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1 April
Happy Easter


Did you know ...

... that "Christ ist erstanden", possibly the oldest German hymn as mentioned in the 12th century, was set for choir in the 21st century?

... that "'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" is one of the oldest hymns of the Reformation?

... that the Easter hymn "Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron" was written in 1531, but is known with the 1609 dancing tune by Melchior Vulpius?

... that the Easter hymn "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" (The glorious day has appeared) by Nikolaus Herman inspired other hymns and musical settings of the 20th century? (2 April)

... destroy, burst, shatter the tomb (April 1)

... that the secular Bach cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring?

April
dissipate, sorrowful shades
despised and rejected
2018
Jauchzet, dienet
mein hertze sol dir grünen
my heart shall green for you
(Paul Gerhardt, 1653)

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Cantata query

Hi Gerda, are you up for a Cantata Query please? It has ****-all to do with Wikipedia really so I would email you if it's OK. Bribery terms highly negotiable! Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:53, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

go ahead --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Emailed you just now. Sorry in advance ... Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:16, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106? Can't be said too often. Happy 2018! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oh good grief, how beautiful and how deliciously weird too! The boss is out walking doggies right now but I have downloaded the Suziki Vol. 2 (I love the Cantata article structures!) and I'm going to play it to her as soon as she is back. Just from her description, I think you have nailed it - you amazing knowledge repository you! Thank you so much and Happy New Year to you too. I'll get back to you when she's heard it (watch this space) but I think I know the outcome ... with all good wishes DBaK (talk) 13:09, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely nailed it, thanks: you star. We are now listening to Suziki and JEG. So great - many many thanks DBaK (talk) 14:27, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I bet you'll also enjoy this version (cantata begins after 3:30 minutes, but the organ piece before is also spirited). DYK that the cantata was part of my best real-life experience initiated by Wikipedia?) - Martin, Ceoil ..., you too. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Music

Hello Gerda. I’ve just read today’s featured article, Der Psalm 100, and saw you had something to do with it. For that effort I thank you. I would also like to ask if you are a musician. My mother taught me to play piano when I was a child - she played piano for the small Southern Baptist chapel she grew up in in a small town in the Southern US. I hadn’t touched a (musical) keyboard for nearly 25 years (except upon visits to my mother) until this Christmas when my wife surprised me with an electronic piano as a gift. I have greatly enjoyed relearning the true wonder of music these past few days. I was so incredibly surprised that I still remembered the notes to Minuet WoO 10, No. 2 (Beethoven)! Today I am thankful to be able to appreciate music and have a desire to learn more about it. Mr Ernie (talk) 03:53, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2016 photograph of a choir on stairs outside the Bruges Cathedral, with the Old Town in the background
Reger-Chor, August 2016 in Bruges before a performance of the organ version, with the organist in the first row
Thank you so much, Mr Ernie! I almost cried when you mentioned your mother because today is the birthday of my mother, and the day was chosen because this is so, DYK? In loving memory I recall that she had sung all the time I can remember, and I got a piano - something she would have loved to learn but her family couldn't afford it - when I was ten. Professionally, I did something else, but the love of music stayed (I have an infobox on my user page), and yes, this past Christmas was especially musical, - happy 2018! The psalm by Reger (celebrated in 2016) is a giant work, and carries what I stand for: rejoice, serve, serve with joy, reflect, come together to dance and give thanks. There's a YouTube link if you want to listen to us. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 has been scheduled as today's featured article for 2 February 2018. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 2, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:27, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, will check! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"In the third movement, Bach set the librettist's text differently than the interspersed hymn quotations, but unites both all with a continuous "motif of joy" in the accompaniment." Could you rephrase? I don't know what that means. - Dank (push to talk) 21:02, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, that's your job ;) - Long version: Bach sets the elements recitative and chorale differently, rendering the librettist's text in "rhythmically free diction of recitative",[24] and the chorale as arioso. He unifies the movement by a continuous motif in the strings, called "Freudenmotiv" by Dürr, which "always indicates an underlying mood of happiness". - Explanation: the text combines the librettist's words and quotations from Luther's hymn, not one after the other, but switching several times. See here, librettist's normal, hymn bold. Bach set the librettist's words as recitative, but Luther's as arioso, with the accompaniment the same throughout for both: a motif that stands for joy (Freude). Please try, - this is an outstanding movement (both text and music are unusual), so should be mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I like your version, but ... the motif is repeated over and over, and Freudenmotiv is a symbol of joy rather than plain and obvious "joyful". But I guess it works for a casual reader. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"We are not amused"

