new-line html (<br>, replace by <br />), {{ill}} instead of direct links to foreign-language Wikipedias, {{lang}} for foreign-language text, WP:Colons and asterisks by RexxS, navboxes, especially for operas which so far had sidebars, {{sfn}} instead of {{harv}}.

For moar private "happy new year" see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year

see also Season's Greetings

Happy Epiphanytide

Happy Epiphany!

Martinevans123 (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC) [1]

Thank you, Martin, - did you see that my latest musical impressions came mostly from a church dedicated to the 3 Kings? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Peter, - find my wishes here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Good Heart Barnstar
		Gerda, for six years you've diligently returned to remind me of the precious award that you so kindly granted me. It makes me smile each year. For your work in making the wiki a more wonderful place, please accept this small token of my appreciation.

-Philippe (talk) 05:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Now you made me smile, Philippe ;) - Have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Wall of Honor

Wall of Honor
Gerda Arendt
2020

Gerda Arendt, you are one of nicest and caring persons in Wikipedia. As such, I have inducted you to the "Wall of Honor". We need more people like you in this project. I wish you a very Happy New Year. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Tony, and have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Enid Szánthó

On 2 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Enid Szánthó, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Enid Szánthó, a leading contralto of the Vienna State Opera, appeared as Erda in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1930, but was no longer invited by 1938? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Enid Szánthó. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Enid Szánthó), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

a great voice, sadly silenced --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gertrude Degenhardt

On 4 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gertrude Degenhardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gertrude Degenhardt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gertrude Degenhardt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jutta Lampe

On 8 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jutta Lampe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jutta Lampe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jutta Lampe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit

On 10 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit", a 17th-century morning hymn, has been variously translated as "Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star", and as "Dayspring of Eternity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Wolfgang Marschner

On 11 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang Marschner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... 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? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfgang Marschner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfgang Marschner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

The hook was written in fond memory of one of the world's greatest Stockhausen scholars who taught me something about the reliability (or not, don't follow them blindly) of sources back in 2009, see Talk:Siegfried Palm#Palm and Stockhausen.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Your question: I remembered the violinist from childhood radio announcements, and wanted to mention Sonatine. I hoped to find references for the detailed other facts, but didn't, lack of time also. Refs will be there, but offline. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

No doubt, I was just stunned that it was considered in a sufficient state to go to the main page. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:39, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Same for me, I even forgot, imagine. Yesterday, I had plans to nominate Fritz Reuter, but didn't (similar problems), and over all that failed to nominate Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, - also similar problems, but as that one made music history when dropping a measure when editing a Bach composition, I'm willing to invest some more time. Today I'll also have to look at Siegfried Borris or it will be too late ;) - What I'd really want to do is expand BWV 1 for FA. Pre-FAC comments welcome on the talk. There was a peer review in which practically only the nomination was criticised ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

A bit of Alaska snow for your Monday

Not from my area but it's not far off from what I see on the trails. Our snow is about two to three feet deep in most places. It's pretty compacted on the trails but less so outside of them. The dogs love it!! Their discipline is about the only thing keeping me out of a snow drift (LOL). Our house looks like a giant pile of snow right now. These pesky flash blizzards keep piling it up. It's -2f and we may sneak up to 0 or 1f today. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 19:57, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Soo beautiful, thank you for sharing. I was on skies today, fairy-tale landscape here as well. - I moved the pic to the right for indenting, hope you don't mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Not at all! My toes and fingers stay frozen, not to mention my brain, so sometimes I need a little help. LOL It's not ideal for most but I love it here. I need to upload some photos myself. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 21:30, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Stonecrop Gardens

Nice to meet you, Gerda. I have approved your DYK nomination. This is my first time to review a DYK, so I apologize for any conventions I may have violated. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do to ensure your DYK gets through the pipeline. Best wishes! DiverDave (talk) 17:47, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, my pleasure! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to this database query and this database query, you were the #6 most thanked Wikipedian of 2020 as well as the #5 most thankful Wikipedian of 2020, with 1716 recipient entries and 3629 performer entries in Special:Log/thanks. Thank you again for your contributions! Mz7 (talk) 22:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

thank you, without (lazy) click ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

