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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Gerda Arendt (talk | contribs) at 07:33, 23 February 2020 (... that '''Hildegard Heichele''', a soprano of the Oper Frankfurt known for performing Mozart roles, appears as Adele on a DVD of ''Die Fledermaus'' from the Royal Opera House? + Happy birthday, Mr. Handel). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

George Frideric Handel

Did you know ...

... that Hildegard Heichele, a soprano of
the Oper Frankfurt known for performing Mozart roles,
appears as Adele on a DVD of Die Fledermaus
from the Royal Opera House?

(23 February 2020)

... that the Chandos Anthems,
psalm settings by Handel (pictured)
as composer in residence at Cannons,
were described as
a "panorama of the composer's creative output"?

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

February flowers
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)
Nun lässest du, o Herr
Alte Liebe
I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses
Die Fliege
1 February

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

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)[reply]

222,222

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

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)[reply]

DYK for Laura Aikin

On 10 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Laura Aikin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American coloratura soprano Laura Aikin (pictured), who began her opera career in Berlin, appeared as Marie in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten at the 2012 Salzburg Festival? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Laura Aikin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Laura Aikin), 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, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FAC mentoring

Hi Gerda,

As you may be familiar, I write and improve articles primarily about radio stations, and lately I've been teaming up with my friend Nathan Obral on several projects. One of those article improvements, KWKW, has grown quite beyond a sprucing up into a more than 5x expansion, and the article now stands at more than 37,000 prose characters citing more than 170 sources. We would like to proceed with nominating the article as an FA candidate but have no experience in the realm whatsoever, and because a significant portion of the article is about this radio station's time as KFAC—the preeminent classical music broadcaster in Los Angeles for 40 years—we thought you would make a good fit as a mentor. Articles of this length on U.S. radio stations are exceedingly rare—WINC (AM) is the only comparable FA, and there are several GAs as well.

We've completed the expansion and the page will also be nominated for DYK, but we're hoping that you would be willing to assist us in the FAC process. Raymie (t • c) 06:28, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Raymie, thank you for thinking of me, and I am interested! You may want someone else, because my only FAC in 2019 was not successful. You may want someone else because I am occupied with several projects of my own, - see above, look for vision. You may want someone else because I'm on vacation and have very little time besides hiking and enjoying scenery, food and drink. If you are still not driven away, have patience, and we can tackle it together. Did you already write alternate text - as for someone blind - for images? - I want to improve the article of someone who recently died before even looking at yours ;) - seriously: I hate seeing those tagged for lack of sources, but was too tired when I discovered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, have you considered a peer review? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Some bubble tea for you!

Thank You for your comment on DYK! Jirangmoon (talk) 14:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for refreshment ;) - hope to see more by you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:31, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Jirangmoon, can you perhaps help me with the two Korean sources for Peter Beyerhaus, - translate title and publisher to English, use were facts are supported. My trust in translation progams is limited. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I will be happy to assist you. Please tell me specifically what you need?--Jirangmoon (talk) 09:46, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Jirangmoon I thought I did, just above. Was that unclear? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:09, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I missed the References at that time. I am a beginner. :) --Jirangmoon (talk) 11:59, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
nothing wrong with that, I just didn't know what was unclear - thank you for the changes --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Jessye Norman

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jessye Norman you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Reaper Eternal -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:20, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:22, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Litanies (Mozart)

On 27 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Litanies (Mozart), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mozart (portrait shown) composed four litanies between 1771 and 1776 – two Marian and two sacramental – as a church musician for the prince-archbishop of Salzburg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Litanies (Mozart). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Litanies (Mozart)), 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) 11:40, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Manually archived - thank you Gatoclass! - this stayed extra long. DYK that I try to write about compositions, to appear on composers' birthdays? 17k+ clicks for Mozart, more than ten times the clicks for his litanies, but that's the idea. Not sure yet what to do for Beethoven, but also we don't know his birthday ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

kiss of Justice and Peace --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:18, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nearly 5,000 clicks! Great job on the hook! And the image is beautiful. Yoninah (talk) 14:22, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

yes and yes, defy the old dragon, and fear on top ("und der Furcht dazu") --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
the section back then was User talk:Gerda Arendt/Archive 2013#Stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Jemal Gokieli

Are you able to find any sources for Jemal Gokieli, please?

