User talk:Gerda Arendt

Erasmus Schöfer
(4 June 1931 – 7 June 2022)
chronicled the resistance in Germany,
from the protests of 1968
to German reunification,
in a tetralogy of novels.

24 July 2022

O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

Archive of 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · blushing

2023 · in resilience

June songs

2023 · in resilience
Freuet euch der schönen Erde Ich steh hier und singe Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne Wir pflügen und wir streuen Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt

2023 talk begins at #dear friends, 2023 images (my calender pics and musical events) begin here, and the 2023 diary (my own pictures of places, songs, food, flowers ...) are here, - just watch those lists if you are interested.

My motto for 2024 is taken from my first barnstar and a recent barnstar, and calls for resilience where misunderstandings are in the way of good communication and community.

While songs were a focus in 2022, I'll look at locations that played a role in my life, from the villages where I live to places in five continents. Other topics are ongoing, recent deaths, music heard and sung, composers, gardens. Watch my user page for articles, done in collaboration. Compare 2022 for the amazing number of users who began and expanded articles. Thanks also to reviewers, and I do plan to review more and write less, and in writing, focus more on quality than the little daily article, which was a pleasant sport for five years, but not so much in the name of WP:QAI - article improvement. (Did I write that last year? Yes. Did I follow? No. I will try harder, promised.) The first article to become FA is Ich habe genug, BWV 82.

My talk goes like this: on top there's the top story related to the day, followed by the yearly archives. Right here you see the image of the month with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with friends who gave them to me. Below are three boxes, often one for people remembered, and two for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. I archive from time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

updated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Memory and music

4 Jun · Trinity Sunday St. Patrokli, Kirchhörde Wo zwei oder drei Gloria, Ehre sei Gott Halleluja (Ihr seid das Volk) Fest soll mein Taufbund immer stehen Wo Menschen sich vergessen Großer Gott, wir loben dich

in memoriam Mordechai Rechtman Harald zur Hausen Kurt Widmer Brian Boulton Jerome Kohl and those who have just given up

28 May Kurhaus Bad Hamm Schumann: Piano Concerto Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Elisabeth Leonskaja Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Frank Beermann

dear friends

January songs

happy new year

We look back at 2022, with mixed emotions.

It was a year declared as of friendship, and was rich in friendly collaboration, check out the archives: too many to greet you all, which is wonderful.

Let's enter 2023 in confidence, and in resilience, which was my first barnstar ever, and one of those cherished recently.

If you click on happy new year, you get to an overview of the year to come, with a calendar and musical events sung and heard, to be expanded until in a year. I also started to list what music I got to know in which church, in case of interest.

I hope for peace. Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:17, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

The first calendar pic is in the Ukrainian colours. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy new era

Bishzilla and all her socks wish you a happy new Jurassic era! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 16:55, 31 December 2022 (UTC).

I feel roarrrrring, sharing the card with RexxS where I admired it first! - Same to you, read just above. I hope for a new era for Pierre Boulez, DYK? The new era for DYK is that I'll take a break, Ich habe genug (I have enough). Give others a chance. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt! In 2022, other editors thanked you 1560 times using the thanks tool. This made you the #3 most thanked Wikipedian in 2022. (You were also the #4 most thankful Wikipedian in 2022.) Congratulations and, well, thank you for all that you do for Wikipedia. Here's to 2023! Mz7 (talk) 23:30, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for this thank you, Mz7, love it! - Fallt mit Danken is music for today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Mother and Child (Tavener)

On 1 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mother and Child (Tavener), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in Mother and Child, composed in 2002 by John Tavener for the vocal ensemble Tenebrae, organ and temple gong enter for the climax? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mother and Child (Tavener). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mother and Child (Tavener)).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

A musical and spiritual celebration of motherhood, especially of Mary's, - today is also the day of naming Jesus. I was blessed to hear the piece in a rehearsal of the Dessoff Choirs in November. 2022 was rich in music, I heard Tenebrae in two concerts! I hope that 2023 will continue this gift of harmony to the world, and will keep singing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Domen Križaj

On 6 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Domen Križaj, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Domen Križaj from Slovenia was a prize winner in the singing competition Neue Stimmen, he moved to the Oper Frankfurt where he appeared as Massenet's Albert and Mozart's Papageno? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Domen Križaj. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Domen Križaj).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I heard him as Papageno in a performance of Die Zauberflöte with all young singers, Pamina still in the opera studio. May DYK in the future say such things? The new style hook would have ended after winning the competition. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Concentricities

On 7 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Concentricities, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Concentricities, a 2019 clarinet–cello–piano trio by Graham Waterhouse, musically depicts a theme of circular, spiraling, or oscillating concentric phenomena in nature and human structures? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Concentricities. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Concentricities).

