User talk:Gerda Arendt

Did you know ...

... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed
Children's Crusade,
with text by Bertolt Brecht,
as a piece to be performed by children
about a group of children
in wartime Poland?

(22 November 2020 · #1506)

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in memoriam

Wie der Hirsch schreit - Mendelssohn and meditation Jerome Kohl Anna Blume · notice Käthe · Hans-Karl · Ute · Aline Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Tod, wo ist dein Stachel?

11 November - St. Martin's Day

St. Martin, Idstein Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig · Three Pieces for Solo Cello So will ich lieben, Maria Dona nobis pacem Marienvesper

16 November

Zu den heiligen Engeln
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr Nun danket all und bringet Ehr (Erhard Egidi, organist, and choir members)

2020 · illumination, enlightenment and vision

Did you know ...

... that Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two men's choirs
by Franz Biebl published in 1964,
became a choral standard after Chanticleer
made it part of their holiday programs?

(1 January 2020 · listen to Chanticleer, 2015)

... that John Rutter wrote the text and music for
Angels' Carol, a choral piece for Christmas,
using the Latin "Gloria in excelsis Deo" as a refrain?

(24 December 2019 · listen to us, 2019)

A barnstar for you! - thanks in 2019, visions in 2020

	The Special Barnstar
	Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to this Wikipedia database query, you were the #3 most thanked Wikipedian of 2019, with 1418 entries in Special:Log/thanks during 2019. Congratulations, and, well, thank you for your contributions! Cheers to 2020. Mz7 (talk) 01:12, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Mz7, that's nice, just a statistical number, but nice, especially concluding 2019, a year I designated to be the year of thanks. I thank those who thanked me, - it always feels good to receive this little token of one's work being noticed and even liked. I'll transfer the barnstar to project WP:QAI for which I work. We had three topics in 2019 which are ongoing, and you can help (you all, I mean, member or not) to work on them:

• Improve Psalms articles which come from stub (Psalm 56) to GA (Psalm 84). Thanks to Yoninah, JohnThorne and many more!
• Expand and source translations by LouisAlain who is probably my most prolific "thanks-giver".
• Polish articles of people who recently died, with the goal to have them appear in the Recent deaths section whare - sadly - Peter Schreier and Harry Kupfer are as I write this. Thanks to Coffeeandcrumbs, Martinevans123, Grimes2 and many more.

What really counts for me are written thanks is prose such as those from Voceditenore and Coffee.

Let's make 2020 a year of vision, together! Article for today Psalm 103. Happy editing in 2020! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Awesome! Another interesting statistical number: according to a different database query, you were also last year's most thankful Wikipedian, with 4246 uses of the thank tool in 2019. If you meant for 2019 to be your year of thanks, you certainly achieved it. Mz7 (talk) 01:43, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

You read my mind that I was more interested in giving than receiving ;) - Of course it's also just a number, - I regard the clicks as a lazy expression of thanks, and count more what I do in thanking users in prose.

I hope that visions for 2020 will be as successful as the thanks in 2019:

... that missed friends return (... banned, blocked for no good reason, just given up ...)

... that edit-warring is replaced by discussion - I am on voluntary 1RR

... that people realise when they dominate a discussion too much - I try to stick to 2 comments

... that infoboxes added in good faith (now or in the past) are not regarded as vandalism

... that we'll live up to the legacy of Brian Boulton, in article creation (Percy Grainger and Lost operas by Claudio Monteverdi coming to mind), reviewing the work of others, willingness to seek compromise, and respectful attitude

... or in summary: that good faith and IAR are applied more generally, - just look at Ray's Rules and "go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset over this".

I may add to this list later - this is just a spontaneous wishlist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

ps: The (missed) Rambling Man is with us again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC) and the (missed) Begoon at least edited his user page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod - 1936 Covent Garden

Please let me offer my best wishes to you for the year 2020. May all your whishes and aspirations be fulfilled and many thanks for being so patient with heavy cases such as me. In other terms, thanks for being here, so helpful and ready to spare you time to help other users. On my part, I'll try to advance from inept to less inept. Respectfully yours, LouisAlain (talk) 08:56, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

love-ly, thank you! - just began "your radiance consumes all darkness" on my grandparents' wedding anniversary, composed for 2 January 1735, - and more articles about light to come ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

As Wayne Newton said, "Danke Schoen". SchreiberBike | ⌨  21:35, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Ave Maria (Biebl)

On 1 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ave Maria (Biebl), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two men's choirs by Franz Biebl, became a choral standard after Chanticleer made it part of their holiday programs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ave Maria (Biebl). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ave Maria (Biebl)), 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) 12:01, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

222,222

Congratulations! Jmar67 (talk) 01:31, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

in 2020, the things you see ;) - thank you for copy-editing, must be a high number of repeated mistakes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Nun lässest du, o Herr

On 13 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nun lässest du, o Herr, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the hymn "Nun lässest du, o Herr", written by Georg Thurmair as a paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis, appeared with a 16th-century melody in the first Gotteslob, but with a modern one in the second? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun lässest du, o Herr. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nun lässest du, o Herr), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Psalm 85

On 28 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Psalm 85, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a verse from Psalm 85 inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace (example shown)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Psalm 85. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Psalm 85), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

kiss of Justice and Peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:18, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Nearly 5,000 clicks! Great job on the hook! And the image is beautiful. Yoninah (talk) 14:22, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

thank you, - you wrote the most interesting part of it: that the famous kiss may be a misunderstanding ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Jesu meine Freude

Thanks for the edit summary reminding me of BWV227. BHG should certainly "Trotz dem alten Drachen" :-) Guy (help!) 09:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

yes and yes, defy the old dragon, and fear on top ("und der Furcht dazu") --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

the section back then was User talk:Gerda Arendt/Archive 2013#Stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

• ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Df7f_BLU8 --Gisel (talk) 17:07, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

  Thank you, but it's this. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

You're the sweetest

You always make me smile, thank you for your nice words of encouragement.

I brought you some `Atayef cos baklava is too mainstream ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 12:57, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

This is so especially sweet, thank you, ~ Elias! How did you know that I just typed a comment that said "Sad." twice? Perfect timing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry for that. Looks like I'm missing out on a lot of Wikidrama. Anyway, I hope WP treats you nicely and you don't consider quitting ever again. ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 10:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

As I said there: I stubbornly stay ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre

On 2 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Die Himmel rühmen!" ('The heavens praise'), which begins an 1803 lieder collection by Beethoven setting Gellert's paraphrase of Psalm 19 to music, is also the title of a concert series by pop singer Heino? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

The first in 2020 topic Beethoven, and second in psalms, for a pic of the composer from that year see above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

precious

Hi Gerda, Thankyou for my Precious birthday card, which I always enjoy receiving!! You must be kept fairly busy now that you have found so many deserving recipients, trying to think up things to say to everybody. My Quaker upbringing taps me on the shoulder to warn against taking too much notice of birthdays, but I permit myself a moment of satisfaction and just remember my first edit back in 2006 when (as I now notice) I was passing myself off under another alias. I trust all is well with you? Kind regards, Eebahgum (talk) 22:05, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for another lovely note, Eebahgum! Actually, I take less time for Precious these days, passing no longer every day but only when I see a new name. The birthdays are almost automated, preparing a time after me. I work on this list of memory, - everybody welcome to help: look at Deaths in 2020, see a name whose article is not yet in good shape, change that, and then she or he (just look above) will be mentioned on our Main page, giving them the attention their achievements deserve. My New Year's greting (wishes - flowers - music) is linked on top, and my visions for 2020 will stay for the year. The motto of vision is derived from project Vision 2020, "eliminate avoidable blindness", did you know? It's also a Beethoven year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