• I agree with this wholeheartedly. Gerda is one of the most amazing Wikipedians I have met in my brief time here. Always kind and always helpful. Please keep being who you are, Gerda, which is as close to perfection as one could get. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

  blushing with thanks, RoseWolf! - please consider to color you talk blue in your signature, - "red link talk" signals "new user", someone to greet with a first welcome ever, and that seems a bit misleading - if not blue, any other colour better than red - Alternatively, you could link "Wolf" to the talk, - nobody would misread that, I guess. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

  I'm sorry. It's supposed to be a rose pink hue rather than red. I will most definitely alter the color. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

  Is this better or should I just drop the "Talk"? --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

  Like this better. Sorry for hijacking your moment. Not my intention in the slightest. Thank you for the tip and congrats. It's well deserved. --ARoseWolf 16:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

  YES I like that better, much better! I wasn't even "on" here, - household stuff, no moment lost ;) - Among the gnomish tasks further up, there's an essay by a friend (RexxS) about indenting, - good stuff. (If you need any help with templates, formatting, and even admin tasks, ask him. He just survived COVID so can take a lot.) I did indenting for you above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	the dyk guy Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Oscar Fritz Schuh

On 15 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar Fritz Schuh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Fritz Schuh. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar Fritz Schuh), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

my little contrib to Wikipedia 20 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Did you know ... that today, Wikipedia celebrates 20 years?

... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style
to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera,
focused on the psychology of the characters?
(15 January 2021) ... that director Frank Stähle revived
the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium
and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem
for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
(15 January 2016)

... that it took more than half a century to complete
the Neue Bach-Ausgabe,
the second edition of the collected works of Johann Sebastian Bach?
(15 January 2011)

This is fab, well done Gerda! Nice article, never heard of the guy or half of the venues he worked at, so this was highly educational. Thanks! DBaK (talk) 21:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

While the first one was planned for the occasion, the second was a happy coincidence - I sang in that revival - and this last one just a coincidence, one of the articles LouisAlain began, as the one below. GRuban added the pic just yesterday, ot that one could also have been on the Main page, imagine. I love this team! GRuban, would you find a pic for Siegfried Palm as well? My second article, and Jerome Kohl (User talk:Jerome Kohl helped me understand that even if a reliable source says something, it can be wrong. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Osian Ellis

On 16 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Osian Ellis, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 23:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I couldn't believe he had no article in German. Changed, and immediately appeared on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Natural horns

As I was going through your new FAC I was reminded of a recent surprise I learned while researching for my WIP rewrite of Trumpet: that Baroque composers only had natural horns to work with! That was pretty mind-boggling for me as a trumpet player. Have you ever seen, in person, a Bach piece played by true natural horns/trumpets? A lot of modern performers seem to use holes to shift some of the partials towards equal temperament, but I really like the sound from those instruments without holes—which I'm guessing is also more authentic. Here is an example that I found enlightening. Cheers, Ovinus (talk) 11:08, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, natural horns in Cantata 4 of the Christmas Oratorio in the 2019 performance pictured on my user page, - that's Cantata 6, of course, with all soloists singing together. The two conductors (one for 1 to 3, the other for the rest) agreed that an occasional "kicksen" was better than modern instruments. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

"The first movement is a chorale fantasia dominated by the trumpet."

BWV 126. And I bet you wrote the sentence above! Isn't it, though, and how glorious. It's directly your responsibility that I am wallowing in this right now, Gerda, because your FAC made me listen to BWV 1 and on my Suzuki vol 34 that's coupled with 126 and 127. And here I am. I had just finished having my socks blown off by the horns in BWV 1 and then up popped 126 with the trumpet, er, dominating the chorale fantasia ... usw. Shocking that I didn't already know it, of course, but I have long since given up apologizing for my ignorance ... it would be a fulltime job otherwise. Gosh, it is an education reading your Talk page! Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:34, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

BWV 1, concertante violin 1

Having seen the poor quality pixilated image for the concertato violin 1 part for BWV 1, I downloaded a high resolution version, slightly rotated and clipped. It's quite readable now. See what you think. Mathsci (talk) 10:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you lovely! Please understand that I hesitate to enter BWV 53, a topic I wasn't involved with much and don't know much about. I have enough articles left behind with the feeling of too much discussion vs. little gain in content. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