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

heard in GW60, one of the remarkable concerts of 2022, look and see - Thank you for the hook and the images, valereee! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition

On 7 January 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kurt Horres, 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. PFHLai (talk) 06:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

for WP:QAI/Recent deaths --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

similarly

1. Rosi Mittermaier - Spencer^T•C 17:16, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
2. Andrew Downes (composer) - Tone 11:54, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
3. Siegfried Kurz - PFHLai (talk) 13:37, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
4. José Evangelista - PFHLai (talk) 17:28, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
5. Lothar Blumhagen - Spencer^T•C 23:56, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
6. Carl Hahn - Spencer^T•C 01:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
7. Clytus Gottwald - Spencer^T•C 19:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
8. Gero Storjohann - Spencer^T•C 05:49, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
9. Melitta Muszely - Stephen 22:57, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

   I remember how GRuban helped with images for her, and now included several in my top stories, beginning 2 February when I first saw the news. Yesterday I was told that Hans Krieger died, on 9 January already, too late for Recent deaths. He wrote the text of a Christmas cantata, Der Anfang einer neuen Zeit (the beginning of a new time). In the program book for GW60 (p. 3 of the pdf), you can see an acrostic by him for Graham Waterhouse, ending on the word Engelskinder (children of angels). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:20, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

10. Jürgen Flimm - Stephen 00:12, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
11. Friedrich Cerha - Spencer^T•C 03:59, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
12. Nadja Tiller - Spencer^T•C 03:49, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
13. Günther von Lojewski - Bagumba (talk) 08:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
14. Mary Bauermeister - Muboshgu (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
15. Heinz Schwarz
16. Marek Kopelent - Spencer^T•C 23:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
17. Antje Vollmer - Bagumba (talk) 07:06, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
18. Ernst Tugendhat
19. Oleksandr Kozarenko
20. James Bowman (countertenor) - Stephen 04:35, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
21. Horst Milde
22. Andreas K. W. Meyer - PFHLai (talk) 10:23, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
23. Huub Oosterhuis - PFHLai (talk) 10:02, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
24. Karl Berger - PFHLai (talk) 23:31, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
25. Irma Blank - Thryduulf (talk) 06:37, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
26. Martin Petzold - Muboshgu (talk) 17:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
27. Sergio Rendine - Stephen 00:15, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
28. Manfred Weiss - Stephen 04:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
29. Menahem Pressler - PFHLai (talk) 12:39, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
30. Grace Bumbry - Bagumba (talk) 08:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
31. Soňa Červená - Bagumba (talk) 09:14, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
32. Günter Wewel - Stephen 23:55, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
33. Sibylle Lewitscharoff - Bagumba (talk) 11:30, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
34. Maria Mies - Stephen 04:11, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
35. Javier Álvarez - Schwede66 22:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
36. Harald zur Hausen - Stephen 23:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
37. Mordechai Rechtman
38. Kurt Widmer
39. Kaija Saariaho
40. Margit Carstensen

Barnstar

		The Userpage Barnstar
		I enjoy particularly Places and songs 2023. Grimes2 (talk) 20:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

. Grimes2 (talk) 19:57, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! ... which I just updated, - I feel soooo far away from this place (only to see after sunset that - while I wanted to write about a composition by Duruflé who was born on this day - another person died, article by LouisAlain, - would you help with Siegfried Kurz, please?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Galina Pisarenko

On 12 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Galina Pisarenko, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that soprano Galina Pisarenko studied economics, English, and Norwegian at the same time she was studying to become a professional opera singer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Galina Pisarenko. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Galina Pisarenko)).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Volodymyr Kozhukhar

On 12 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Volodymyr Kozhukhar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Volodymyr Kozhukhar, the chief conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, led Lysenko's opera Taras Bulba and Shchedrin's ballet Carmen Suite? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Volodymyr Kozhukhar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Volodymyr Kozhukhar).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

These two people died recently. They performed at the same house for some. I tried to use the DYK feature to say a bit more about them. I worked for the conductor, but not the soprano - compare the reviews. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

I do my own stories now: User:Gerda Arendt/Top list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Elisabeth Waterhouse

On 21 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elisabeth Waterhouse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Elisabeth Waterhouse founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elisabeth Waterhouse. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Elisabeth Waterhouse).

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

She was there when the Sextet dedicated to her was played, 5 Nov 2023. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:41, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Messe in A (Tambling)

On 23 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Messe in A (Tambling), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mass Messe in A by Christopher Tambling, originally set for high voices, proved so popular that a four-part version was commissioned? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Messe in A (Tambling). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Messe in A (Tambling)).