I'll try. Unsourced since 2009, o dear ... - I just found a source for Jessye Norman, replacing an unreliable one, only to find that some of the article was from that new source, word for word. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
interview with granddaughter --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
discogs, not "reliable" but better than nothing
orchestra history
music, 2 conducted by him
4 recordings - not much, sorry --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:43, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wolfgang J. Fuchs

On 7 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang J. Fuchs, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wolfgang J. Fuchs, an early German comics scholar who co-wrote a 1971 standard work on the topic, translated Garfield and Mom's Cancer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfgang J. Fuchs. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfgang J. Fuchs), 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, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's ... not ... opera ?!?!? --GRuban (talk) 00:55, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
no, that's recent daths which keeps me busier than I like. I saw Kirchner (just above) when he dedicated his opera - a giant book - to Walter Fink. I want to improve the psalms, today Psalm 31, and yes opera, saw Tristan und Isolde this year and La gazzetta, and yes Germany, and yes the music I sing, - so no no no to all "discussions" whether an article should have an infobox, the simple answer being "why not?". How many words and minutes were wasted spent about the difference between this abd this, to mention only the one that hurts the most, because - as Kirchner - he was of personal importance to me, see Jahrhundertring. I was present in Götterdämmerung. - Adding to my new year's resolutions to improve the stub list of the operas I saw, with dates and people, and make it sortable, and reduce the red links ... - and not to forget working on this legacy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]
"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)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]


... that Maria, Königin des Friedens (Mary, Queen of Peace),
a Brutalist pilgrimage church in Neviges, Germany,
has become architect Gottfried Böhm's signature building?


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)[reply]

ITN recognition for Mirella Freni

On 11 February 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Mirella Freni, 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. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:07, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Die Wolke

On 11 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Die Wolke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Die Wolke ('The Cloud'), a young-adult novel by Gudrun Pausewang (pictured) written after the Chernobyl disaster, was translated into English as Fall-Out? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Die Wolke. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Die Wolke), 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) 12:01, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit

On 12 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a stanza from "Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit", a German Lutheran hymn, was used in Part V of Bach's Christmas Oratorio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit), 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) 12:02, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ulrich Konrad

On 13 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ulrich Konrad, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that musicologist Ulrich Konrad studied sketches that Wolfgang Amadé Mozart made for composition, and concluded that the composer planned his works more thoroughly than previously assumed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ulrich Konrad. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ulrich Konrad), 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, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Annelien Van Wauwe

Hello Gerda, all problems seem to be solved. What's next now? Gisel (talk) 00:34, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You achieved a major step! Keep watching the nomination, and you will see if new problems arise (happens), and when it will be closed. Then it goes to a preparation area (prep), where a set for the Main page is assembled. You best watch that also then, because changes can come (happens). You can overlook the process best in WP:DYK/Q, just search for her name. There, you could still make cheanges. At some point, it will promoted to a queue, and there, you need an admin to make changes. You can see when it will appear in a table on top. You can watch, best before, WP:ERRORS, for possible problem with the hook (happens). Some are allso discussed on the geneal talk, WP:DYK (happens). - Alternatively, you can lean back and wait for some day a credit arriving on your talk ;) - Happy Valentine, look for flowers on top! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bruckner discography

Dear Gerda,

As you have seen the discography website of the late Hans Roelofs is now transferred to the server of John Berky's discography website. I have thus to change all the links of the vocal and instrumental works (about 100 links in both En and Fr Wikipedia)... Those of the Masses, Te Deum and Psalms are already adapted. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 15:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

yes, seen, thank you! take some Valentine's flowers, on top --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In the meantime I have done the same for the cantatas and the chamber works. I have now to do the same for the smaller religious works (about 40 links) and the Weltliche Chorwerke (about 30 links) and a few other pages...
Your Valentine's flowers (Eranthis hyemalis) are beautiful. Those in my garden, that began to flower in January, are now fading... --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 16:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In my garden, I saw the first periwinkle blooming today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:56, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In my garden too, there are already periwinkles blooming, as well as a few daffodils. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 17:04, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the links of the motets. Tomorrow I will do it for the remaining, mainly the Weltliche Chorwerke and the Lieder. Have a peaceful night! --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 21:33, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Friday night = rehearsal night, and I could add one more to our music for March, by a composer to whom I had the pleasure and honour to talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Did you see that Harry in Alte Liebe is a hobby gardener, whose focus after retirement is his garden, while his wife loves books and would like to see him (and their grand-daughter) reading? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Translations of foreign-language sources