I looked at my 1995 boxed version of the Teldec recordings of the Harnoncourt-Leonhardt version. There the 144 page booklet, written by Alfred Dürr, lists the Harnocourt recording as published on 1971 and on original instruments. Audio listings already can sometimes found in library catalogues (including in Germany or the BnF). My other suggestion is to have a brief summary of the discography, with a detailed listing elsewhere using the BSW, as for BWV 4 or Vespro della Beata Vergine. In separate discographies, difficulties with WP:TAGBOMB can be avoided. Mathsci (talk) 09:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I had the same idea: split the discography off, - just didn't get to it yet. With some amusement, I read today that I made up my mind to make BWV 1 a featured article, - on this day two years ago. No rush. If you want to proceed with the split already, go ahead. I received a review of the Harnoncourt recording which will be useful, - only read the beginning so far. Graham, perhaps you can help: we want to derive an article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, this version, - how can the edit history appear there, - just attribution on the talk or other? It was done for BWV 4 years ago, copy and paste it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Good. Can't you arrange the split together with Nikkimaria? I'm sure Graham87 will also be able to help you in sorting out edit histories for proper attribution to be given. Mathsci (talk) 11:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, attribution in the edit summary and on the talk page (with {{copied}}) would be fine. Graham87 11:33, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt

On 19 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Dreikönigskirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

I like to see my pic, and show a diferent one today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Nun lasst uns gehn und treten

On 22 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nun lasst uns gehn und treten, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun lasst uns gehn und treten. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nun lasst uns gehn und treten), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

The world needs more mensch

I see both sides, but you were right to bring it up. I only knew her through my watch list but I know she was a tireless and fair volunteer. Take care, Tiderolls 13:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

thank you, feel understood, and even where I sowed some fruit of response could be enjoyed (because, as I explained to one per email: the message of saying nothing may be correct but is too ambiguous) - I never worked with her on an article, but saw her go and come back several times, and saw her contributions that can hardly be overrated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Christuskirche, Walsdorf

On 24 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christuskirche, Walsdorf, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Christuskirche in Idstein-Walsdorf received this name in 1993, 600 years after a first chapel in the village was mentioned? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christuskirche, Walsdorf. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Christuskirche, Walsdorf), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Could I interest you in...

an alley of stray cats? El_C 18:33, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

yes, El C, always better with cats - DYK that Rosiestep guards her talk by cats, once even "my" 3? ... and how I miss Fylbecatulous? - life is too short --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:39, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Thinking of purchasing that chipmunk leash, btw! El_C 19:55, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

did you go to the charming little church on top? ... it takes quite a close view to see all the little angels --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm more impressed with what seems like a monster organ (I think)... El_C 20:07, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

I heard that term only applied to this one ;) - our (former) Wiesbaden conductor was permitted to play it, and participate in a rehearsal, imagine, due to talking to someone on a train ride through the States --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Whoa, I realize it's in Salt Lake City, but the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw that was: that surely is the Constantinople of organs! El_C 22:25, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

the choir is more than 300, listen they really mean it, marching on ... - I looked for For All the Saints, imagine. alternate. Gotthilf Fischer, however, conducted 1,500, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Nice, I'll have me some of that Battle Hymn of the Republic! What a spectacle of sound (and also sight). El_C 04:54, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh, and speaking of which, I would be remiss if I were to fail to mention: "Battle Hymn of the Republic - Modified for Relevance | Don Caron." El_C 05:06, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

yes, you can --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jerome Kohl

On 28 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jerome Kohl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... 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? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jerome Kohl. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jerome Kohl), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Special congrats! El_C 00:15, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

This is wonderful. Well-deserved award. :)

Peace forever, Jerry. Antandrus (talk) 00:47, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Friends, you made me cry.

Luigi Nono and Stockhausen at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse

In Freundschaft

Did you know ...

... 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?