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

We sang it on 1 November 2022. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Elena Manistina

On 27 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elena Manistina, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as a last-minute substitute in a premiere performance at Oper Frankfurt, Elena Manistina sang from the side while the assistant director mimed onstage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elena Manistina. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Elena Manistina).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

I heard it (and by then she did the acting also). I believe that the hook would be much more interesting mentioning that she performed in Tchaikovsky's favourite (and unsuccessful) opera, The Enchantress, but the present DYK group didn't think so. "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." that sentence is part of the DYK credit, but try to tell an interesting fact, and see what happens in the nomination. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:12, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Railway station

I found following link: https://iris.noncd.db.de/wbt/js/index.html?typ=ab&bhf=8003041&lang=de&seclang=en&zeilen=20&style=qrab Might be useful for you. Grimes2 (talk) 10:12, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

February songs

Von guten Mächten

Thank you. I booked RMF, see User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2023#24 Jun, to December, imagine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

I booked Early Shostakovich also with Altinoglu/hr-Sinfonieorchester. Grimes2 (talk) 08:17, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

RMF: Many interesting concerts, the selection is difficult. But I try to book. Grimes2 (talk) 10:46, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Right now it's early booking, for friends. You can become one if you aren't already. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Don't want to be Member (for €75!), I can wait till 14 February. Grimes2 (talk) 11:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Your choice, of course. - Some seats I wanted were already gone at 10am. I wanted to hear Mäkelä conduct Mahler again (19 August) but that concert won't happen. - Anybody: I came across Helena Forti, an article that needs care, and I don't have time. I fixed a few things, but it still shows that it's translated, and by a fan, too flowery language, too much detail about linked persons ... - Another gnomish thing to do: GoingBatty changed links to The Flying Dutchman that meant not the character but the opera Der fliegende Holländer, but left some as redirects, still showing The Flying Dutchman. That will be nonsense in most cases, when sung in German. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

The opera was great, especially in growing silence. - RMF math (as noticed today when booking for a friend): in the basilica of Eberbach there are few cheap tickets with a bit of view, which are preferable to those in the back because of the acoustics of the hall. When they are gone, and you still want to see something, you have to go to at least €20 up, which makes break-even at 4 concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Booked tickets (RMF): Mahler 2 (basilica) and Kian Soltani/Seong-Jin Cho (Geisenheim). According to the plan, the view in Eberbach basilica is bad, because of the pillars. Grimes2 (talk) 09:35, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Mäkela is back! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Wish you "Himmlische Freuden". Grimes2 (talk) 13:35, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

thank you!! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22... introduced as "a cantata by J. S. Bach, one of two serving as his audition pieces for the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig for which he became known. He had to show off, being not a favourite (Telemann and Grauper were) and the only candidate without university training. You may have met his more youthful BWV 172 before. This work is setting standards for the later cantata cycles." Extraordinary work as always, Gerda! DanCherek (talk) 00:39, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Dan, that's a great way to begin a day to be spent with friends. Please watch, I'll be out. I didn't write it alone, thanks to those who edited, reviewed, scheduled on the 300th aniversary of the first performance! With more time- I'll go into more detail. It's on top today, and check out the list of my top stories ;)

Great work, Gerda. I hope to get a chance to listen to the piece tomorrow. Viriditas (talk) 07:13, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, and also for placing User:Gerda Arendt/Top on your talk! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Gerda, I've also "stolen" your Topbox. Do you want to add an attribution tag as author at the bottom of the box? Grimes2 (talk) 09:07, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

good idea, will do --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:10, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For raising Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 to Featured article. And for all your work you do relating to Johann Sebastian Bach and classical music. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 07:25, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! It's an "old" article, - everybody is invited to work on the next one, BWV 82, together, heard last year at the Rheingau Musik Festival (pictured above). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Congrats on your new FA! Keep up the great work Gerda! el.ziade (talkallam) 10:54, 7 February 2023 (UTC) I would also like to send congratulations on your FA! Tails Wx 13:22, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, - it's a rather old FA, see above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Today we played Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour by Jacques Offenbach–a beautiful song in strings–I'll try improving that article. Thanks for all your hard work! Tails Wx 13:24, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

thank sou yo much for coming over, Tails Wx --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Happy Valentine’s Day

From User:Viriditas

"Jedes Geschöpf ist mit einem anderen verbunden, und jedes Wesen wird durch ein anderes gehalten."
— Saint Hildegard

Thank you, how wise. My gift of the day is recommended reading about a book, Alte Liebe = old love (as you know, kindly displaying it on your talk). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Sorry

Somehow I clicked the wrong link and ended up on the wrong page. I get confused with the new TOC and simply clicked the new topic button or something. Anyway apologies. Victoria (tk) 16:19, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

No problem, Victoria. - I heard great music, so good mood, hope you too. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