"Deaths in 2020" is a bit ominous. I remember there were three real old rustic fellows who always used to sit together in a pub near here. After the first of them died, somebody put a little brass nameplate on the settle where he used to sit. When the second one died, the same thing happened. Then both the nameplates disappeared, because the third man came in with a screwdriver and took them off, saying "It will be me next!" I looked at the article this morning, and February 10 was (at that moment) still invitingly, enticingly, alluringly, menacingly BLANK: but to judge by all the precedents, the resident's list will be full up by tonight. I do not like such chilly hospitality: makes one think of the Wirtshaus in the Winterreise, but I intend to plod on a little further yet, crows, icicles, organ-grinders and all - "Excelsior"! Very best wishes, Eebahgum (talk) 09:46, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The title isn't by me ;) - Mirella Freni, la soave fanciulla ... - so the hospitaliy of throughing out dead and unreliable sources, searching for better ones, with Mimi's singing in my head. Will go outside before doing more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Maria, Königin des Friedens

On 10 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maria, Königin des Friedens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Maria, Königin des Friedens (pictured), a Brutalist pilgrimage church in Neviges, Germany, has become architect Gottfried Böhm's signature building? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maria, Königin des Friedens. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Maria, Königin des Friedens), 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) 12:03, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The architect just celebrated 100! I took one of the images, but not the lead ... - album here --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

A hello

Just popping in to leave a greeting. First, thanks for all your excellent work on the wiki. I appreciate all the encouragement you've given me. --LilHelpa (talk) 00:44, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

LilHelpa, thank you, great helper! I remember how you made the very beginning easy for me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Beethoven

Beethoven in 1803

Good morning! Other than Bach, Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. The first time I heard 'Moonlight Sonata' was when I was eight years old when my Mom played it on our piano. It touched my heart deeply. God bless. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 04:43, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Gwillhickers! Rather similar memories: at age 10, I began piano lessons, and one of the first records my mother bought contained that 14th sonata, performed by Friedrich Gulda. I played Für Elise rather soon, and it became my father's favourite, played on all his birthdays. I learned the first movement of the sonata in self-study, but wouldn't manage the third which impresses me the deepest. - I changed the header, - it's his year! Memories of singing Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre and Choral Fantasy date back to age 12. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:07, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn)

On 25 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in his 1831 chorale cantata Verleih uns Frieden, Mendelssohn set Luther's German prayer for peace to a new melody? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Verleih uns Frieden (Mendelssohn)), 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, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Alte Liebe

On 28 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alte Liebe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alte Liebe (Old Love) is a novel about a couple married for 40 years, told by a couple married longer but separated, with chapters written alternately by wife and husband? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alte Liebe. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alte Liebe), 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.

— Wug·a·po·des​ 01:24, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

ALte Liebe - old love. In the book, a couple married during the German student movement. - In memory of Käthe, married in the 1970s. Part of my February flowers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

German authors and former spouses Elke Heidenreich and Bernd Schroeder on the Blue Sofa, 2001.

So I found this photo of the authors together. It's not very good, but is it better than none? Also for the Bernd Schroeder article? --GRuban (talk) 16:08, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes!! thank you! - We have a rather good one of her but I found it unfair to use for the joint venture. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Infobox book

I am helping with Sixto-Clementine Vulgate. I do not want to italicize the IB title but cannot resolve the problem. There is a parameter to force it but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Otherwise I will ask on the template's talk page. The idea here is that the English title is an informal one and should not be italicized. Jmar67 (talk) 22:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Good idea to ask on the template talk. It should not have the title italic, when the article title is not, per the parameter. Never had that problem, sorry. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:22, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps RexxS would know? - We don't talk about the article title style - which works - but the title in the infobox itself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:26, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

I have a solution, but it will need consensus to change the main infobox template. --RexxS (talk) 02:41, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, both! - see also WP:QAI/Infobox, - and once we are there can we also install a parameter Image_upright? ... which actually should be in every infobox with an image. - Rossini's birthday today, a rare thing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

RexxS and all: once in wishlist mood, for Precious anniversaries, I copy a template, and manually change the user name, the image size and the years. I like to do that, because it's moments of remembering that I/we are thankful for a user's contribs. However, for fewer typing errors and life after me - returning from a funeral ... - I could imagine to call a template with a year as the only parameter, which fetches the basepagename and adjusts the imagesize accordingly, 1 year 0.2, 2 - 0.25, 3 - 0,3 ... - so far we have eight, and need to find a way for 10 and beyond to not get much larger ;) - --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Precious

Eight years!

I've made Template:User QAIbox/auto that you can use like this: {{User QAIbox/auto|years=Four}}. You give the number of years as a capitalised word. It scales up to ten years, but stays at upright=0.65 for anything beyond nine years. It should still accept the other parameters as well, but you shouldn't need them for Precious Anniversary. If you get a chance to test it (maybe just preview it on some pages) and it's okay, perhaps you can add a little documentation to Template:User QAIbox/auto/doc, indicating how you'd like to see it used? --RexxS (talk) 20:27, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

That's lovely, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

... and used, and modified here to eight, because that's what it is for me know, thanks to a friend. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

RexxS, I was pleased all the time, but fail to find the right id (in the list) for pablo X, - seems to be something about capital or not. - Help? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm not really sure what problem you've run into. If you remember, we only made the sizing to go from one to nine years, and let ten and more all be at the same large size. The template works fine with sixteen years: {{User QAIbox/auto|years=Sixteen}}, but its size is no bigger than for ten years. Capitals make no difference to the template. --RexxS (talk) 16:50, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

RexxS, I tried to describe. The id in the table, for a user's entry, has to be equal to basepagename in the template, or the link from the years doesn't go to the right position. I managed for all so far since we use the template but not for pablo_X (or Pablo_X), and don't know what my mistake is. It's eight years for him, - he was recommended to me by Br'er Rabbit for his eighth anniversary of editing. I remember as if it was yesterday. and liked all encounters with pablo, from that first on, sadly becoming more and more rare. Just look at his present talk page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Okay, found it. Pablo X likes to style themselves as "pablo X". But the template uses {{BASEPAGENAME}} to pick up the name and make a link to the id in the table at Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious, and their BASEPAGENAME is actually "Pablo X". Because links to anchors are case-sensitive (and the id creates an anchor), the link generated (Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious#Pablo X) didn't have an id (anchor) in the table that matched. I've just changed the id in the table from "pablo_X" to "Pablo_X" (their real name). The anchor now matches the link and it works as intended. It looks like you need to make sure that values for id in the table match the actual BASEPAGENAME (which almost certainly begins with a capital). Cheers --RexxS (talk) 20:28, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for confirming that. I was sure I had tried that as well, but shouldn't be too sure. Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Wow, I never knew that you were such a Machiavellian mastermind. You've been behind everything, haven't you? lol ~ HAL333 15:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Jessye Norman

On 29 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jessye Norman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that soprano Jessye Norman (pictured), whose voice was described as a "grand mansion of sound", performed at U.S. presidential inaugurations and sang La Marseillaise at the French Revolution's bicentennial? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessye Norman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jessye Norman), 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) 00:01, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

I feel blessed, having heard her in person at Carnegie Hall. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Request