Your comment turned out to be far more prescient than I think either of us could have imagined! I hope you're keeping up with events. I know you said you're on holiday but if you take a sideways look at all the drama it's hilarious in a Kafkaesque sort of way. (Sorry, I know that word is grossly overused but you get the idea.) nagualdesign 02:23, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For me, amusement is a kind of joy, see just above, call it a deliberate joy perhaps. I translate the title as "in peace and joy I let go" and try to live by it, could also say "without [the time waste of] discussion, but amused I go away". Sing a new song! Rejoice, serve! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I've woken up rather less amused than when I went to bed. Even when the bad guy ends up in the clink I can't help wondering if he's going to be alright in there. I feel responsible. That's a positive thing though, right? Better than not giving a f**k, that's for sure. Ah well. nagualdesign 13:18, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You came past my edit notice "Every editor is a human being." - no? I tell it myself, again, again, again, again ... - A friend died 2 years ago, - all the rest is of minor importance, kafkaesque at best. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:40, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As the day went on I began feeling better. I remembered The Place of No Pity. nagualdesign 21:24, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Good, no self-pity ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Freundliche Vision

On 25 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Freundliche Vision, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Richard Strauss's art song "Freundliche Vision" describes a waking dream? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freundliche Vision. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Freundliche Vision), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202

On 26 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the secular Bach cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hello

The Call of the Wild
Precious six years

Hello Gerda, I hope things are going well. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 12:42, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for coming over, and yes, they are, - today it's 6 years that I began Precious which I consider my best contribution to the site, - not my invention but I gave it the new name and keep it going ;) - Thank you for the references tool, although I haven't found the time to check it out. - I had inspiring conversations (see above), about a cantata and the finesse of poetic translation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still working on the reference tool; it's far from done. Glad you feel inspired. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:17, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Lingzhi. Many sad experiences (beginning in 2012 when a friend was blocked and seemed lost for the project, which made the first "Precious") inspired me to write and expand today's article, which I translate as "let go". Sadly matching this call to do things as long as we can. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Most people would not consider me especially old (I am more than a decade from retirement), but I have various very noticeable and regrettable symptoms of mortality creeping up on me. Time marches on relentlessly. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:41, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This young man was 36. Let's not talk about age ;) - He said something I'd include in my edit notice if I had more space: "This user is a person, and nothing else matters." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your recent communications; hope that you're well. BTW, I might need your help in the next few weeks (or months), on the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's home page. My last edits that toned down material about Kirill Petrenko were reverted (stupidly, IMHO) by someone without the slightest meaning about writing objective articles on Wikipedia. I'm going to do some more systematic editing later that will restore those old edits, but also add new material from the German Wikipedia page. I know that you don't like to get overly involved in edit wars, but those will probably ensue there. Cheers, DJRafe (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, will watch Berlin Philharmonic and step in if needed. DYK that I was in the Philharmonie for the first time end of last year? - You might do the same (watch and step in) for Vilde Frang where I reverted to last version with refs, from long ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Will do, regarding Vilde Frang. Great that you had your first concert experience at the Philharmonie Berlin. I really do need to return to Berlin at some point. Cheers, DJRafe (talk) 14:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
One more request (sorry) on article-watching, namely on Andrés Orozco-Estrada, where one editor who edits only this page hasn't the faintest idea about objective content. This person has reverted my edits in the past, and will no doubt do so here again in future. I still need to work on Vilde Frang at some point, per your request, as it does need work to render it more objective. Let me know if I can be of other assistance in return, should you need it, & thanks again, DJRafe (talk) 14:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
Because you deserve this (and much more)! Thanks for the thanks! Marrante (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Lovely to see your name again! Alleluia! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
For Season's greetings, click on the green heart-leaf further up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Great job on Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125