The new layout is a problem for me as well, Victoria. I had a sortable table, Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Recent deaths, that I split in two because it didn't show well with the left column taking away so much space. However, by simply pressing "hide" twice in the left column, you get back to seeing more again, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:12, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, of course. I made a screen shot with both right and left unhidden because that's what I thought a reader who isn't logged in would see. But then, thinking about it, I wondered what the unlogged in reader sees because they don't have the tools column. So I looked and it's better than the screenshot I posted. Still, without access to a wide monitor I don't know how it looks. That's the problem these days. Follow ups with other screenshots welcome, but maybe share on that talk? Happy to hear that you had good music! You are fortunate to have access to a good opera house and productions. Victoria (tk) 21:41, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for thinking further, Victoria! For most readers, those on mobiles, the matter is of no concern as they get the infobox after the first paragraph of the lead, - the socalled "bleeding" doesn't happen to them. - Yes, I feel blessed that the opera house of the year is less than a hour by train away, and good church music we make ourselves ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

You mentioned factions. I see two factions: one for whom the feature is a given, and one who fights it. The latter is small but much more passionate. As there have been no battles in the last five or so years (until recently), we have hundreds of users who don't even know a conflict exists/existed. I hope and work for ending it, and believe that the compromise (well defined and concise) you supported should be adopted for other articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Gerda, FYI re "one who fights it"....well I have the new skin turned off, but cant be bothered to "fight it", or at least thats not how I want to spend my remaining time on earth. ps, thanks for the lovely music yesterday[1] :) Again FYI, Ukraine has/had a banging Techno scene - more commercial than what comes out of Berlin, but more pure and inventive than the current UK or US scenes. Ceoil (talk) 12:25, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Just when I think you can't get any sweeter...

...you do. <3 Thank you for the larger flowers! :) – Elizabeth (Eewilson) (tag or ping me) (talk) 20:51, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Robert le diable

Gerda, your behaviour is disgraceful. You deliberately added an infobox to Robert le diable, a GA article, without any consultation. I have removed it. You know perfectly well, from your own history, that to do this sort of thing is unacceptable. In Talk:Jenny Lind a few days ago you wrote that "I admit that I added an infobox to Georg Solti, because I failed to look up who the principal editors were. I normally do, and leave the articles in peace, respecting their editors' wishes." It now turns out that this is completely untrue. You edited Robert le diable when you must clearly have seen who the princpal editor(s) were who brought it to GA. Please now leave this article in peace as you claim to do. If I have any further evidence of this sort of behaviour I will make a formal complaint. Smerus (talk) 19:46, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

I replied there, in a nutshell: please distinguish operas and biographies. The style guide of project operas is linked on my user page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps you may profit from re-reading Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera/Archive 125 (2016), another nutshell Voceditenore saying: "I personally think that as a matter of courtesy and prudence, one should run the addition up the flag pole on a Featured Article first, regardless of which project has bannered it. But otherwise no, it's bureaucratic and a bloody waste of time to start a talk page discussion before adding any infobox anywhere on Wikipedia. It's no different to adding or removing any other content or formatting to an article." (emphasis mine, - thanks, Voce.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

User:Smerus, don’t you think you are being extremely rude by accusing Gerda of disgraceful behavior? Infoboxes are not for editors, they are for readers. And while there are any number of arguments against them based on design and presentation, at the end of the day we should write for the reader in mind. Personally, I have recently taken to the concept of auto-generated infoboxes linked to Wikidata for consistency and data integrity. See the infobox at Lise with a Parasol for one example of this usage. Ideally, this would mean that user preferences would determine infobox usage, not editors, making your argument moot. Try to broaden your view on this. Viewing infoboxes should be user definable, not determined by the editor. Viriditas (talk) 08:48, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, please speak up on the article talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Suggestion for 7 weeks without

Borrowed from the time of Lent, a time of abstinence, which has been translated in a broader sense to "7 weeks without ...", I suggest that we try over the next 7 weeks to deal with infoboxes as with other content matter, and keep discussing them without personal comments. Treating infoboxes like other content was proposed by Voceditenore back in 2016, and is the best approach towards peace I've seen so far. The socalled infobox wars have ended long ago, but some are still fighting it seems. Today's featured article is Artemy Vedel, standing for Ukrainian music.

The choral music of Artemy Vedel,
who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music,
was censored but performed from handwritten copies.

The 1885 spiritual anthem
Prayer for Ukraine
was performed by Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York on Saturday Night Live.

24 February 2023 · 23 March 2022

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Top list)

His is also a composer article with an infobox, the third TFA of that kind in 2023. Yesterday I added an infobox for an architect linked from the Main page, and the article's author sent me a thank-you click. For the opera, the edit summary said "suggest", and of course a suggestion can be refused, but preferably with a factual reason, not with personal aspersions. Jenny Lind has an infobox now per the wish of the community, as Tchaikovsky and Joyce among others, all of these boxes concise and well-curated, which seems the compromise we should go for. The concept was suggested in 2013 by Brian Boulton, on this talk page, called identibox. (Brian tried it first on Percy Grainger.) I hope it will finally get traction, towards peace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Listen: Da pacem Domine, by Arvo Pärt, conducted by Peter Reulein (whose Te Deum we'll perform in May) - we sang it on 12 February. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:45, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Although these infobox wars have faded with the passing of time, even today I catch glimpses of others conflicting over them. For these seven weeks, I will try to help others move towards peace. The Night Watch (talk) 21:31, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Sometimes that may just mean let go.

share ideas and values
Alakzi · 31 August 2015

go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset
Shock Brigade Harvester Boris · 18 October 2012

wikis are not about authoritah
they are about collaborations and merit.
Br'er Rabbit · 26 September 2012

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Piano Concerto (Reger)

On 27 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Piano Concerto (Reger), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Max Reger's Piano Concerto was premiered by Frieda Hodapp in 1910, but has rarely been performed since due to its difficulty? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Piano Concerto (Reger). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Piano Concerto (Reger)).