Detail of the Gobnait window, 1916

Planning on taking the Honan Chapel article to PR in 14 days, and would be very appreciative if you could take a look, given how helpful you have been in the past. Have a strong connection to the building; lived (in a hovel) for two years literally 2 minutes walk from it as a student, and for the last 20 years the Gobnait window works for me in about a million ways. My best friend was married there in 2005. Anyway, if you get a chance. Ceoil (talk) 21:56, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Ceoil, for an irresistible invitation. Once someone said to me "whatever works for you" and how true that is. The Opera house pictured was 2 minutes away from where I lived as a student, and I visited frequently. Back then, we sang St. Matthew Passion one year, and St. John Passion the other. This year, It would have been Matthew again, see above. What works for me is the song of defiance, also see above, which I sang even before, in Bach's incredible version. GA nom failed. Lyrics so suitable to these times: "weg mit allen Schätzen" - away with all treasures - and he composes weg, weg, weg, weg ... - but "ich steh hier und singe" - here I stand and sing. (I used it in defiance of arbcom already, as you probably know, and I was recently reminded.) - What keeps me busy is making articles decent of people who recently died - many. I haven't looked today yet. Then, I'll turn to that wonderful image, please be patient. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:54, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

I looked now - only looked, and it's another one with many pictures which make placement tricky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:25, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(more in the archive)

DYK for Three Latin Motets

On 7 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Three Latin Motets, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Three Latin Motets, Charles Villiers Stanford's only church music not in English, was dedicated to Alan Gray, who succeeded him as organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the college's choir? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Three Latin Motets. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Three Latin Motets), 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

One of them is Beati quorum via integra est. - Difficult to translate, the tricky word being "integra" which is not easy in both English and German, - looking for an adjective related to integrity, for the way, which is the way of living, not just walking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

We sang it last on 8 March. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I found this about it: “I am always delighted when I hear sung the words from a psalm, “Beati quorum via integra est” – blessed are they whose way is “whole”. “Integra” is full of resonances: uncorrupt, integrated, wholesome, complete. Yet perhaps our splendour, if humanity has any, ultimately lies in the split in our nature, and how we handle it...“ [Chris Clarke, “Wholeness”, in Knowing, Doing, and Being: New Foundations for Consciousness Studies (2015), p. 157]. His Latin may be better than his wisdom, but if I were you I should use his translation. Moonraker (talk) 02:30, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, taken. Now I'd also be interested in the meaning in Hebrew. Yoninah? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:51, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

The Hebrew word, תְמִֽימֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ, can be literally read as "pure in the way." El_C 23:57, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

That sounds great, but would need some explanation for me. I like a positive word like "pure", compared to "blameless", "undefiled", and also to the frequent "perfect", because nobody is ... - The recordings sounds pure ;) - Yoninah, I think some of this should go to Psalm 119, even if we can't quote the whole long thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

The Hebrew word תְמִֽימֵי means as Moonraker says "wholesome", also "straightforward", "sincere". "Purehearted" would work. Yoninah (talk) 18:16, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I had better add that the word “via” has most of the meanings of “way”, and in this psalm it plainly doesn’t mean something you stand on! So the word way might as well be kept. It’s a matter of which other word to use for the metaphor, and wholesome may be better than whole. Moonraker (talk) 19:21, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

On infoboxes

Gerda, are you not still limited to two comments per infobox discussion? (I'm thinking of here). I should not like to see you getting into any trouble. Best--Smerus (talk) 12:23, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

That provision has now expired (although I hope I don't need to remind you all that arguing about infoboxes is never going to end well for anyone). ‑ Iridescent 12:46, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Gerda's dream

... has expired in 2015 - I wonder when the new times begin when those boxes are treated nothing special, like tables and images, - it could be now, imagine ;) ... imagine how much editors' time could go to something more useful than debate if something meant to help readers (and could be opted out if not wanted) is permitted to help or not. - ps, and see my New year's intentions on top: I normally try to stick to 2 comments voluntarily, in ANY discussion, because it's more polite to other participants (and - selfish - it limits my waste of time). - Today's topic: Psalm 31, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I think you are wise - I will try in future to limit myself to two comments as well. Hope you are keeping well - I am finding lockdown very tedious. Best--Smerus (talk) 15:20, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I answered below. and gave it a Passion header. For the infoboxes, I began hoping in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

St John Passion 2020, in defiance

Thank you ;) - Normally, we would have sung St Matthew Passion, instead, I sang along in the St John Passion from Bach's burial place in the Thomaskirche, and sometimes cried. Exceptional tenor who took ALL roles, with keyboard (switching harpsichord and organ) and percussion. They left out some arias. Great moments! (... such as "kreuzige" hissed to drums, and "es ist vollbracht" first as Jesus, then an octave lower than in the alto aria, and at its end high, as if uplifted ...) - link Carus bachfest --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

A header for it: Passion trotz(t) Pandemie, which is hard to translate. Suggestions welcome. Trotz (defiance) is a key word in Jesu, meine Freude (which I quoted after the arb case, to connect to the beginning). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)

On 17 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the second of Henry Purcell's two settings of Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts was composed in an earlier style for the funeral of Queen Mary II of England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)), 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.

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Finally. We sang it on 8 March, and put the secrets of our hearts into it, "spare us, Lord!" ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Did you know ... that Henry Purcell
composed basically two settings of
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts,
a complex one early,
and a simple one for the burial of Queen Mary?

(in memory of B.W.)

Precious

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I'm back from a really long Wikibreak, and I am absolutely astounded at how you single-handedly continued the tradition of recognizing fellow Wikipedians for their great work at Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Precious for the past eight years. Absolutely stunning. I truly wish you could have met Phaedriel; you really inherited her spirit of fostering WikiLove! bibliomaniac15 23:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Bibliomaniac15, blushing to a colour like the strawberries below, and mostly: welcome back!! - You may have noticed (look for the Yogo above) that I try to prepare the award for a time after me, and you are most welcome - as some others do already, and everybody is invited to - to pass the award. We sometimes have two one day, and miss days, - doesn't matter ;) - It's good for me to do first thing in the morning: to look around for the many reasons to be thankful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:28, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

	Thank you!
	Your untiring work to let people know that they have been seen and appreciated makes this place better. Thank you. bonadea contributions talk 22:51, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, blushing. I took the liberty of enlarging the pic, because while I recognized it, it may have been too small for others. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:58, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Good idea. I did think that the image was a bit small, but it was almost 1am when I posted it and I was too tired to think of doing that! In my opinion, the Mass in B Minor is one of the most wonderful pieces of music in the world (if you can call that huge work a "piece of music"!). I have been privileged to perform it twice with my choir, and I think our choir director is considering it for the spring of 2022 again. I am very much an amateur chorist, but am fortunate to be part of a rather good choir. I hope we'll get back to rehearsing and performing again in August, but who knows... --bonadea contributions talk 13:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

bonadea, I agree about it's magnificence. Sung unforgettably in a concert for Peace here, at the Wiesbadener Bachwochen, again unforgettably here the day before the Iraq war ultimatum (you should have heard us sing Dona nobis pacem!!!), and last in 2013, my perspective pictured in my work of love, here, promised. Dona nobis pacem, - same music as Gratias, very meaningful. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Hans Herbert Jöris

On 15 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hans Herbert Jöris, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hans Herbert Jöris conducted the world premiere of Giselher Klebe's one-act opera Das Rendezvous, composed for the 125th anniversary of the Staatsoper Hannover? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hans Herbert Jöris. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hans Herbert Jöris), 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) 00:02, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Did you know that Hans Herbert Jöris conducted the first church concert I ever heard, with a Bach cantata? - 15 May is his birthday, and Monteverdi's. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Might I offer you another kitten?

