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Women in March

Zofia Posmysz, born 1923
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Did you know ...

... that Zofia Posmysz (pictured), Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play on her memories, which became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, a 1963 film, and a 1968 opera? (16 March)

... that Elsa Cavelti, who appeared in dramatic roles at the Opernhaus Zürich and taught voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, was Wagner's Brangäne at La Scala? (25 March)

... that Camilla Nylund appeared as the Countess in Capriccio by Richard Strauss at the Frankfurt Opera, staged by Brigitte Fassbaender, who set the opera in Occupied France? (14 March)

... that pianist Katharina Sellheim and two other women played piano trios by Beethoven, Waterhouse, and Mendelssohn at the Beethovenfest? (10 March)

... that Catherine Rückwardt, who was Generalmusikdirektorin at the Staatstheater Mainz for a decade and one of only four women in such a position in Germany, conducted a recording of the First Symphony by Hans Rott? (8 March)

... that the lyric soprano Anny Felbermayer, who performed 54 roles at the Vienna State Opera, created the role of Xanthe in Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss at the 1952 Salzburg Festival? (1 March)

despised and rejected

in prison The Quixotic Potato Darkness Shines Joefromrandb Hillbillyholiday I also miss some others who have just given up just given up

March

Sonne der Gerechtigkeit

2018

Jauchzet, dienet
mein hertze sol dir grünen my heart shall green for you (Paul Gerhardt, 1653)

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Thank you

Thank you for the positive comments at the AI thread. Hard spot for anyone to speak up when a gang of editors are attacking someone....thanks. All my fault I took the bait. I really don't see a point in commenting anymore as they don't seem to care about accessibility dispite studies and reader after reader saying something. I will still have fun watching these guys scrabble all the time this comes up. It's to bad and funny because most of them are great editors. I spoke up about every 3 months or so...but think things are personal between me and Cass now..thus think it's best to let others deal with his odd inflamitory attitude. --Moxy (talk) 18:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Agree, - I just stopped commenting, it's a waste of time. I add infoboxes, and when they are reverted, I add a new one, - for the readers. 2017 is the year of reformation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

2018 is the year of serving with joy, - the same still applies. I'd advise everybody to stay as far away from the infoboxes topic as they can. There are so many other good things you can do here with the limited time we are given in life. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:36, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Cantata query

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

go ahead --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Emailed you just now. Sorry in advance ... Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:16, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106? Can't be said too often. Happy 2018! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Oh good grief, how beautiful and how deliciously weird too! The boss is out walking doggies right now but I have downloaded the Suziki Vol. 2 (I love the Cantata article structures!) and I'm going to play it to her as soon as she is back. Just from her description, I think you have nailed it - you amazing knowledge repository you! Thank you so much and Happy New Year to you too. I'll get back to you when she's heard it (watch this space) but I think I know the outcome ... with all good wishes DBaK (talk) 13:09, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Absolutely nailed it, thanks: you star. We are now listening to Suziki and JEG. So great - many many thanks DBaK (talk) 14:27, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

I bet you'll also enjoy this version (cantata begins after 3:30 minutes, but the organ piece before is also spirited). DYK that the cantata was part of my best real-life experience initiated by Misplaced Pages?) - Martin, Ceoil ..., you too. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Music

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

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

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

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

Thank you, will check! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

"In the third movement, Bach set the librettist's text differently than the interspersed hymn quotations, but unites both all with a continuous "motif of joy" in the accompaniment." Could you rephrase? I don't know what that means. - Dank (push to talk) 21:02, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, that's your job ;) - Long version: Bach sets the elements recitative and chorale differently, rendering the librettist's text in "rhythmically free diction of recitative", and the chorale as arioso. He unifies the movement by a continuous motif in the strings, called "Freudenmotiv" by Dürr, which "always indicates an underlying mood of happiness". - Explanation: the text combines the librettist's words and quotations from Luther's hymn, not one after the other, but switching several times. See here, librettist's normal, hymn bold. Bach set the librettist's words as recitative, but Luther's as arioso, with the accompaniment the same throughout for both: a motif that stands for joy (Freude). Please try, - this is an outstanding movement (both text and music are unusual), so should be mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I like your version, but ... the motif is repeated over and over, and Freudenmotiv is a symbol of joy rather than plain and obvious "joyful". But I guess it works for a casual reader. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