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

your message

Dear Gerda, Thanks for your recent spring messages. I like the ladies you have been featuring! Sorry not to communicate much just now, issues with health of self and Mum (nearly 102). Wasn't there an old VOX recording of the Reger concerto? - but not, of course, with La Hodapp. I am here, hiding down a rabbit-hole, and thought of you a few days ago when I found a bit about singing from hilltops in (I think) Ecclesiastes, but lost the place again... Greetings to you, in the Quaker light. Eebahgum (talk) 12:52, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for coming over. Look for your great outdoors singing in last years archive ;) - The recording of the Reger concerto is linked from the bottom of the article. A friend of mine will sing on Sunday, - I knew her since her mum had her on her lap during rehearsals for the St Matthew (the first). She was already a soloist in our best concert ever, the Monteverdi Vespers (2019, the last), and will be in the next two (Misatango and Duruflé Requiem). - Best wishes for your health, and your mum's. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Ah, the Reger premiere was under the great Nikisch. In my Cambridge days rather more than 40 years ago, I visited a household in Grantchester where a delightful elderly lady had a chat with me about music. "Does anyone remember the name of Artur Nikisch?", she asked me - and I said well yes, I did, anyway, because I knew that he had developed such an important partnership with Elena Gerhardt at the start of her career, and had sort of breathed his musicianship into her readings of Schubert and Wolf, and I even managed to raise some enthusiasm for his handling in the Beethoven 5 recording. She said that before the first War she was going out in London with a young man, who took her to the entire season of Nikisch concerts (in 1912?). This goggled my imagination a bit, so I asked what she remembered of it. "Oh, he was a nice looking man with a handsome beard, and didn't wave his arms about too much!" Do any of us know how we will be remembered? Eebahgum (talk) 19:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mary Bauermeister

On 4 March 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mary Bauermeister, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you!

Dear Gerda,
Thank you once again for my yearly reminder and for being so thoughtful, generous and kind in support of us all!
I hope you are having a good year so far, and I wish you a Happy Spring in two weeks' time!
Please keep well, safe, musical and joyful.
With kindest regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(become old-fashioned!)} 15:52, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

PS: Some more daffodils for you, all the way from the West Coast of Wales!

Thank you for the lovely words and flowers! Take crocuses in return if you like! I listened to great music yesterday, pictured on top, did you see? I am chewing on "disgraceful behaviour" - also above, but so far found no better response than letting it go. - I take care of articles of those who recently died, and Mary Bauermeister fascinated me especially (just above). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:06, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Bonaventura Bottone

Hi Gerda. That article was started and heavily edited back in 2009 by his self-admitted PR person who started several other articles by artists he/she represented. From the edit summaries, the current editor appears to be the subject or at least claims to be the subject. I’m going to list this at the Opera Project. Hopefully someone would enjoy rendering it …er… more encyclopaedic 😛. Voceditenore (talk) 16:11, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

I see ;) - pursuing more graceful behaviour before posting more than one request per day on Opera where I refused to answer a question. My second request would have been the discrepancy noted for Hin und Zurück: was the premiere 15 July or 17 July, and who sang? Related to Johanna Geisler who is said to have sung as Johanna Klemperer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:25, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

I snooped around a bit. Almost all sources give July 17 as the premiere. The only two who give the 15th are Almanacco and one other Italian source. However, multiple sources list Johanna Klemperer as Helene, Betty Mergler as Aunt Emma, and Lothar (can’t remember her first name) as the serving girl. I’ll do some more snooping and list the sources on the talk page in a couple of days. Voceditenore (talk) 17:40, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

thank you, will take over for Johanna what I need - any advice for her article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:59, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Von guten Mächten

since you are one of the most active authors in the above mentioned article could you please check my questions and suggestions on [2] ? thx! kind regards!