El_C 09:51, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

yes but not left, she should look "in" ;) - List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi on my mind today, not passion hymns. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, me and the kitten can help with the vandalism, at the very least! El_C 10:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Great especially since I will be outside for most of the day. Another DYK going to come up shortly, - sometimes nothing for days, and then two on one ;) - thank you and the kitten for watchful eyes! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Of course. It is my pleasure. El_C 10:10, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Anna and Bernhard Blume

On 23 June 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Anna and Bernhard Blume, 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. Stephen 02:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Did you know ...

... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume
created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason?

... that in 1968, the German artist Bazon Brock created
a sign in the style of a high voltage warning saying
that "death must be abolished ..."?

A birthday

Happy birthday? El_C 05:13, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

not mine today (but close) - want to add? - Today is the birthday of one with the river Rhine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:20, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Cool, sounds primordial. El_C 05:42, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

What can you do in restricted times? I'm on my way to make the meetings real, in portions, a hike to that meadow, another around the rose town, a bike tour along the Rhine from Oppenheim and another to the Kreuzkapelle, a lunch overlooking the Rhine in Mainz, and church services happened already, more hikes and even organ concerts are planned, and for me, that's even better than seeing them all the same day as 2 decades ago. It helps to live in a blessed area where others come for vacation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

(Belated apologies.) That sounds absolutely serene. Petting a chipmunk is also nice. Anyway, A very merry Unbirthday to you! To you! El_C 01:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Happy petting that happy chipmunk! - Thank you for the wishes, coming a good day, 20 years OTD that the Chanticleer sang at Unionskirche, Idstein, as part the Rheingau Musik Festival, and I was permitted to take photos during their rehearsal, - such wonderful and still vivid memories of walking around in a great building filled with unbelievable harmony. I wanted to make a box above but perhaps better to keep it down here, modestly. What I did was begin the years with their sounds, DYK? Look above for Chanticleer. - This year, a cellist - subject of my first article here, and I never wanted to write any other, only there was this red link ... - wants to play for me and my guests, as many birthdays before, which is more tricky to arrange. My favourite church (pictured above) is too small (36 people right now), the next holding 100 but too resonant (looking forward to an organ concert there on Saturday, which was planned for March), - perhaps I'll ask Unionskirche ... - Would you like to tell me a place and a song for my virtual sing-along? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

I found the 2000 program, - first half sacred music by William Cornysh, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Vasily Polikarpovich Titov and John Taverner, and then music by Alberto Ginastera, Benitez Valencia, Astor Piazzolla, George Gershwin, Nacio Herb Brown, and spirituals. We were taken by the black voice of Eric Alatorre, who retired only last year, as I found out today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Meine engen Grenzen

On 12 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Meine engen Grenzen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Meine engen Grenzen" ("My narrow limits"), a new hymn with text by Eugen Eckert and a melody by Winfried Heurich, was recorded with a band? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Meine engen Grenzen. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Meine engen Grenzen), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Thank you, - I remember well, first article deleted within minutes, but then I received great help, first by Cmadler, then Michael Bednarek (see above), LilHelpa (see just above), Jerome Kohl, and all you others (in the order of appearance). Thank you! (If I think I missed you, let me know, right here. )-Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:20, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, Gerda Arendt. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 09:38, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, more detail above ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

Thank you for your many years as one of Wikipedia's shining stars. Your exemplary work is greatly appreciated! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, blushing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Congratulation! Grimes2 (talk) 08:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, and even more for updating Leon Fleisher! A nice gift: Monteverdi's operas are a featured topic now!! We can't thank Brian enough for being such an inspiration, still! DYK, today is also his day of Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ;) - Thank you, Aza, for the initiative to honour him. Giants2008, letting you know for the FLN above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Bon anniversaire.

I got a reminder.

So I hope you are well, and you can't say I forgot.

Take care.

Begoon 19:01, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

How lovely to see you "alive". 'cause missing the dead is bad enough. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks you for your constant positivity and friendliness. This platform needs more people like you. Hope you're having a great day! ~ HAL333 20:50, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, blushing a bit. Did you see 3RR above? I enjoy the softer tones ;) - DId you know that Erich Gruenberg was the lead violinist for Sgt. Pepper? I didn't , and keep learning? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:02, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

No I didn't - that's very interesting. I'm actually currently burning through the discography of another great British band: The Kinks. ~ HAL333 02:05, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Article Rescue Barnstar

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing Anton Jivaev, which I didn't think was notable, but you have proven otherwise. Thank you! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 01:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

My third article was about a viola player, and someone thanked me for the DYK, and I remember ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Congrats! 🤣 Camy (talk) 14:08, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt

The article Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 22:41, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Rhythm Is It!

On 31 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhythm Is It!, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rhythm Is It! is a 2004 documentary film about 250 public school students trained by Royston Maldoom to dance Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps with the Berlin Philharmonic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhythm Is It!. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rhythm Is It!), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I remember well. Education of an energetic kind, for kids from many cultural backgrounds to work towards one goal, - a model for us all. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

TFA Monteverdi Vespers 1 September

Vespro della Beata Vergine

Magnificat from the alto partbook of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine kept in the Vatican Library

This article is about the Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, or Vespers of 1610, by Claudio Monteverdi. His opera L'Orfeo, premiered in 1607, is the first opera still widely performed, and the Vespers are similarly exceptional. Monteverdi, aspiring to a better positiom than court musician in Mantua, demonstrated the broad range of his abilities, writing with a post in Rome in mind, but instead went to San Marco, Venice, a few years later. We don't know if the music was ever performed completely during his lifetime, nor if he actually expected it to be performed that way. Certainly musicologists and musicians have been fascinated from the 20th century on. Monteverdi set much more text than the usual 5 psalms + Magnificat, and required a 10-part choir in one psalm, and a rich orchestra. He combined the ever-present Gregorian chant with dramatic and virtuoso elements from the emerging opera, and offered a great diversity in musical styles and expression. Here is a short introduction, - in the background you hear an extreme performance, a recording which renders only the music Monteverdi wrote (and no additions to make it a proper liturgical vespers service), with 10 singers, and soloists for all instruments. I heard them in concert at the Rheingau Musik Festival which will be missed this year.

The article is the work of many over many years ... The main inspiration came from Brian Boulton who wrote the articles about the composer and his operas, and who generously left me the sources he had collected, the greatest honour I received in my ten years here. (from the FAC)

(1 September 2020 - 1 September was the day of the dedication in 1610, and of our concert in 2019)

Congrats

On your TFA. I have enjoyed reading it. Altamel (talk) 06:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Maybe one day you could do the same for Selva Morale e Spirituale? I think the Beatus Vir Primo is the best walking bass in musical history (fight me!). When we were rehearsing this, our conductor was ill one day so we had Robert Hollingworth dep for him. The band for the performance included the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, and I am still friendly with some of them now, since my friend Catherine often books them for the concerts I do with her. Guy (help! - typo?) 07:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I wrote Selva, but would rather take the Brahms Requiem to FA. Struggling with Mass in B minor, since 2012, and Jesu, meine Freude (which I find even more defiant than the Brahms) right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Guy, what do you think about the thread a bit above, named Silence (which was much longer, archived), or - similar topic on ARCA which I revived today because I believe we really need to call a war ended that ended long ago, only some overlooked that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Yesterday's horrible news

