Contralto Marga Höffgen
(26 April 1921 – 7 July 1995),
known as a Bach singer for Karajan
and as Erda in Bayreuth,
recorded Max Reger's Requiem compositions.

Seele, vergiß sie nicht

16 March 2015

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

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Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Gerda, for the kind words and stopping by! Love the flowers. Picture you chose for Pollini in your story actually looks quite similar to some of Skir's self-portraits !
It's not a particularly interesting book (as I said before it's written quite poorly), but I think it's quite emblematic of all sorts of things of the 60's gay and beat movements, when Skir was writing. One wouldn't be surprised at his fairly close friendship (well, as close as Skir's friendships go) with Allen Ginsberg after reading our article on the book ;). Always good to hear from you and read the links you provide Urve (talk) 01:53, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
story · music · places

plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday I went to a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

today a sad task - memory of Andrew Davis - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)Reply