... and thank you for trying to help with coding in the english wikipedia! but your suggestions don't work, as you see in the following (also looking at the code, where you can see the line breaks...; I had tried <nowiki> ... </nowiki> alone before):

<nowiki><poem> So thank you, people of Ukraine! You are a model for humanity! And just for me, my mood and my morale, a private power-spring. </poem></nowiki>

but you are right: <br> is old-fashioned and not strict. so I wanted to replace the tags, but you edited out my texts, and I don't have 'the nerves' and the time to redo all the work...

and I did not quite understand what you meant by "the poem" that you "removed". do you mean the german original text, or my translation. regarding the latter I can happily grant permission to use it (as the author)... HilmarHansWerner (talk) 21:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

We had an edit conflict, sorry. I wrote this:

I am sorry that my explanation didn't work for you: just copy the brackets with poem in it, then your text, then the /poem. the nowiki thingy is only to make it visible, - do you understand?

So thank you,
people of Ukraine!
You are a model
for humanity!

And just for me,
my mood
and my morale,
a private
power-spring.

The long version is here, take/copy from it what you like, but please in case you want to go to edit mode don't hit "publish" or I will get an old version of my talk.

Adding now, after the conflct: this is my talk, it's for conversations, not to hold a long poem. Please have it somewhere where I can link to, like a sandbox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:28, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Shoe laces

Since nearly one year:

Left-hand trainer: Yellow laces
Right-hand trainer: Blue laces

Maybe it's time to change them over.

Until yesterday I had no idea that Dmitri Bortniansky was from that part of the world.

My favourite Tchaikovsky symphony is No. 2: The Ukrainian. MinorProphet (talk) 01:26, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. My favourite by him is the fourth because that was the first symphony I heard in a concert hall, conducted from memory, - a lasting impression. But I learned about composers such as Artemy Vedel only over the last year. Va, pensiero - Nabucco is on the Main page today, mostly the work of Viva-Verdi. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

A Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/missed users, I recently found this and it put a smile on my face to see that someone cared for those who are gone, keep up the good work Starman2377 (talk) 17:53, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, but perhaps give one to Ched who began it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Max Reger 150

Today is the 150th birthday of Max Reger, and we just celebrated his 200th year of death in 2016! From simple songs to giant choral works: rich music. A birthday note in the FAZ praised, on top of him incorporating all styles before him, that he saw the horrors of war coming right when the world war began in 1914, and composed works such as Requiem, in Latin and more personal in German, to cope with its horrors and remember the dead: Seele, vergiß sie nicht - Soul, don't forget them. - I sang it with the Reger-Chor, - Reger was a parish member of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:16, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Alchymic Quartet

On 2 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alchymic Quartet, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Alchymic Quartet is a string quartet by Graham Waterhouse, to be performed alongside chemical experiments of Andrew Szydlo, his former teacher at Highgate School? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alchymic Quartet. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alchymic Quartet), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

The last DYK of 2022, about the latest composition of my first subject, and I was there for the premiere:

The Alchymic Quartet
is a string quartet by Graham Waterhouse,
to be performed alongside chemical experiments
of Andrew Szydlo,
his former teacher at Highgate School.

Enjoy! I liked this response. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Passions (Homilius)

On 7 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Passions (Homilius), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gottfried August Homilius wrote Passions for Good Friday services during his time as music director of the Church of the Holy Cross in Dresden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Passions (Homilius). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Passions (Homilius)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

April songs

my story today

On Good Friday, I sang, including chorales from Bach's greatest Passion. I recently listened to the one by Homilius: a discovery! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:14, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Singing Easter vigil: happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:58, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

I heard Nearer, My God, to Thee this morning, a sad one, but still special. Do you have any favorites around this time? Happy Easter! The Night Watch (talk) 20:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Christ ist erstanden --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

I loved to see Marian Anderson and her story of protest against discrimination by singing on Easter Sunday 9 April 1939 on the Main page yesterday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For everything you do to keep the team together. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:29, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing that I try ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Re: Template:Did you know nominations/R565 road (Ireland)

[Template:Did you know nominations/R565 road (Ireland) Here is a higher resolution image] from Flickr that I think could be improved with a bit of work but it is freely licenced. You may want to consider it instead of the current one. I've got a retouched version on my computer if you want to see it first, in which case just email me. ww2censor (talk) 16:54, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

that's for Ritchie --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Okay, do you have a link for that (ideally on Commons) so I can pop it in the article? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:27, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Huub Oosterhuis

On 15 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Huub Oosterhuis, 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. PFHLai (talk) 10:02, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Johanna Geisler

On 16 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johanna Geisler, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Erich Korngold's Die tote Stadt had simultaneous premieres in Cologne and Hamburg in 1920, one with Johanna Geisler and her husband Otto Klemperer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johanna Geisler. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Johanna Geisler), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

quite a story, a singer who began in the royal opera choir at age 14 without previous training, and made it to lead roles even before she married her later famous husband - another story how GRuban found the pic and I found the photographer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:49, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Clemens Bosselmann

On 22 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clemens Bosselmann, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that for a rare performance in 2023 of the St Matthew Passion by the 18th-century composer Homilius, the conductor Clemens Bosselmann had to track down handwritten sheet music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clemens Bosselmann. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Clemens Bosselmann), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