What a huge huge loss. I didn't even know him that well, but I am devastated. DBaK (talk) 08:57, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

So am I. - We talk about the memory of Jerome Kohl, with whom I had good conversations over ten years, - many topics, such as Schnebel (he said: "Sad to see another great music maker gone") and Stockhausen's Originale which I saw, and he said "Fantastic! What an experience it must have been! Thank you for telling me!". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Silence

While I agree with the sentiments of this post, I think it's worth quoting a bit of Wikipedia:Ignore all dramas : "Say something there only if you can say it well and politely, and it helps all concerned, causing no further harm." I have to say that for those who understand what you mean, you're telling them something they already know, and for those who don't (or don't want to), you're just going to antagonise them : "none so deaf as those who will not hear". Let those who want to tear each other's heads off do so and go about your business improving the encyclopedia; hopefully when the dust is settled around the charred remains of burned-out editors, some may think "you know what, we really should have looked at that picture of a kitten after all". Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:12, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

You just caused further harm sadness. I replied to a post on your talk, where I had mentioned silence, and (instead of silence) was questioned further. Silence please. I miss a great person. There's a picture of a kitten, - hope you like it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

...

It crossed my mind that Licht - Jerome's great work - matches my topic of the year - vision - perfectly. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

It crossed my mind further that perhaps I should not be silent about being just an observer of the infobox wars (or however they might be called). I was wounded, and had enough, deciding to step away in 2015. - Let's look at the current discussion. It could have been so short. Nominator presents reasoning per the MoS to uncollaps an infobox, asking for good reasons not to follow the MoS in the specific case. There are no good (= factual) reasons. So instead, we argue about not so good reasons, on several noticeboards, with rising heat. I try to be silent but sometimes the level of frustration is too high. It's a complete waste of everybody's time. The simple answer to a good proposal could be "Why not?" - The Autobahnkirche Siegerland is a place for silence. Thank you for watching, made nice stats. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Matthias Hölle

On 8 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Matthias Hölle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Matthias Hölle, a regular bass singer at the Bayreuth Festival, appeared in the world premieres of Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Samstag aus Licht at La Scala in Milan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Matthias Hölle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Matthias Hölle), 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) 00:01, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

This DYK was worded as a greeting to my friend Jerome Kohl who wrote all we know about Stockhausen and works. It became a tribute in memoriam, In Freundschaft. The piece was played at a concert dedicated to William Waterhouse. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

a minute of silence

a minute of silence

Did you know ... that Matthias Hölle,
a regular bass singer at the Bayreuth Festival,
appeared in the world premieres of
Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Samstag aus Licht
at La Scala in Milan? (8 September 2020)

... that cellist, composer, and conductor Rudolf Hindemith
was the brother of the famous Paul Hindemith,
with whom he played in the Amar Quartet,
but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation? (7 September 2020)

DYK for Autobahnkirche Siegerland

On 9 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Autobahnkirche Siegerland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Autobahnkirche Siegerland (pictured), a 2013 road church on the A 45 that looks like a piece of folded paper, is always open? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Autobahnkirche Siegerland. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Autobahnkirche Siegerland), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, - one of my places ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:20, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

As you did ask for me to keep a look out, I fixed the fact tags. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:21, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

That's excellent, Ritchie, thank you! Biking Weikersheim to Wertheim, a first for me, also excellent. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

I took almost the same pic, evening, someone leaning out the right window, - perhaps I'll upload it, - of course I believe that mine is better ;) - nice stats for the place of silence, 9.707. Thanks all for interest! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg.

Tod, wo ist dein Stachel, Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?

For the very interesting article about Franz Leuninger --Maleschreiber (talk) 03:47, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, just what I needed. (Funeral 17 September, in Munich, where the memorial is.) Thank you also for excellent copy-editing. The article is the result of many users working together, - I hope they watch here. I couldn't believe - prompted by the death of his nephew - that he had no article. I love that music, sung in Hannover and Wiesbaden. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

I like the setting of this text in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem. Guy (help! - typo?) 07:46, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

That's what we mean. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:48, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Moop Mama

On 15 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Moop Mama, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Moop Mama, a band of seven brass players, two drummers, and a rapper, began "guerilla concerts" in Munich's Englischer Garten in 2009? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Moop Mama. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Moop Mama), 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) 12:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

listen to Meermenschen (people from the sea), in rehearsal --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Some recognition

		The Music Barnstar
		Thanks for all the work you have done on music articles! Amitchell125 (talk) 21:55, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

music in my ears ;) - thank you, enjoying the birthday celebrations for a man with a tough life and the death he wanted - listen to a friend playing his music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

You're very clever

L'infobox infernale
Opera semiseria in 25 acts by John Smith
The final scene
Translation	The Hellish Infobox
Librettist	Jane Doe
Language	Italian
Premiere	23 December 2005 (2005-12-23) Wikipedia
Website	Infobox wars

I must say you're very clever to be able to align the pictures nicely without Br'er Rabbit or RexxS helping. I always make futile attempts and then end up asking RexxS. Very envious of your skills! Little Stupid talk, 09:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC).

PS, yikes, I see a picture of Darwinbish on this page. Hope she hasn't been bothering you! Little Stupid talk, 09:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC).

Gerda has an adequate supply of apples, so fret ye not. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:08, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

(ec) Darwinbish has stolen grabbed some apples, but I have a large supply. All my technical cleverness comes from the two you mentioned, and Alakzi who showed me how to have pics in one line as here. Thanks to them as long as I can remember, - one banned, one ill, one given up! Look above, RexxS made me a neat template to remember Precious by just changing the number of years celebrated, imagine! (If I'd organise the dates, that might even run without me.) Feel free to use the QAIbox, modeled after the popcorn Br'er gave me as a farewell gift, eighth anniversary now as he mentioned then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I would also say that although good editors leave the project, if you look around carefully, you'll see new editors coming up through the ranks and starting to contribute more, like zmbro. Let's show our appreciation for those as well. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I like hints for Precious. (I also like others to pass Precious, - no need to wait for me.) I think I do my share of appreciating newcomers, greeting red links on my watchlist, and passing Precious for a first DYK. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:21, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I stole my cutest infobox opera from the 2013 arb workshop pages, image by Br'er, title idea by Voceditenore who also was instrumental in creating the template with Andy, facts somewhat updated. I think we just reached kind of peace there, - imagine (that I was invited to restore "my" infoboxes). All operas by Rossini have an infobox now, not only his latest. Much room for improvements: more appropriate images, for example, and many composers not yet improved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

ps: 1201 transclusions of the template as of now, but I guess 1 is what you see here ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:45, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I thought the image on the right was the result of putting the wrong sort of dash in an FA candidate. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Highly suitable. Jen probably thinks the same about ref details. Thanks for helping her with the flowcharts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Just for being you and everything you do here. Danke für alles. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:34, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

^{( Buttinsky)} Can I second and third this? Vielen Dank meine freund - for being who you are that inspires us all to be better than we are. Jenhawk777 (talk) 20:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Such a cutie! Thank you, also for not having to miss you, as some mentioned in the thread above, and many not mentioned. Br'er didn't like left pics, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Eugen Szenkar

On 16 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eugen Szenkar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that conductor Eugen Szenkar, who promoted works by Béla Bartók and Gustav Mahler in Germany, Russia, and Brazil, caused a "near riot" with the world premiere of The Miraculous Mandarin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eugen Szenkar. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Eugen Szenkar), 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) 00:02, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Fitting to remember this persona non grata on the day I remember that eight years ago, this community banned my friend whose name was not Jack: creative, productive, helpful, witty, charming, a great photographer, a free spirit, miraculous, who said "wikis are not about authoritah they are about collaborations and merit." in September 2012. (You read that in my edit notice, didn't you?) I debated with myself then if I could still be a member of such community.