G'day Gerda, great job with this TFA. Over 20K views! Nice work. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:50, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Did you notice that peace is in its name, as in yours? And joy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Phoenix Arising

On 18 February 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Phoenix Arising, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Phoenix Arising for bassoon and piano was composed by Graham Waterhouse (pictured) in memory of his father, the bassoonist William Waterhouse, who believed in his instrument's "broad expressive possibilities"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Phoenix Arising. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Phoenix Arising), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Cloisters

First of all, I appreciate your post on my talk and elsewhere this morning; I think you hit the nail on the head and I take your point. Anyhow, ts over now. Second of all (ahem), any interest in helping with the PR review for the Cloisters...after your vacation of course, but would be glad of your input and views. Ceoil (talk) 10:57, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Today's hike over, up to a mountain. - I will look at the Cloisters, my pleasure, it's a place I love. I remember a concert of early music there, when the same man sang both countertenor and bass. - There's a good thread on Eric's talk, where the frustrated meet for letting steam off ;) - Did you know that Eric coined the term "cabal of the outcasts", in 2013? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
ps: In 2013, I got sanctioned because I defended a friend, Andy. Today, you got blocked because you defended a friend, Cassianto. ignore ignore ignore, - let's write articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well I certainly feel like an outcast, but "let's write articles" is the perfect solution, as always. Onwards Gerda. Ceoil (talk) 12:17, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda, ich danke dir herzlich für deine Kommentar

This is the first time in long years that I receive such a nice, sweet and warm comment, namely the one you placed on my Talk Page. After several years of frustration and disappointment with Wikipedia, where I've had many edits and some articles vandalized, erased, distorted, challenged, or otherwise threatened, it is comforting to encounter a caring soul like you. Just...what is a sweet nice girl like you doing in a hostile place like this?

I can see your zeal and dedication to classical music, especially that from your compatriots. I myself am a devoted fan of Johann Sebastian since I was 11 and learned my first exercises authored by him. I cannot stop enjoying his music, and among the many performing artists that have made it available to us, I have a special regard for Wendy Carlos and her extraordinary renderings, particularly her Switched-On Brandenburgs albums.

Note: I had long forgotten that reference I had added to the Joseph Jongen article, I just was (and still am) proud of having added the word "monumental" to the opening paragraph about his Symphonie Concertante, which it well deserves.

Well, to make this short, it's been a pleasure to meet you, even if you are a nine-year-old girl (which I don't believe or understand, but accept nonetheless). :)

Thank you! --AVM (talk) 02:19, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! What a nice message to wake up to! - I make music here, normally related to what I sing in choirs, Look at my infobox: who is 9 years old? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:24, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Darkness Shines

Gerda, can you tell me what this is all about please before I revert it. The edit summary is insufficient, and as far as I know, Sitush is not an admin. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:24, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kudpung, there's no reason - as far as I know - not to tell our readers about a user whose edits they may encounter. Would you understand Sitush's edit summary? I will not fight, it's just sad. Ah how futile ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
ps: the edit won me the highest count of thank-you-clicks so far. --
ps: Tony, you asked if all is well with me. No, it isn't. Vacation is great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It looks as if someone else has already reverted you - and they have my support. Tchja - Admins auf eigene Gefahr zurücksetzen! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:24, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
... which was reverted by another admin who has my support. I am in no danger, just sad. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:27, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And, though Bish has re-reverted, I will note that, we generally leave user-page blanking to the discretion of enacting-sysop.~ Winged BladesGodric 11:28, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think I am interested? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
yes --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I love the deserts of the southwest. Good for introspection. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In archiving, I read again "It's easy to remember the bad that has been done to us, but we have to call ourselves again and again to remember the good we received." (Psalm 103:2) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Cyberpower, better late than never, I invite you to read the above, and perhaps next time leave a user page in place which is informative for our readers who may want to know about the person whose edits they encounter. - DYK that back in 2012, we had a community ban which made me feel that I wasn't part of the community? - That's when I added the cat to my user page "... who took the liberty to stay" which is there to stay, and called the process "pride and prejudice". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do you do it