		The DYK Barnstar
		Thank you for being such a prolific contributor to DYK. It is always a pleasure to interact with you and I love your messages. Bruxton (talk) 03:17, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

my story on 22 April

Thank you, Aoidh and Bruxton, you do a lot to repair my broken relationship with DYK. It's for the readers, after all, who should be reached, and for the topics that should be made known. Today is the birthday of my brother, with whom I performed a memorable concert in the church not mentioned and not shown, - great coincidence! Wer bis an das Ende beharrt was sung in the concert, which promises becoming blessed to those who (stubbornly) "hold on until the end". (Deepl says: "who persevere".) I woke up thinking that it would be a good piece for my funeral ;) - Of the many choirs I sang with, three held concerts in that church: great memories! And now came this new conductor of a choir I never sang with and gave us the revelation of this piece. Singing will go on without me, DYK will go on without me, but when I have another story I have to tell, I come back. Just for fun: this was counted as #1901. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

German church names

I have a question that you probably know the answer to: I have been assuming that when a German church has no common name in English, but can be translated, then it should be, so "Peterskirche" would become "St. Peter's church" on en.wiki. Is that correct? Or would it be better to keep it as "Peterskirche"? Furius (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

I'd keep it as Peterskirche, if no English source calls it anything else. I'd translate once, probably St. Peter's Church. The more Protestant, the more I'd keep it, as Protestantism doesn't support individual saints much. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, that's really helpful. I'll do that then. Furius (talk) 11:35, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Johanna Geisler

May songs

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Improvements to talk header

Hi Gerda! Following up from your comment here, I think the difficulty is that even seemingly non-controversial topics can have editing disputes, so it's hard to know where to draw the line and often better to be on the safe side. For truly hot topics, the trend I notice is that there are many different "this is a hot topic" banners (see my third bullet point here), so I'd like to see those all merged into one.

Also, {{Talk header}} has some deeper issues, as we were able to remove the line about signatures after automatic post signing was introduced, but this now means that there are only two lines in the white box (and the first one could probably just be replaced with a button), compared to four in the tan area to the side. A more ground-up redesign might be needed to address that lopsidedness. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Let's do that, thinking about it. I never use talk header for articles I create, having been told by Iridescence (years ago) about the original concept, but might use it if it gets redesigned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Some of the data from the XTools gadget might be considered for inclusion in a rebuilt header. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:34, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Wie als een God wil leven

On 5 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wie als een God wil leven, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1965 song "Wie als een God wil leven", written by Huub Oosterhuis, was listed in 2013 as a hymn in German successful with young people? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wie als een God wil leven. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wie als een God wil leven), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Te Deum (Reulein)

On 6 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Te Deum (Reulein), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2018 Te Deum for choir by Peter Reulein uses the same instruments including a bandoneon as Palmeri's Misatango, and is inspired by tango, habanera and huapango? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Te Deum (Reulein). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Te Deum (Reulein)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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) 12:04, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

our concert (at the same time) and the composer (the following day) pictured here --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:31, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

it was particularly charming to see it in the context of the coronation --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:14, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

today we have another composer who wrote for people like us, and his work conducted by a friend --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:54, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

... and today, we even see three living composers, including the one who brought me to Wikipedia ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

concert review - subscription but you can see the pic. The composer was pleased. - Music for today pictured here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

And now you can look and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj453qQAxls --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:39, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Menahem Pressler

On 10 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Menahem Pressler, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 12:39, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Grace Bumbry

On 11 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Grace Bumbry, which you 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) 08:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

@Bagumba 2402:3A80:1EB8:C815:0:4:D7FB:A601 (talk) 08:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Soňa Červená

On 13 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Soňa Červená, which you 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) 09:14, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Soňa Červená

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ITN recognition for Günter Wewel

On 14 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Günter Wewel, 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 23:55, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

He was the first bass in many roles for me. Article by LouisAlain. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Ten years ago ...

I received this barnstar:

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		Thank you for being such a strong content editor -. Don't let the infobox wars and bad faith editors get to you. Your the type of editor we need more of here -  :-) Moxy (talk) 03:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

thank you, Moxy -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Irma Blank

On 21 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Irma Blank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Irma Blank. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Irma Blank).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Maria Mies

On 22 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maria Mies, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 04:11, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

This article was transformed from an unreferenced mass of information to a solid detailed article by SusunW. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Surrexit a mortuis

On 27 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Surrexit a mortuis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Easter composition Surrexit a mortuis (He rose from the dead) was scored for choir and two organs by Charles-Marie Widor, the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Surrexit a mortuis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Surrexit a mortuis).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

better late than never, sung for Easter --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Stravinsky to FAC

Hey Gerda, I've finally taken Stravinsky to FAC! See the nomination here. Again, thanks for your help, and I look forward to any further comments! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:45, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

I'll look! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red - June 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273 Alphabet run X, Y & Z | LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music

--Lajmmoore (talk) 09:15, 28 May 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Happy birthday György Ligeti

Hi Gerda, today is Ligeti's 100th birthday. I commemorate with watching the documentation "Kosmos Ligeti" on ARTE mediathek: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109360-000-A/kosmos-ligeti/ Grimes2 (talk) 13:17, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you - heard feature on WDR 3 (while traveling) with interesting excerpts of music and interviews - today is Korngold's birthday - yesterday I heard Mahler's First, with my brother in the orchestra, on the birthday of a friend who had played it as a hornist as a teenager --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Want to fix a reasonable sized edit to Voice type?