"We are not amused"

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

For me, amusement is a kind of joy, see just above, call it a deliberate joy perhaps. I translate the title as "in peace and joy I let go" and try to live by it, could also say "without discussion, but amused I go away". Sing a new song! Rejoice, serve! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately I've woken up rather less amused than when I went to bed. Even when the bad guy ends up in the clink I can't help wondering if he's going to be alright in there. I feel responsible. That's a positive thing though, right? Better than not giving a f**k, that's for sure. Ah well. nagualdesign 13:18, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

You came past my edit notice "Every editor is a human being." - no? I tell it myself, again, again, again, again ... - A friend died 2 years ago, - all the rest is of minor importance, kafkaesque at best. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:40, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

As the day went on I began feeling better. I remembered The Place of No Pity. nagualdesign 21:24, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Good, no self-pity ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Ilona Durigo

I have done a quick translation, but I was not sure of the meaning of Kopfregister and had to guess at repertoire, you may need to correct that. I have left the original in the footnote for reference. Moonraker (talk) 10:40, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Not repertoire, but a vocal technique thing, resonance in the head (Kopfstimme = head voice), rather than chest/breast (Bruststimme = chest voice). Thanks for undertaking that! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I thought it was something I didn't understand. I'll leave it for you to correct. Moonraker (talk) 10:52, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Ok, let's look at it:

Frau Durigo sang these and all other songs (with those added there were nineteen) ... with the deepest perception.(?1) Her own experience of the songs(?2) expressed itself (?3) not only in the musical differences of enunciation (the tones of her repertoire, so wonderfully fine, so poetry-transfigured, were never heard before from any singer),(?4) but also in the sparkle of her eyes, the true mirror of the soul,(?5) as it came and went. And that her interpretation throughout captured the perceptions of the composer, showed the perfect harmony between her splendid singing and the exceptionally(?6) beautiful piano playing of Schoeck.(?7)

Frau Durigo sang diese und alle anderen Lieder (mit der Zugabe waren es 19) ... mit tiefster Empfindung. Ihr eigenes Erleben dieser Lieder äusserte sich nicht allein in den musikalischen Vortragsdifferenzierungen (so wunderzart, poesieverklärte Töne, wie die ihres Kopfregisters, hörte man vorher von keiner Sängerin), sondern auch im zu- und abnehmenden Glanz ihrer Augen, dieses wahren Seelenspiegels. Und dass ihre Interpretation durchwegs das vom Komponisten Empfundene zutreffend erfasste, bewies die vollkommene Harmonie ihres herrlichen Gesanges mit Schoecks eigenartig schönem Klavierspiel."

1. Is "perception" (Wahrnehmung) really "Empfindung"? as in Empfindsamkeit? I'd roughly think "feeling", "sensitivity", "open for the sentiment". In other words: you can perceive without a soul, but not "empfinden" without one.
2. "Erleben" should be experience of what is going on in the song, rather then repertoire. She lives what she sings.
3. "äusserte sich" means simply "showed", - now put that in idiomatic, - I don't think you can personalize "experience" (or whatever better word you find) as some "it" that has an expression.
4. the whole phrase in brackets needs rewording, after adding "head voice", - "so wunderzart" is explained/illustrated by all the details that follow, therefore should be at the beginning.
5. "... of her soul", no?
6. "eigenartig" means "one of a kind" or "unique", - today almost always used in a negative way, but not then.
7. The whole sentence should be the other way round: the harmony between her and the pianist/composer showed that she had the right sensitivity for his songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Gerda, I'd say most of these German words for abstract ideas don't have an exact equivalent in English, you can't nail them down precisely. It was only a quick translation, and some of your choices are better.