I've never been foolish enough to take my scaly WikiDragon hide above the clouds into the WikiHeavens - I only ever see burning planes falling from those clouds to crash in the WikiFields. Sometimes I see hear the gunfire of the editors above, but then Dr. Blofeld's plane crashed in the sward before my mountain, and I didn't even see Jaguar's end. I'd seen on your talk page and a couple of others people thanking you for your levelheadedness, and I have to wonder - how to manage the insanity that apparently lives beneath the floorboards of Wikipedia? What happens if you can't any longer? –Vami_IV✠ 08:50, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

spirale of justice
What you call insanity is just our human condition, described well on this 1510 image. What I do? I was made immune when I survived the first pride and prejudice when a friend who gave up was banned by the community afterwards. I felt that I didn't belong to such a community, and felt the urge to leave, but then thought that some would just love that, and decided to stay. From then on (we talk October 2012), it was easier to ignore ignore ignore minor things. Dr. Blofeld has called me a princess and a monster, so I have mixed emotions. Also, he always returned after a while, so far. Same for Jaguar. I miss GFHandel who left us in 2013, and never returned. We just had the birthday of Handel, who wrote He was despised (see above, and follow the links) in 1741, on a text by Isaiah. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Well, I won't ever leave if you don't. ;) –Vami_IV✠ 09:42, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possible DYK for nice image

The last page of the autograph manuscript, BWV 769a, the closing bars of the canon per augumentationem. It ends manuscript collection P 271 with the surviving fragment of the so-called "deathbed chorale", Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 (not in Bach's handwriting).

This very recently downloaded image and a carefully written of the caption might be something that you might quite like, possibly as a DYK. Peter Williams describes these as "one of the best bars in the whole of P 271".