(28 January 2021)

I looked up to Jerome from the day he came in my life (in 2009, telling me that was a eliable source said about Stockhausen was wrong, - it's still on the talk of Siegfried Palm, my second article), and I imagine our conversations - thoughtful, on a meadow - as pictured, in the spirit of Stockhausen's wonderful titles: In Freundschaft, Kontakte, Originale, Licht ... We never met. We edit-warred over Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik and Georg Katzer, but always with respect. (If you want a tedious task, change the now deprecated parenthetical references, in hundreds of articles.) We worked together on many other. He thanked me for links to performers of Stockhausen's music, and I tried to mention their relation to the composer on the Main page, see Wolfgang Marschner (intentionally in memory), and before.

Jerome remains an inspiration, for the world. I will remember what he wrote (about Karlheinz Stockhausen and William Waterhouse (bassoonist) who died within a few weeks in 2011, and Stockhausen had just acknowledged WW for a memorial book): "I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

A beautiful bouquet of flowers to celebrate the memory of a special person. Well done Gerda. MarnetteD|Talk 17:16, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Herr, mach uns stark

On 30 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herr, mach uns stark, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anna Martina Gottschick wrote the hymn "Herr, mach uns stark" because a composer wanted to make Ralph Vaughan Williams's 1906 melody of "For All the Saints" available for German church singing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr, mach uns stark. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Herr, mach uns stark), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

in the 2021 series courage --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Stonecrop Gardens

On 30 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stonecrop Gardens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stonecrop Gardens in the Hudson Highlands features alpine vegetation and a sunken English garden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stonecrop Gardens. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stonecrop Gardens), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Great memories! - in the 2021 series garden --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

All caps (ALLCAPS!)

Enjoy this 30-seconds Leon! El_C 05:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

You are my capital voice ;) ... and Knabe's voice for environment and peace should stay CAPITAL. DYK that he joined the young demonstrating for Fridays For Future with a sign "Opa for future - you are not alone"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, what is Opa? El_C 15:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't know. We are told on DYK to make people curious. It's a word for grandfather, as daddy is for father, so what is it? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:35, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

So, not Minister of Defense Opa Muchinguri — gotcha! That would be quite weird, because she seems to be pretty out there, about anything... El_C 18:16, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Schloss Freudenberg

On 3 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schloss Freudenberg, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Schloss Freudenberg (pictured) and its park in Wiesbaden-Dotzheim offer an exhibition for the senses, with a Dunkelbar for drinking in darkness? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schloss Freudenberg. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Schloss Freudenberg), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

one of my places --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern

On 4 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern, a 1965 album and song that Franz Josef Degenhardt wrote and sang to his guitar, anticipated the opposition of the student movement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI notice where I mentioned you

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Mathsci Iban violation. Thank you. You aren't really involved in any way, but I'm notifying you as I mentioned you because Mathsci mentioned you in their defence on their talk page. Nil Einne (talk) 06:42, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Nil Einne, I was not called to WP:Great Dismal Swamp in years, and try to avoid the place. The question seems to be if an i-ban is more important than factual correctness of an article. I try to minimize contact with FS voluntarily (having walked away from many articles, including Stabat Mater and BWV 227) who banned me from his talk page. Therefore, I did not even look at BWV 53 (although I was pinged there several times, and felt some urgency). I wanted to focus on my own problem, BWV 1. A similar problem, it seems, a new fact introduced with an offline source (and I didn't even pay attention then), which is hard to counter. I am willing to talk to you here, and did already contact Fram, El C and Mathsci yesterday (look for my plant image on their pages), if you want more background. Mathsci helped me with my problem overnight (his talk). I am sorry that I have so far failed to help him, for laziness, trying to avoid conflict. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Hello, Gerda! I suspect you've (deservedly) gotten every award known to humanity, and since I have an especial fondness for goats, having raised a flock of them as a teen, I thought you might enjoy this cute fellow.