1. Yes, sensitivity is better here than perception and feeling.
2. You seem to be agreeing with the word experience. I did say repertoire was a complete guess, as I had never come across that word Kopfregister.
3. äussern is cognate with utter, the root meaning of it is something like giving voice to. If here the writer means showed or displayed, then we could bring in one of those, or perhaps an English writer would say shone through in.
4. I turned it around because it sounded a little awkward, but we can of course keep the German word order if you think there's a particular reason for it.
5. The German doesn't specify anyone's soul, and that term mirror of the soul is a standard English idiom. So if we said mirror of her soul, we should be adding an emphasis that isn't there.
6. On eigenartig, I'd say individual is nearer the meaning than unique? I don't sense that the writer is saying Schoecks Klavierspiel was uniquely beautiful, and I think exceptionally gets to about the right level of praise. If we said "individually beautiful" that sounds weird, believe me.
7. I left it as it was because I could make it sound okay in English, but the perfect harmony is the active noun in the sentence, so it does come out better if turned around, as you suggest. I once heard Giscard d'Estaing give a speech in French that was being simultaneously translated for an international conference in Sweden, and after a few small jokes he commented rather drily that the Germans mostly laughed last, because the verb finds its way to the end of the sentence.

So perhaps we get to this -

Frau Durigo sang these and all other songs (with those added there were nineteen) ... with the deepest sensitivity. Her own experience of the songs shone through, not only in the musical differences of enunciation (such wonderfully fine, such poetry-transfigured tones of the head−voice were never heard before from any singer), but also in the sparkle of her eyes, the true mirror of the soul, as it came and went. And the perfect harmony between her splendid singing and the exceptionally beautiful piano playing of Schoeck showed that her interpretation throughout captured the perceptions of the composer.

Moonraker (talk) 12:01, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Splendid. Please add that. Minor: how about "intentions" of the composer, rather than "perceptions", - concept? ideas? feelings? - every single one not good enough. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

I have updated the page. Moonraker (talk) 04:43, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, I enjoyed it. You can get ready for the translation of the title page of Schemellis Gesangbuch ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Moonraker, here it's transcribed: Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, Darinnen 954 geistreiche, sowohl alte als neue Lieder und Arien, mit wohlgesetzten Melodien, in Discant und Baß, befindlich sind; Vornehmlich denen Evangelischen Gemeinen im Stifte, Naumburg-Zeitz gewidmet --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:50, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Freundliche Vision

Moonraker, today it's Freundliche Vision from Der Neubestellte Irrgarten Der Liebe: Um Etliche Gaenge Und Lauben Vermehrt, Verliebte Launenhafte, Moralische Und Andere Lieder, Gedichte U. Sprueche. Bis 1905.. I'd translate "friendly vision", but the publisher says "welcome vision", another translator "A pleasant vision", and you? And that "launiger Titel", alluding to the features of a romantic maze for lovers? - Soon, please, will be DYK in less than an hour. I found the trouvaille only now, expanding towards GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt I would make it Pleasant Daydream. Moonraker (talk) 17:52, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

I can't find launiger Titel in context, but "humorous title" is probably near enough. Here's my attempt at the lines of verse...

Not in my sleep did I dream it,
Saw it in broad daylight lovely before me:
A meadow full of dill daisies,
A white house deep in greenery,
Godlike figures shining among the leaves.
And I go there with one who loves me,
Quiet of mind in the cool
Of this white house at peace,
Waiting full of beauty for us to come.