Best wishes, Mathsci (talk) 12:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Hopefully no rush, March is reserved to mostly women (look today at Miriam Makeba, pictured above) and Lent and Easter. - Any expansion (as long as sourced) to An Wasserflüssen Babylon welcome, nominated with another such image (not as clear though). That's an article that could eventually go to GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:44, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
During my recovery from stroke, the first thing I tried to read (with huge difficulty) was Psalm 137 on News Year's Day. I am not quite sure why you wrote Psalm 84. An Wasserflüssen Babylon was the first piece I played on the chapel organ on BWV 653 the day after being discharged. Mathsci (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing the wrong number out, - the other was on my mind in the desert (pictured above) - no rivers. - Touching, your personal memories, thank you for sharing. Would you know where to find a translation of 137? When I search for the translator, I get only other hymns, and the remark that his poetry was not so great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The article Psalm 137 and the wikisource are fine. The King James Bible forms part of the Protestant heritage. Perhaps the lines could be broken up into shorter fragments to match Luther's version. Mathsci (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Dachstein's version? - Yes, could be broken up, - I added the psalm verses only yesterday, and think today more of women and singing in defiance - Ich steh hier und singe was and is my only defense. (See above a short summary of how I manage to still be here. It's one of these days that I wonder why.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There are actually six verses (the 6th is just the standard blessing, Ehr sie dem Vater und dem Sohn, und auch dem Heilgen Geiste, ...). For a literal version see Anne Leahey's translation (Chapter 2 in J. S. Bach's "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes: Music, Text, Theology) which is mostly based on Mark Bighley's 1986 book, The Lutheran Chorales in the Works of J.S. Bach. You could also make an English variant of the literal version which doesn't sound too slilted in addition to the King James version. There is also the Latin version, Super flumina Babylonis. There is furthermore an online OUP version of Stinson's "J.S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales", which could be useful. (By this stage there might well be online options such as a singing "google button" or even perhaps a "surgically implanted microchip".) Mathsci (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda, I have created the Hymn tune (or melody) for An Wasserflüssen Babylon following the pattern for Vater unser. I hope that is OK with you. Mathsci (talk) 07:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's great, thank you, and for all the other finds for that article! - Today is a funeral, and the featured article is by a great user we miss, The Age of Reason, may it come. She was missed by another great user who wrote on African-American literature and Shakespeare and keeps the list of those of us who died. She wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, which was quoted in the first Good article I nominated, not by me, Great Dismal Swamp maroons. - To the memory of the missed, whether dead or in the desert or in the Great Dismal Swamp! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you're reflecting on Easter and the Passions, then BWV 621 might be a suitable Lutheran hymn for you. Mathsci (talk) 07:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you. Will write next year if I'm still alive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Mathsci, I'm expanding BWV 100, thinking of you a lot, - all the work you put in the related hymn. I use the hymn lead image for now, but it would make a better difference to have Bach's autograph, - any chance? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There is an autograph manuscript of BWV 100 which can be digitised at very high resolution; the easiest for me is to use the Commons template for BWV 98. Mathsci (talk) 12:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You don't seem to have acknowledged my digitised image: did you forget? Now that I have repaired my old laptop (damaged while the stroke occurred—actually when I was editing wikipedia!), it was very easy to dezoomify and crop the image, exactly as I did on BWV 99.
I have also tried to continue editing in the the spirit of your DYK hook as much as I could. One of the sentence is essentially adapted from you, with some tweaks by several other users:
"The arrangements of "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" by Reincken and Pachelbel—along with the chorale prelude "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein," BuxWV 210 by Dietrich Buxtehude—comprise the earliest extant transcriptions of Bach, copied on a 1700 organ tablature in Lüneberg when he has still a youth; remarkably, they were only unearthed in Weimar in 2005."
I hope that is OK. Cheers, Mathsci (talk) 08:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Easter, Gerda. I hope you are singing! Mathsci (talk) 07:33, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For spreading good will, good wishes, and good thoughts for so many years. You have such a good influence here. And also, thank you for Der Gemischte Chor Zürich. You are wonderful! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:15, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Miriam Makeba
Thank you, good timing! I try, and try (failed), and try (we'll see). - Now tell me how to get kind to myself? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Kind to yourself? Have a chocolate milk, obviously. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:07, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And not some store-bought Quick. Pure Dutch-processed coco and white sugar 50%-50% in a bottle, shaken, left in the fridge, and shaken again. Lovely! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(ec) Would you tell the singer? - Kind in the sense of forgiving, I mean. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
ps: reading Nänie (the poem) helped somewhat, - promised myself to expand that article on my mom's anniversary of death. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I think I see what you mean now. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Playing Bach's Sinfonia in F minor also helped somewhat, corresponding to what Mathsci wrote above about recovery, and writing the article when all say no. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anna is right about the chocolate, though I prefer it warmed. I wish I had some good music to post. Still looking for something just for you that is okay to post. Kafka Liz (talk) 14:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank yo, very sweet of you. Answering a caring question: I thought I was clear enough above, saying where I failed, but I could say plainly that I mourn the death of Halibutt, and miss The Quixotic Potato, Laura, DS and Joe, - all this year. Aus der Tiefen ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I don’t know everyone anymore - but I see names there I recognise and will miss. Don’t know if I’ve given you this before; apologies if it is a repeat [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkxS01yaL0Y] Kafka Liz (talk) 13:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just what I needed, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Gerda! I just dropped by to say hi and see how you were getting along with your fishes when I saw this discussion...Wow!! I never got a chance to collaborate with any of those editors but I recognize the user names. I hope this isn't indicative of a pandemic. 😳
When you don't know a user, just look at Precious: 1322 106 856 284. Follow the second link and look for my name, - one of the highest honours ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Catherine Rückwardt

On 8 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catherine Rückwardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Catherine Rückwardt, who was Generalmusikdirektorin at the Staatstheater Mainz for a decade and one of only four women in such a position in Germany, conducted a recording of the First Symphony by Hans Rott? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Rückwardt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Catherine Rückwardt), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Katharina Sellheim

On 10 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Katharina Sellheim, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that pianist Katharina Sellheim and two other women played piano trios by Beethoven, Waterhouse, and Mendelssohn at the Beethovenfest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Katharina Sellheim. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Katharina Sellheim), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:12, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bach motets