Thank you for your boundless support for Wikipedia in areas popular and abstruse. You are one of the lights that has made my tenure here a joy. :)

Hope you are well! Neopeius (talk) 18:26, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! Define well, I am healthy, but look above, - so needless. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

I am afraid it's all over my head, but I am sorry it is distressing you. I hope my cheerful note alloys the bitterness. :) --Neopeius (talk) 18:57, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Bitterness is not it, just head-shaking. Love the goat, reminding me of the one my grandparents had ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Yay! Oh, by the way, we're doing this on Saturday. I don't know if you have any interest in comic books, but one of our panelists is German Hugo Finalist Cora Buhlert, and she is a fount of knowledge on 50s/60s European comics. :) [The Journey Show] --Neopeius (talk) 19:13, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank for sharing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:17, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Libuše Domanínská

On 4 February 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Libuše Domanínská, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 23:01, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for F. Andrieu

~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 12:01, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Siegfried Borris

I completed a review at Template:Did you know nominations/Siegfried Borris and noted some minor concerns. I hope they are easy to fix! Flibirigit (talk) 20:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Schubert's Erlkönig

Hello Gerda, may I interest you with this DYK nomination of Erlkönig (Schubert)? Perhaps a better hook can be written. Many thanks, intforce (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Pueblo pottery

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

• Netherzone, that's a lovely article, - a first that I display the image for an article I only nominated. Thank you for what you said to Flyer22. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Leon Rains

On 7 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leon Rains, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Leon Rains, a bass singer who studied in New York City and Paris, took part in the world premiere of Salome and an early recording of Tannhäuser? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leon Rains. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Leon Rains), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Precious

Four years!

Note to self, - thank you Littleolive oil! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Interested in Music of Sudan?

Dear Gerda, as you already have enjoyed reading my article on the literature of Sudan, you might perhaps also be able to review my article about the Music of Sudan for GA status? It has been waiting for a reviewer since Sep 2nd, and even though I am in no hurry, I certainly would love to get your feedback. - It's not about European music, for sure, ;) but I suspect you might also be interested in the fascinating music of Sudan. And if you should have other priorities on your busy schedule, I certainly would understand that, too. Viele Grüße, Munfarid1 (talk) 15:13, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

I will certainly read it, interested, but - being not a native speaker - don't do GA reviews. Perhaps one of my visitors will pick it up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:17, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for both your quick reactions this afternoon. I didn't know about the restriction for GA reviewers and hope, somebody will be ready for the task soon... - And just read Pueblo pottery. - Amazing wealth of material, as it is a topic of American cultural history. I was especially interested in the paragraph Decontextualization, looting and black market trade, as it relates to my article about the Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage - which is also available in German. And finally, I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the Schmuddelkinder, which makes me reminisce about my days as a student in Freiburg i.Br. in the 70s! Munfarid1 (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

I spent a memorable day there then, - funny to think we might have met ;) - Netherzone, I hope you watch here. (Netherzone wrote the pottery article, I was just the nominator.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads-up ping. I will watch to see how things unfold. Netherzone (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Sorry ...

... for the inadvertent revert of your user page! I thought I was clicking on the line below in my watchlist. :) Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

No problem, it happens to me the same --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Anne Bierwirth

On 9 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anne Bierwirth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... 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? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Bierwirth. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anne Bierwirth), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

see below --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

pretiosus

Thankyou for my precious birthday card. It must keep you monstrously busy sending them out. However as I was one of the early ones I hold it as a high honour and hope to have many happy returns! The jewel reminds me of one of the faces on the Sutton Hoo whetstone, a subject with which I once had something to do before ever I was Eebahgum - but that was long ago, now my inspiration is a song... "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück..."; but, "Vorbei sind die Kinderspiele, Und alles rollt vorbei - Das Geld und die Welt und die Zeiten..." - though, while you keep us all connected, there is still a bit of "Glauben und Lieb' und Treu" - ! Thanks for that. Eebahgum (talk) 01:37, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Eebahgum, thank you, blushing. - The cards keep me busy but sending is my pleasant morning exercise, thinking of how much there is to be thankful for. It's almost a selfish thing, making my day better. I had to stop making the jewel larger, and possibly ten will be the end, perhaps asking people to give more reminders to themslves (as I did two days ago).

DYK that I just had different Kinderspiele exposed here? Today: an alto singer who is pictured in my 2021 infobox, great place, great music (Part VI of course but the article is not yet developed), I was in the choir. She sang St Matthew Passion for us, and I heard her three times recently at another great place, taking pictures twice, and one appeared on the Main page. Music will survive us ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Just think - and today is riddle-day for Trumpelstiltskin, too! Eebahgum (talk) 08:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

lol ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)