What freedom do we have in translation? If we would normally quote a source passage in German or French, is the translation also a quote? Someone remarked once that our own translations could be considered OR. Jmar67 (talk) 04:34, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

short answer: it's a crutch for those who would not understand anything without it. It was demanded for Reger's Requiem to be FA. I don't demand it when I review. Quotations: no, only when there is a translation somewhere. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure you are in line with dogma here, Gerda. See Wikipedia:These_are_not_original_research#Translation_and_contextualizing. I frequently translate quotations from other languages, especially in biographies when an individual's views appear to be pertinent. To be on the safe side, in some cases it might be useful to include the original foreign-language quotation together with an English translation. (cc Jmar67)--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what you mean by dogma and where you see a contradiction. Example? I try to have the original also, at least in a footnote, unless it's similar enough, - just wrote Passione, a series title, and don't think we need then to add: (Passion). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Elke Heidenreich

On 15 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elke Heidenreich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Elke Heidenreich, two-time winner of the Grimme television award, wrote the book Nero Corleone featuring a tomcat as the bullying protagonist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elke Heidenreich. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elke Heidenreich), 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) 12:01, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gratulieren. Coincidentally, a little earlier today I put Alte Liebe on my Amazon wish list. Have you read it? – Sca (talk) 15:37, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
yes, look around - I read it out to my father --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wunderbar!--Symposiarch (talk) 16:44, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Symposiarch, - you can listen to us on 8 March, both choirs, both interesting programs, one in the morning, the other in the evening. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Joseph Vilsmaier

On 15 February 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joseph Vilsmaier, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Kees08 (Talk) 16:46, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Herbert Baumann

On 16 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Herbert Baumann, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in his ballet Alice im Wunderland, composer Herbert Baumann made the story's author a character? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert Baumann. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Herbert Baumann), 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 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

DYK for Wolfgang Rehm

On 16 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang Rehm, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wolfgang Rehm worked on the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe from the beginning of the project in 1955 to its completion in 2007? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfgang Rehm. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfgang Rehm), 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, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nocturnes (Debussy)

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Annelien Van Wauwe

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • done, thank you very much, Gerda! Gisel (talk) 14:44, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    you are welcome, fine pic, fine detail, in your first DYK! - What's next? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Julia Bauer

On 19 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Julia Bauer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the coloratura soprano Julia Bauer played five roles in Der Ring in Minden, including her on-stage portrayal of the Forest Bird in Siegfried? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Bauer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Julia Bauer), 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) 00:02, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... the birdie ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:08, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Ror Wolf

On 19 February 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ror Wolf, 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.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:33, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Hi Gerda, I would like to thank you for your fantastic work on Wikipedia as well as your Precious project. I think that the support and encouragement you give others produces vast amounts of positive energy which is then channeled into better content and improved work environment for all. Crum375 (talk) 19:51, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

blushing - thank you, - it would be good to be true, matching the visions mentioned above --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Sonja Ziemann

On 20 February 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sonja Ziemann, 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. Kees08 (Talk) 20:48, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for John Bröcheler

On 21 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Bröcheler, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dutch baritone John Bröcheler first sang concerts including world premieres, but was "discovered" for opera in a role of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda alongside Joan Sutherland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Bröcheler. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, John Bröcheler), 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, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Gösta Neuwirth

Hello! Your submission of Gösta Neuwirth at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 06:09, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

BlueMoonset, yes, seen, was busy with Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell), wanted that for Ash Wednesday, wanted to begin sooner, but Ror Wolf died, then Sonja Ziemann, - when I got back to my topic it turned out to be more complex than I had thought, and work was interrupted by the news that a friend died in real life. Can you help me with the Neuwirth article, or should I suggest a simple hook? I will work slowly on my "secrets" and forget Ash Wednesday. Life is too short. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clara Schumann article