Moonraker (talk) 18:21, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, lovely! Can we get closer even in the last two lines, which say in German that we go into the peace who is waiting, full of beauty, that we come. But I'd not be surprised if English could not personalize peace like that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, in English the definite article can be used with peace, so long as a particular peace is specified, such as "the peace of God that passeth all understanding". But as you say it's a challenging idea that an abstract concept can be a being that waits for people! We could indeed say "the peace / That waits full of beauty for us to come" but it sounds so absurd that there is no poetry in it. As Robert Frost said, "poetry is what gets lost in translation". Trying to stick too closely to the original does more harm than good. Moonraker (talk) 18:14, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining, - it's good to have German ;) - Can you also explain why "freundlich" seems such a difficult word for English. Has "friend" in it, carrying relations as among friends. Psalm 100 has in German "Denn der Herr ist freundlich", but English has (only) "For the LORD is good". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

I wouldn't say friendly is a difficult word for speakers of English, but we do seem to take it literally, implying some goodwill from one personality to another. So in English the noun that's being described needs to be either a person or something we can give a personality to. We can say friendly boy, friendly elephant, friendly bank, or even friendly house, but a friendly dream sounds absurd, because a dream can't be imagined as thinking for itself. German speakers seem to use freundlicb to mean pleasant, without friendship bring implied? So if anyone is to be blamed for being difficult, then perhaps... Moonraker (talk) 19:49, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

On Psalm 100, the English translators go to the Hebrew, so I'm afraid I can't explain the choice of the word good. But they are all good scholars. It may be an ambiguous Hebrew word. Moonraker (talk) 19:59, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, friendly patient poetic ... - I learned again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

And go ahead, post your translation! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

One more thought: the title itself is kind of poetic speech, normally even Germans don't call their dreams "freundlich" (but the weather). - Even if not needed: would you give me the English for "launig" and "launenhaft"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

For launenhaft, moody or capricious, and for launig droll or humorous usually work. My dictionary also says comical and funny, but I think comical is too strong, and funny is one of the most ambiguous words in the world, best avoided by translators! Moonraker (talk) 10:20, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Will use "capricious", just saw Capriccio. Sounds positive to me, right? - While "launenhaft" (more often applied to women than men) means "mood-driven", so you never know what will happen next ;) - "launig" is not much in use anymore, but turns that to more positive and humorous, - if you say your writing is launig (as Mr. Bierbaum), it doen't have to be reasonable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Freundliche Vision

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

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

DYK for Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202

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

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

hello

The Call of the Wild

Precious six years

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

Thank you for coming over, and yes, they are, - today it's 6 years that I began Precious which I consider my best contribution to the site, - not my invention but I gave it the new name and keep it going ;) - Thank you for the references tool, although I haven't found the time to check it out. - I had inspiring conversations (see above), about a cantata and the finesse of poetic translation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm still working on the reference tool; it's far from done. Glad you feel inspired. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:17, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Lingzhi. Many sad experiences (beginning in 2012 when a friend was blocked and seemed lost for the project, which made the first "Precious") inspired me to write and expand today's article, which I translate as "let go". Sadly matching this call to do things as long as we can. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Most people would not consider me especially old (I am more than a decade from retirement), but I have various very noticeable and regrettable symptoms of mortality creeping up on me. Time marches on relentlessly. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:41, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

This young man was 36. Let's not talk about age ;) - He said something I'd include in my edit notice if I had more space: "This user is a person, and nothing else matters." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

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

Thanks for the heads-up, will watch Berlin Philharmonic and step in if needed. DYK that I was in the Philharmonie for the first time end of last year? - You might do the same (watch and step in) for Vilde Frang where I reverted to last version with refs, from long ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Will do, regarding Vilde Frang. Great that you had your first concert experience at the Philharmonie Berlin. I really do need to return to Berlin at some point. Cheers, DJRafe (talk) 14:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

One more request (sorry) on article-watching, namely on Andrés Orozco-Estrada, where one editor who edits only this page hasn't the faintest idea about objective content. This person has reverted my edits in the past, and will no doubt do so here again in future. I still need to work on Vilde Frang at some point, per your request, as it does need work to render it more objective. Let me know if I can be of other assistance in return, should you need it, & thanks again, DJRafe (talk) 14:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Because you deserve this (and much more)! Thanks for the thanks! Marrante (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Lovely to see your name again! Alleluia! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