Hey Gerda, you may well know this, but Cantus Cölln just did a concert of the Bach motets BWV 225–230 plus Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159. I just heard it on the online listening service of ABC Classic FM via this link on their site, and it was incredible! Amazing musicians, amazing music ... just wow all around. Hence why I've been making random tweaks to Bach motet articles. Graham87 12:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sharing! I performed Ich lasse dich nicht and Der Geist hilft, and love the others. I heard the cantata mentioned on top last Sunday, a revelation. I loved particularly that the soloist sang with the youth choir, inspiring them! He made a tour singing Bach cantatas with Andreas Scholl who was at a time also a member of Cantus Cölln, - small world ;) To make the world smaller even, our conductor taught a bit of piano to Scholl so that he could pass the Basel audition. As a token of thank, Scholl came to sing "He was despised" (also on top) with us, and you could have heard a needle fall - all these rests between the stammered words, "despised, rejected", - written by Isiah long ago and still true again and again, sadly. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, that must've been a moving experience. The pauses in "He Was Despised" are very, very effective. It's a small world indeed! Graham87 13:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It was. I took most of the pics in his article, - sad that you can't see them. I remember chatting with him and his lovely wife, - with her in line for the restrooms ;) - that was shortly before the Messiah concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Camilla Nylund

On 14 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Camilla Nylund, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Camilla Nylund. The fact was: ... that Camilla Nylund (pictured) appeared as the Countess in Capriccio by Richard Strauss at the Frankfurt Opera, staged by Brigitte Fassbaender, who set the opera in Occupied France?. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Camilla Nylund), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:19, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WOW!!! Yoninah (talk) 13:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that actually on television. The Drum had a segment about getting more female Wikipedia contributors, and illustrated it with a screenshot from the main page. Ms Nylund couldn't be overlooked. It's at about 38:30. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 14:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Zofia Posmysz

On 16 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zofia Posmysz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Zofia Posmysz (pictured), Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play on her memories, which became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, a 1963 film, and a 1968 opera? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zofia Posmysz. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Zofia Posmysz), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • This is a record for me: 1,254 pageviews per day. Notably, while at WP:DYK Zofia Posmysz received 25,808 pageviews. I have always believed that a collaborative working environment makes the project more successful than it might otherwise be. So, here it is. Thank you again, Gerda Arendt. Poeticbent talk 20:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I agree, and it was a record for me as well, for DYK at least. Until 14 March, 10k+ was the highest I got, and most musicians and pieces stayed in the 3-digit-range. Then came Camilla Nylund (see above), the first 25k+, helped by a screenshot of the Main page on TV. Zofia Posmysz is just a great topic! I hope to see the opera in Frankfurt where I saw Nylund as well. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prehistory of BWV 56

BWV 56 seemed to have specially chosen by me in April 2009 with about 50 consecutive edits. It must have been one of my favourites. Ah, the Good Old Days. Mathsci (talk) 17:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I like that. You probably know my story with it? ... and the program of the concert? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah laughs

WOW that was quick:[1]. Pity it´s not colour, Tissot is a very WP-friendly artist. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's not only in the Bible that humor is underrated, or not immediately found. People keep telling me that I once used "amused" in an edit summary, and were not amused ;) - A friend was cited to ANI because he wrote "I just have fun seeing them deal with the problem again and again and again." - that was on New Year's Day 2017, but is still on top of this page, - as a warning: beware of humor! - 5 years ago today, I thought an infobox for Bach was a good idea. I still think so ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:52, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A thank-you barnstar

The Original Barnstar
In appreciation of the unflagging kindness and constructive spirit demonstrated across the numerous corners of the encyclopedia where I have encountered your work! Innisfree987 (talk) 18:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
blushing once more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Flutes

Just saw this article pop up on New Page Patrol - I don't suppose you can think of a suitable DYK for it? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Travelling, - do we have a few more days? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It was created a few hours ago, so no problem. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Elsa Cavelti

On 25 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elsa Cavelti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Elsa Cavelti, who appeared in dramatic roles at the Opernhaus Zürich and taught voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, was Wagner's Brangäne at La Scala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elsa Cavelti. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elsa Cavelti), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Did you know that „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ was performed during Kardinal Lehmanns funeral? [2] It was amoungst his favorite recordings.--Symposiarch (talk) 14:03, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, thanks for sharing. He spoke very well before the performance of Britten's War Requiem. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:31, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Too late