Dear Gerda, Thank you for trying to help teach me in editing this article and Wikipedia articles in general. But what I have learned is that it is just too time consuming to do the work I did and have it undone without most of it being read. I really should just stay off Wikipedia. I find that the facts are important, of course, but the secondary teaching that happens inadvertantly all over Wikipedia, the promulgation of poor grammar leading to misconstrued information, and teaching people poor grammar skills by what has been published, and the difficulty of correcting that and having those corrections accepted, are just not worth the time and effort that this back-and-forth takes. Even the 'rules' of Wikipedia hamper that process. As one example of many, to be forbidden to use Clara Schumann's first name for clarity and distinction from Robert, on the basis that it is meant for juveniles with yet-to-be-completed identities, and instead having to use her married surname because of the Wikipedia standard and rule is just demeaning to women who lost and continue to lose part of their identity in becoming the named property of their male spouse. This and the rest is a process to which I don't want to contribute. And it is overwhelming enough in its scope that I don't want to re-visit and re-do what I have done. Glad you accepted one or two of my recommendations. Thank you...

JohnLederman 15:55, 21 February 2020 (UTC) John Lederman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnlederman (talk • contribs)

Dear John, thank you for explaining. This is a community project, and it helps to accept certain standards. It has been discussed better not to call a woman by first name only, as a matter of respect, not being on a first-name relation of familiarity. Please consider that. Mozart would not be called Wolfgang in a biography throughout, to distinguish him from his father or sister. I recommended to not put too many different changes in one edit, - I simply had no time to change the single ingstances Clara Clara Clara manually. Do you know that you can return to your major edit and can copy from there? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ps: please read just above, also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Gerda,
May I use your first name then? Probably not. Odd that it's a standard here then, when regarded as disrespectful elsewhere here. Trying to use irony to make a point.
Dear Ms. Arendt,
Feel free to delete any of this. I have not really figured out how to have a dialogue here and may be doing so 'inappropriately' by Wikipedia standards.
Interesting value system. Reminds me of the French use of 'tu' and 'vous.' Not applicable in the culture from which I come. I find it far more respectful to use the one name that a woman's husband cannot legally steal from her and which identifies her clearly as the unique individual she is. There is even an alternative: to use both her names in every reference to her. Perhaps that is found to be awkward, but it is more respectful and less confusing, than losing some of her unique and individual contributions in the world to be confused or assumed to be collaborative or caused by those of her husband. In my opinion.
These kinds of implicit unstated value judgements you confirm, are pervasive in Wikipedia. These are the reasons, along with the ones I have stated: of inaccuracy, incompleteness, contradiction between related articles even, and the secondary affect of teaching poor grammar, these are the reasons, why it is explicitly forbidden by teachers, in my part of the world, in the province of Ontario in Canada, by the school system here, to even use Wikipedia as a source in students' research and writing. Unfortunate in some respects; but not in others.
JohnLederman 17:57, 21 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnlederman (talk • contribs)
MOS:SURNAME: "After the initial mention, a person should generally be referred to by surname only" from Manual of Style. Please complain there. Grimes2 (talk) 18:24, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry, John, if we disappoint you. Friday nights, I have choir rehearsal. I combined the two threads as belonging together, and please feel free to call me just Gerda. Tell me if you want to be Mr. Ledermann. This project will always be inaccurate, incomplete and contradicting, - if you can't live with that, better do something else. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you Gerda for being so nice to everyone! You're making Wikipedia a place full of love. DishitaBhowmik 17:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
(blushing) thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:04, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gustav Brecher

On 22 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gustav Brecher, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gustav Brecher, who conducted the world premieres of Jonny spielt auf and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Leipzig Opera, was dismissed by the Nazis in 1933? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gustav Brecher. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gustav Brecher), 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) 00:03, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Thank you, Gwillhickers! Rather similar memories: at age 10, I begam 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 chenged 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)[reply]

Memories: DYK Notices

Hallo Gerda, you got 1645 DYK credits (notices). This is awesome, Gratulation! https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/reports/logs/dyk/Gerda_Arendt.html Grimes2 (talk) 12:56, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is combined nominations for self and others, while the table distinguishes the 2, and relies on people updating which is faulty, of course ;) - Some of them are real memories, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:48, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What is going on here?

[1] Yoninah (talk) 21:20, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. The talk rather recommended to trim this section, and refer to the Main article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Hildegard Heichele

On 23 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hildegard Heichele, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hildegard Heichele, a soprano of the Oper Frankfurt known for performing Mozart roles, appears as Adele on a DVD of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus from the Royal Opera House? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hildegard Heichele. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hildegard Heichele), 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​ 03:01, 22 February 2020 (UTC) 00:01, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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