Agnus Dei - mourning becomes ... (11 April 2012)

[Breathing out a light spray of stroopwafel crumbs as she speaks :] Darwinbish has stolen your stroopwafels! The stroopwafels made her happy and she'd like to give you a great big hug for leaving them where she could reach them. Spread the WikiLove by giving her some more baked goods, unless you want her boys to pay you a visit! darwinbish ^BITE 12:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC).  
 Done. Br'er Rabbit (talk) 13:20, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Dona nobis pacem - a promise (16 October 2012)

Here I am, still singing in defiance. Darwinbish has stolen the apples. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Dutch composers

Thanks to a beloved friend I have sung music by Ton de Leeuw, Daan Manneke, Vic Nees, Alphons Diepenbrock, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (in the church where he was organist), and probably others, especially if you count Flanders as part of Netherlands (hello Ockeghem and Josquin des Prez!). Who's your favourite Dutch composer of the last 100 years? Do you sing in a choir (or did you, prior to The Event?)

Have you ever heard ro sung Josquin's Nymphes des Bois (déploration de la mort de Johannes Ockeghem)? It is astonishing. Or Vic Nees' Magnificat? Guy (help! - typo?) 22:39, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for asking, - for choirs check the infobox on my user page, for more detail of compositions click on "memories" there, several Flemish, - I wrote about Jules van Nuffel's In convertendo. I'm tired right now, past midnight here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:47, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

I have to butt in with how much I adore Nymphes des Bois – part of a popular Medieval/Rennaisance tradition of writing laments when great masters died (see Armes, amours by Andrieu for Machaut, or Ye sacred muses by Byrd for Tallis for other famous examples). If you're interested, this JSTOR article has a list on the page 31. Aza24 (talk) 22:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Aza24, like! Thanks. Aslo mentions Ockeghem's Mort, tu as navré de ton dart, which I have also performed. Guy (help! - typo?) 07:19, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Alma Vessells John

As a matter of personal interest, why are you using strings of colons and asterisks in your replies? Why don't you just run a string of colons and end it with an asterisk? Yoninah (talk) 15:46, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

For accessibility, compare essay cited on top of User talk:Drmies, by RexxS. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Stalking precious

Nice....

Hi Gerda, I gave someone Precious who I think deserved it and did what I think is the necessary paperwork - hope that's okay. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:15, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

I just thanked you for that when I noticed. I always try to write a third line, for a more symmetric look of the image. When I translated an early model for the designer, however, it was also too short ;) - Great minds ... - we wrote 2466 almost simultaneously. I fixed "mine" to 2467. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Okay, main point is you agree the Precious in this instance was a good idea, right? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:36, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

yes, I do ;) - did you notice that on top, I have two friends pictured whose birthday is today? She plays bass, he plays cello. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

"She plays bass, he plays cello" - invoked Johnny Cash for me - Daddy sang bass, Momma sang tenor". 🤠 I remember receiving my first Precious and how uplifting it was for me - one of the little things that have a huge impact. You're a special lady, Gerda. Atsme 💬 📧 11:44, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

cute! - I also remember my first, then called awesome, 3 August 2010, shared day with Brian (imagine!). 31 October the same year, the giver left over a copyvio discussion (of the TFA about a "witch"), returned without saying so, so left again over an RfA with socking accusations, - that's some of the reasons why WP:QAI is AKA the cabal of the outcast. Feel free to join if you feel you belong there. Will bring you monthly flowers, - that's all. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:51, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I just realised that Keith Emerson would have turned 76 today .... I'll go and find a Hammond L-100 and fetch the carving knives from the kitchen drawer.... interesting factoid, Emerson was influenced by the Scottish group 1-2-3, who were in turn named after Martin (or was it the other way round?) Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

great! - so many remembered - St. Martin just a few days from now - did you see brother Martin? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

ps: planning to make ecumene/ecumenism my 2021 topic - you heard it here the first time - perhaps to be called unity? See Unionskirche. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

That would be an ecumenical matter Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

just received sparkling music by Percy Grainger, - remember, remember? - Something for Martin as well, I'm sure, music and compromise. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, an under-appreciated composer, probably because he wrote a lot of what is sniffily termed "light music". Brian Kay used to play his compositions fairly often on Radio 3, I recall. Guy (help! - typo?) 21:07, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Variations for Cello Solo

On 7 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Variations for Cello Solo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Variations for Cello Solo, premiered by the composer Graham Waterhouse in Vienna in 2020, depicts characteristics of members of his family? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Variations for Cello Solo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Variations for Cello Solo), 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

... not without irony, and as it happens DYK #1500 after #1 was about the composer whose birthday was a few days ago, a day before the piece was planned to be played. He also wrote Bright Angel, look: "He recalls a hike which he took, age nine, with his father William Waterhouse. In 1972, when the bassoonist taught for one year at Indiana University, they crossed the Grand Canyon from the North Rim to the South Rim, on the North Kaibab Trail and the Bright Angel Trail." - more memories - Did you know that he wanted to call the variations Väriäschons, as a German might pronounce the English? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:09, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Inviting DBaK and Smerus to the party, who know relatives, and Cmadler who helped me with the first article, - back from deletion and to DYK.

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	DYK 1,500. Ich bin so stolz auf dich. Grimes2 (talk) 09:38, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

grinning a bit --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

		The 1500 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Thank you. Grimes2 (talk) 14:06, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

I remember when I was starting to add up DYKs I noticed you had over 400, and thought, "Will I ever get there?" Now I have over 400 and you have ... 1500! You'll always be the front-runner! Congratulations! Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, - it's due to three things: 1) eagerness to share topics I'm interested in, 2) LouisAlain constantly providing people I never heard of (or so I think and later find out I heard that voice but forgot her name), 3) being tired of infobox discussions, the determination to write simple short articles where nobody will discuss the topic, - and right, the last time was January 2018, Psalm 149, remember? (... which therefore didn't go to DYK). Thank you for all the wording help, and next psalm will be 148. - The front-runner became tired at 1666, - we'll see how I long I last, - writing more GAs instead would be nice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Wow! That is so impressive, Gerda. —valereee (talk) 13:35, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Christian Flor again

Hi Gerda, I thought the Flor article might contain all the German which I attempted to translate, and found in doing so that I had made the elementary misreading of 'Lieder' for 'leider!' (sic). This changes the sense significantly, because Rist is saying that he is concerned with the Wideraufrichtung of the fallen Christenthum - alas! (leider!) - rather than the revival of merely the (Songs) of Christenthum - quite a different scale of challenge, one might think! I apologize for my former inaccuracy. "Re-edification" was a popular English usage for the setting-up-anew of the church in the 17th century, with resonances of OT Zachariah, and makes a fair equivalence for Wideraufrichtung (again-setting-up-rightly). oops, Eebahgum (talk) 07:15, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Eebahgum, thank you, and no problem with mistakes, I make them all the time. Best probably if you change the article. In modern German, it's Wiederaufrichtung, wieder=again, wider=against, - a similar trap as Lied=song vs. Leid=sorrow. I noticed that the English in the article is longer than the German, and found no time yet to find the rest. Busy with a grim piece for peace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for having done all that before I asked! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, at any rate it makes better sense now. What a very convoluted way they had of expressing themselves. Haha! Eebahgum (talk) 08:40, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