I could be wrong. But I don't think editors are allowed to comment at talkpages of a closed case. GoodDay (talk) 13:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I only replied to someone who missed a Point. To my understanding, talk stays open even when a case is closed, but I was lectured before about adding to workshop-talk after workshop closed, - no problem ;) - This talk is open! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I never miss a point  :) @GoodDay:, to clarify, I think they do stay open but editors are advised they may not be watched after the case closes. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 13:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I undid my reply on the case page. SN, you may perhaps never miss a point, but here a WP:Point ;) - The arbs unfortunately didn't tell us simple and plain editors how to treat the earlier reverts of someone who could not perform such a revert now. I asked. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but the WP:POINTy edit was Volvogia's, not yours, and I linked to him not you. So you shouldn't have thought I was in anyway commenting on your behaviour, which has, in many respects been rather restrained. The edit I linked to I saw as near-trolling; I did not see your edit all. Does that make sense? —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 14:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't see about whom and what you talked until I clicked on the link, - until then what I read matched what I had just done: revert one of these reverts by someone now on probation (about which Cassianto and I even had a long discussion afterwards, on this page, before the case opened, archived). Frank Matcham is a similar case, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
But that's three years ago! :o —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 14:27, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So? I keep being told my sins of five years ago ;) - The addition of an infobox could also be an answer to Cassianto's question from said discussion, this year: "It's a shame, as there's nothing like a good discussion to sort out differing opinions, and I was rather enjoying having a debate with you. Never mind. While I'm here, can you point me in the direction to Infobox architect? I want to see what one is like. Best regards" - Do you remember me saying in the case that the whole problem could be solved by assuming good faith? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I recall you doing so. I agree that there no statute of limitations, but a) good faith, I suppose, encourages us to assume that editors have grown and matured from whatever they were like five years ago, and it certainly should not be held against anyone (I'd express a pretty strong opinion if I saw it today!), but having said that, when behaviour (such I was originally referring to) is much more recent, then it should be called out, if only perhaps, pour encourager les autres generally, and specifically to encourage a change in attitude which might be seen five years later :) —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap shit room 14:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Case has closed. --RexxS (talk) 21:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I always wanted to find out what DS means, also who can honestly claim to be uninvolved. Is adding an infobox to an article you expanded 5 times disruptive? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Johannes Hill

On 29 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johannes Hill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the baritone Johannes Hill was the voice of Jesus and Pilate in Bach's Passions, and of Pope Francis in the premiere of Laudato si'? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johannes Hill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Johannes Hill), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut

On 29 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" (Lord Jesus Christ, you highest good) is the beginning of two Lutheran hymns, one for penitence, the other for communion? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Message

I've send you a message: de:Benutzer Diskussion:Gerda Arendt#Lieder --Habitator terrae (talk) 08:29, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you, but please see (on top) that I'm busy these days - singing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ein Brownie für dich!

Viel Spaß beim kontemplativen singen NezLe (talk) 14:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Willem Ravelli

On 30 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Willem Ravelli, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Willem Ravelli was the voice of Christ in Bach's St Matthew Passion more than 400 times, including the first recording of the work conducted by Mengelberg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Willem Ravelli. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Willem Ravelli), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld

On 30 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that several composers of the 18th century used Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" to begin their Passion music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, one of these is #1000, perhaps the quirky ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Medal

The 1000 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations on this outstanding achievements. Keep up the good work! Freikorp (talk) 19:32, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. DYK that 500 was also on a Good Friday, 2014? Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations Grimes2 (talk) 14:31, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kirsten MacKinnon

On 31 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kirsten MacKinnon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Canadian soprano Kirsten MacKinnon, a winner of the Met Auditions, appeared as Fiordiligi at the Glyndebourne Festival, and as Meyerbeer's Inès at the Frankfurt Opera, staged as a space mission? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kirsten MacKinnon. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kirsten MacKinnon), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Psalm 84

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Psalm 84 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Farang Rak Tham -- Farang Rak Tham (talk) 21:01, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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