I was looking at the article Voice type, and saw that it has a few citation errors at the bottom. Research shows that those came from this edit, a few weeks ago, by User:TUJ51090 who says they are a student editor in a university Music class, and haven't edited in three weeks. So I don't think asking them will help, and yet I want to be kind to them. I looked at that edit, and besides the citation errors, which I may be able to figure out myself, it also added some things about singers that I'm not qualified to pass judgment on, and think you probably are. For one thing, that edit mostly changed all uses of "Male voices" and "Female voices" to "Bass voices" and "treble voices" (yes, mostly capital "Bass" and mostly lower case "treble", though with occasional spelling errors). Is that the common terminology in singing nowadays? It also added a sentence or two about transgender singers, so their motivation seems clear. Would you be able to look over that edit and fix things? If not, I can fix the spelling and Wikipedia mechanics mistakes, but I might make mistakes about the actual content, as I am not qualified to have opinions about voice types. (My singing ability was once limited to joining in singing in the car on family trips... until my family very kindly asked me to please stop. ) --GRuban (talk) 16:46, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me there. - At about the same time - coincidence! - I wrote to you about having been busy over Pentecost. I'll look, but not immediately. - Music note to self: Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history, my first OTD with a blurb, and a pic but the wrong pic if you ask me - he's way too old ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:52, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

I tried their talk page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Music for Pentecost

Music and company for Pentecost were particularly lovely, therefore I repeat the links here. The next day, I received the link to the youtube of our inspired concert on 6 May, - for dessert, but don't miss looking at the cakes my cousin made.

28 May · Pentecost St. Martin, Idstein Der Geist des Herrn erfüllt das All Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein Komm, Heilger Geist, der Leben schafft Komm herab, o Heilger Geist Regina caeli Schola and Baroque ensemble of St. Martin · 7 May - sing concert Palmeri: Misatango Reulein: Te Deum listen

28 May · concert Kurhaus Bad Hamm opening of Westfälisches Musikfestival Schumann: Piano Concerto Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Elisabeth Leonskaja Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Frank Beermann review

29 May · Pentecost New Apostolic Church, Steinhagen Ecumenical service Du verwandelst meine Trauer in Freude Atme in uns, Heiliger Geist Der Geist, den Gott vom Himmel gibt Gott gab uns Atem, damit wir leben Ins Wasser fällt ein Stein Sei behütet auf deinen Wegen Großer Gott, wir loben dich

Enjoy! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Javier Álvarez (composer)

On 31 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Javier Álvarez (composer), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 22:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations Gerda. Thank you for your great work on Javier Álvarez (composer).4meter4 (talk) 01:51, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

June songs

my story today

Thank you, - that means a lot coming from you who created the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Still @ i see

I can't stop laughing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C60:6DF0:550:78D8:E437:1A28:40F5 (talk) 03:50, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Good for you. If you tell us about what, perhaps we can laugh as well? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Harald zur Hausen

On 1 June 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Harald zur Hausen, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 23:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Kölner Domchor

On 2 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kölner Domchor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Kölner Domchor (pictured) from Cologne Cathedral sang Palmeri's Misa a Buenos Aires at a 2013 festival in Rome dedicated to Pope Francis, with the composer at the piano? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kölner Domchor. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kölner Domchor).

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Today's Main page is rich, the pope mentioned opposite Queen Elizabeth pictured on her coronation day, and the sculptures of Beethoven! ... + two in memory (a third to come, and working on a fourth)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		All-Around Amazing Barnstar
		Awarded by - Tim O'Doherty (talk) 18:12, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Lovely, thank you, nice to return home to! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Here's yesterday's story:

The Kölner Domchor
from the Cologne Cathedral
sang Palmeri's Misa a Buenos Aires
at a 2013 festival in Rome dedicated to Pope Francis,
with the composer at the piano.

2 June 2023

we sang it like this

and today we enjoy your hook about Charles III, an article you brought to GA, - thank you, Tim! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:34, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Mordechai Rechtman

On 3 June 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mordechai Rechtman, 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) 11:48, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

In and out

I'm going to be in and out over the summer ... I'd appreciate it if you'd pause making any music posts in my userspace during this time. Thanks. They sometimes confuse people. - Dank (push to talk) 12:45, 4 June 2023 (UTC)