You said that succinctly ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Gernot Roll

On 15 November 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gernot Roll, 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. —Bagumba (talk) 14:55, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Faustas Latėnas

On 16 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Faustas Latėnas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Faustas Latėnas, vice-minister of Lithuania's Ministry of Culture, composed incidental music, film scores, and a string quartet subtitled "In loving memory"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Faustas Latėnas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Faustas Latėnas), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Goodbye and all the best

Hello, Gerda. I'm sorry to tell you that I have decided to quit the site. I am struggling to find time for it anyway but I've become completely disillusioned and can do without it. I'd like to thank you personally for your kindness, help and friendship. All the best and keep safe. No Great Shaker (talk) 05:47, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello Roy, I am sorry to hear that. I thought this sounded promising. I came to celebrate an anniversary today, and now have to deal with another disappointment, and another helper lost. Isn't it enough that dear people die? ... and good people die (see just above)? Yesterday; I met someone who was away for three years. We'll see. I decided against quitting in 2012, DYK? - I know the feeling, but stubbornly stay. I'll give you Die Fliege (look below the beeches) for your time away. Best wishes for private happiness, and read In loving memory, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Flowers for the Elderly

Hi Gerda! I hope you're well. Yes, it does make me smile that Die Fliege is getting some love.

Since you popped up on my notifications I thought you might appreciate a little update. In the past few months while studying Health and Social Care (retraining to become a care worker) I've started a local community project. Visit Twitter.com/FlowersElderly and follow the link to see the website.

All the best, nagualdesign 22:48, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

That's great news! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

About ArbCom elections

You didn't tell me that there was a shortage of candidates for ArbCom. -- llywrch (talk) 03:32, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

I didn't know. Actually, my trust in arbitration is limited, so I believe fewer arbitrators who really look may be better than what I saw: one, superficially looking, said that an editor who uncollapsed an infobox (which I had created, even) should be banned for battleground behaviour, and - worse - none of the colleagues intervened, so none of those checked it out. Well, according to the wisdom of Shock Brigade Harvester Boris, arbitration will never admit they made a mistake. "Criticizing the decision after it has been made is pointless." - Go, y'all who feel capable of looking, and nominate yourself. My question this year is much easier than the first. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

OK, now I understand what you meant by "look" -- to actually investigate the matter. (The latest American jargon for that is "deep dive". Or so I gather.) Anyway, several more have volunteered, so I don't need to feel duty-bound to run this year. Maybe another year if I ever figure out the secret to running a successful campaign. Take care. -- llywrch (talk) 00:29, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, - well no, I didn't ask to dive deep, just look. Not every edit that begins on top with an infobox that wasn't at the position in the previous edit means an infobox was added. In the case in question, it was only moved from an unusual position, and uncollapsed. It doesn't take deep diving, just looking at a diff to the end, and not superficially staying at the top, and think you've seen it all, and tell your colleagues your interpretation of said diff, and none of them checks! Just by the mercy of one of them, who also didn't check but said he didn't want to see a good content editor banned with his voice making the difference, my friend wasn't banned. Just to explain my limited trust in arbitration ;) - It's over, but to see candidates still believing the wise restrictions in said case helped towards peace makes me smile. - So arbs, please look, just look carefully. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom question follow-ups

Hi Gerda, I know this is a pain, but at the pre-election RfC this year, we added a new rule that prevents editors from posting Analysis of candidates, questions or answers on questions to candidate pages (see WP:ACERFC2020#CandidateQs3a). Because of this, I've moved some of your follow-up discussion with Barkeep49 and SMcCandlish to this page and this page, respectively. Sorry for messing with your comments. All the best, Mz7 (talk) 19:49, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Mz7, do what you have to but how was there any analysis of a candidate? I don't do that, at least I try not analyze and judge. I explained above what makes me smile, but it's nothing personal. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

It seems to me that the new rule wants to move the Q&A pages in the direction of "just Q&A", with room only for very brief "thank you"s and "good answer"s, but anything more substantive should go on a different discussion page. I do see where you are coming from, though, and this will be something that SQL, GeneralNotability, and I will need to ruminate on over the next few weeks regarding how strictly we want to interpret this new rule in the interest of the project. Mz7 (talk) 22:24, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining. I have written my collection of answers from 2013, and one thing I intentionally avoided was analyzing. At times I even said if you want that look what others offer. In the two cases moved, there was not even a follow-up question, just more background, one invited by a candidate who said he met the topic in 2019, - lucky person ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

If you want to look closer at "My wish for arbitration is to look at things closely and without prejudice, no more", look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Fall

For some time, starting at look-down in March, I've had weekly bouts of fainting. Medics have diagnosed weak anaemia, treatable by folic acid. I had three months of treatment, but lost balance today injuring myself on my jagged digital spinet. Poetic justice probably, since I've been uploading images of spinets from Commons ... But still shaken.

I think you noticed my upload for the "alleluja" on BWV 140/1. I listened and watched Ton Koopman & co performing BWV 140 with Marcel Ponseele performing the 1st oboe—quite impressive. Have you ever sung that? Mathsci (talk) 12:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Ooooh. Best for your health!!! Yes, one of our favourites, especially that jazzy alto entrance. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

The trumpet shall sound

Did you know ...

... that before Carole Dawn Reinhart
was appointed professor of trumpet
at the Vienna Music Academy,
she performed in several
of Al Hirt's Fanfare shows in 1965?

(20 November 2020)

Inviting DBaK, again, now for a trumpet player on top, singing the praises of great collaboration by nominator Lajmmoore, Yourworstemily who found recordings and refs, Penny Richards who cleaned refs, Gruban who found the pic, and those doing the regular cleanup for DYK articles, and concerned about Women in Red. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Fabulous! Well done and thanks to you all – I am delighted to see this. I just popped in and did a couple of minor tweaks. As you know, I am in no hurry to out myself here, preferring to be grumpily anonymous, but I was amused to see that I had had more than a minor hand in one of the references used there. It also reminded me that I really, really ought to own a copy of her biography, and I have now ordered it. Too significant to not have, I feel. With all good wishes DBaK (talk) 20:59, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, - I couldn't believe she had no article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, and I couldn't believe she had no article – quite! I shall keep an eye on it and hope for more in the future. There is no doubt in my mind about the gender discrimination. DBaK (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein

On 21 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only the refrain of "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein", a 1970 offertory hymn written after Huub Oosterhuis, appeared in the first edition of Gotteslob, but the complete text in the second? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Did you know ...

... that only the refrain of
"Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein",
a 1970 offertory hymn
written after Huub Oosterhuis,
appeared in the first edition of Gotteslob,
but the complete text in the second?

Poetry layout

Yes, absolutely it could! But I just feel that you tend not to include the punctuation like that, on the (perhaps spurious) grounds that its place is sort-of taken by the slash. I am not, however, willing to pick up my musket over this, and you have done this work a lot more than I, and I am too lazy, ill and knackered to look for evidence to support my case, so I think I will just stfu now, as the young people so charmingly put it! Cheers DBaK (talk) 21:42, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm not one of the young people - just replaced the pic of the disillusioned author by a youthful one but keep it here, - so what's stfu? Will think about layout more, but promised poetry for Zueignung, and have already 2 more tasks before getting there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

No worries, and I am ashamed to say that it stands for Shut The F*** Up! DBaK (talk) 21:53, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

listen to Wie der Hirsch schreit (Mendelssohn) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

will do, and thanks all round! DBaK (talk) 13:20, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Update: Wow, stunning, thanks!!! Due to your disproportionate influence upon my musical life (my lawyers will be in touch ...) I now have Collegium Vocale Gent / Herreweghe performing it. What a treat! Cheers DBaK (talk) 20:25, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Collegium Vocale Gent: heard them last year with the Monteverdi Vespers (surprised how much was done by the soloists of what we did with the choir), and I enjoyed a workshop with the one who trains them, - quite a treat! (They needed women to form a choir.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Ah the wonderful Vespers! I have very fond memories of a fantastic candlelit one with this lot at this lovely place about a zillion years ago – well, getting on for 30 years now, in fact. But a stunning memory, though clearing up the acres of candlewax the next day was somewhat less fun ... DBaK (talk) 20:51, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

wax - I know exactly how that feels because we once had all these candles for excerpts from the Christmas Oratorio ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Children's Crusade (Britten)

On 22 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Children's Crusade (Britten), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed Children's Crusade, with text by Bertolt Brecht, as a piece to be performed by children about a group of children in wartime Poland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Children's Crusade (Britten). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Children's Crusade (Britten)), 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) 00:01, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Heiligenfest, oder Namenstag

I wonder if you have ever heard Gerald Finzi's For St. Cecilia? I sang it around 40 years ago on the chorus benches at a summer musical festival in Cornwall (shades of Tristan?), sitting next to Jamie Gilchrist, who (unlike me) became a leading tenor soloist. Here he is with the Bournemouth band and singers. The words are here (pdf) - the poem is by Edmund Blunden. The chorus is far too distant for my liking in the recording, but the overall effect is excellent. It lasts about 15 minutes. Happy St. Cecilia's day. MinorProphet (talk) 14:23, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

PS I'm in no hurry at all with 'Zueignung': Gilm and Strauss can wait. MinorProphet (talk) 14:33, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

MinorProphet, thank you for both. Just returned from a lovely walk in the mist. Today proclaiming Mendelssohn's setting of what they called "Sehnsucht" (Yearning, after Psalm 42), and obviously quoting the first musical phrase from Sicut cervus desiderat which brings as back to Zueignung. Two things strike me there: the closeness in letters to Zuneigung, and that it literally means passing ownership to a person (and to do that of a person, even oneself, seems dangerous). Short story in that song: He is sad that he is separated from her who blessed him sinner long ago, and by that magic made him want to belong only to her, but back to the beginning. Sad story in the end. (Needless to say the "He" could also be a woman, and the "She" could also be a man. On Britten's birthday.) - Will listen to the Finzi eventually. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

The poetical I/he/she is one of the less-discussed concepts: those who make it matter only point up their own deficiencies. Bis später >MinorProphet (talk) 16:51, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

As an equally bad horn-player, baritone, and poet, I can only respond with "Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying: and answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying." MinorProphet (talk) 16:58, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Impressive performance of the Finzi, thanks for sharing! - I came to sit next to Andreas Scholl in a performance of the St Matthew Passion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Crusade

I saw from your previous post that you are crusading. I know of the work, and used to have a vinyl of it, but all I have has been in store for 3 years now, so I live like a saint or a mournful knight in my Poeten-stübchen, and wait to dance the night away with the spirit Vikipedia, my Nixe-weib, before returning to the dreary daylight with sagging eyelids. Do you think that picture of BB was taken at the Red House? Looks like Vicky Pedia visited him, too! - Eebahgum (talk) 18:37, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, - I try a work by him on his birthday every year since his centenary, DYK? All I know abut the unfortunately only pic we have of him - but better than none - is on the commons. We have several of Donizetti, see a bit above, or browse his operas which now - if we don't have something about the work - show him at an appropriate age. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Donizetti

I think that if you're going to remove {{Donizetti operas}} from articles before the deletion discussion is over (which I think is a poor choice) you should at least provide an accurate edit summary indicating what you're doing. This only caught my attention because you removed it from L'ange de Nisida but your edit summary indicated you were simply changing the image. That's discourteous at best. There are others where you are using it as an opportunity to remove the template and add an infobox. It seems at times that you enjoy stoking the fires of the infobox issue. --Laser brain (talk) 04:26, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Laser brain, several short replies. Today is the day we remember the dead, please look around. Today is Benjamin Britten's birthday, look just above or on top. It's always the day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music, and I always try to honour that, - a little annual crusade of mine. Today I received Wie der Hirsch schreit - Mendelssohn and meditation, a video entitled Sehnsucht (longing is a weak translation), also related to the thought of missed people, for this Sunday. I'm not in the mood to "enjoy", sorry, and I see no fire about {{infobox opera}}, used in all major (important / prominent / significant?) operas.

For context, see Template:Bizet operas, and User:Gerda Arendt/ACE 2020. What would be your answer to the latter? - I was lazy when I added infobox opera to Donizetti's masterworks in 2015, and so a few were stil left over, including this one strange thing about an opera that was never performed. I remembered that the principle author(s) dont like infoboxes, and acted in respect, but saw no reason - and have to type out edit summaries, and spoke about laziness before - to make notice of that particular personal respect. Sometimes I do write long edit summaries. BB stands for me for Benjamin Britten and for Brian Boulton, and all of Brian's featured articles on operas have infoboxes, compare featured topic Monteverdi operas. I follow a great example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes I believe in "live and let live". I would actually prefer L'ange de Nisida have an infobox, if the template ends up being deleted (rather than just an image of the composer, which adds little value in my opinion). If that surprises you, it shouldn't. My main concern is value for readers, not editor egos. The issue I approached you about is using misleading edit summaries, not "lazy" edit summaries. I saw on my watchlist that the image was changed and I'd like to be able to take that at face value, not to inspect and see that a template was removed that's still under discussion. I hope that's more clear. --Laser brain (talk) 15:23, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

That's more clear, but it was lazy, - that article was the very last of felt 10 that day, and 20 the days before. I am sorry for having being misleading. However, enjoyment of stoking fire was never my thing, and that's what I reacted to. - I believe that it would be helpful if people wouldn't through all infobox topics in one pot. We had a case about infobox opera (or should have had, because its implementation against massive protests was what caused the case request). The topic looks settled once infobox opera was added to the project guidelines. We have infoboxes for classical composers discussed or reverted because there was a general project guideline back in 2010, and some haven't noticed that the arbs ruled, no, it has to be discussed on every individual page. Then we have infoboxes for performers where some of their admirers prefer to see a plain picture. We had discussions if an infobox which is present should be collapsed (which seems nonsense), and some even think an argument about inclusion of one parameter is an infobox discussion. I try to avoid them all. - Thank you for having created the article! - I saw that only now, having looked up the history ;) - It wasn't you who reverted my attempt of an infobox in 2016, and all I remembered was that it wasn't welcome. A deleted template has been replaced by its code here, and something similar could be done for the Donizetti if wanted. If ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:53, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello, Gerda. I just wanted to give you this barnstar for your efforts in trying to improve Wikipedia all these years. Keep up the good work! Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 19:02, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Beeches, Ehrenbach.jpg

Lovely picture. I saw it on Bishonen's talk page and, mistakenly reading it as "Birches", thought "wow, so Frostian!". But, it is so regardless - the lonely woods, the roads diverging ... beautiful!--RegentsPark (comment) 23:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for describing what I saw better than I could, RegentsPark. I use them now for memory, which "happened" for lack of space, but seems a good way: diverging roads. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)