For Season's greetings, click on the green heart-leaf further up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:56, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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

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

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

User:Eltomas2003

Hi Gerda, your ping at this user's talk page didn't work for some reason. I just now saw your message so I do apologize. I appreciate your offer to mentor him, but I suggest your efforts may be better spent elsewhere. He was not blocked because he couldn't follow the rules at WP:FAC, although that may be a byproduct of his youth/immaturity or a language barrier. He was blocked because he was unwilling to listen to any kind of advice or instructions, and his reaction to attempts at guiding him were to vandalize the articles he was working on (see here and here to start, but there are others including image vandalism). I don't think he possesses the maturity (and possibly the English fluency) to contribute constructively here. --Laser brain (talk) 19:10, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

I see your point, Laser brain, which is shared by Iridescent who said "There comes a point when Assume Good Faith runs out and you have to accept that someone is never going to be willing to stop being disruptive.". Well, I came to see who the user was who translated a FA to Spanish, and - as I saw then - also the other one with the unspeakably long name. I saw that the user did strange, erratic, incomprehensible things, - I had reverted one of his page moves (I assume Tomas means male), but didn't remember the name when I returned, - can't remember all names of vandals I revert. I see that the person seems to speak Spanish better than English, signed on only recently, may have been born in 2003, and did some things with good intentions, - which is enough for me to not give him up yet. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

As always, your positive attitude is a model for as all to aspire to. Have a great week! --Laser brain (talk) 12:36, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Phoenix Arising

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

The Cloisters

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

Today's hike over, up to a mountain. - I will look at the Cloisters, my pleasure, it's a place I love. I remember a concert of early music there, when the same man sang both countertenor and bass. - There's a good thread on Eric's talk, where the frustrated meet for letting steam off ;) - Did you know that Eric coined the term "cabal of the outcasts", in 2013? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

ps: In 2013, I got sanctioned because I defended a friend, Andy. Today, you got blocked because you defended a friend, Cassianto. ignore ignore ignore, - let's write articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Well I certainly feel like an outcast, but "let's write articles" is the perfect solution, as always. Onwards Gerda. Ceoil (talk) 12:17, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Gerda, ich danke dir herzlich für deine Kommentar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Darkness Shines

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

Kudpung, there's no reason - as far as I know - not to tell our readers about a user whose edits they may encounter. Would you understand Sitush's edit summary? I will not fight, it's just sad. Ah how futile ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

ps: the edit won me the highest count of thank-you-clicks so far. --

ps: Tony, you asked if all is well with me. No, it isn't. Vacation is great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

It looks as if someone else has already reverted you - and they have my support. Tchja - Admins auf eigene Gefahr zurücksetzen! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:24, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

... which was reverted by another admin who has my support. I am in no danger, just sad. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:27, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

And, though Bish has re-reverted, I will note that, we generally leave user-page blanking to the discretion of enacting-sysop.~ Winged Blades 11:28, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Do you think I am interested? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

• This is inspiring! ‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones  ‑ ‑ 11:28, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

yes --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:30, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

• Well, I am glad the vacation is treating you well, at least. I need to go on one myself. I was thinking a nice desert somewhere: those are always nice this time of year. Always good to run into you, Gerda, whatever the circumstances . TonyBallioni (talk) 11:31, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

I love the deserts of the southwest. Good for introspection. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:34, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

• If I may, I also support Bishonen's action. This is an area for nuance, not for some rigid "But The Rulez Sez So" knee-jerk response...there are community bans and then there are community bans; we do not—should not—treat editors with many positive contributions and 132 articles to their name like some salted LTA...it was a sad story, and now it's over. >SerialNumber54129 11:56, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

In archiving, I read again "It's easy to remember the bad that has been done to us, but we have to call ourselves again and again to remember the good we received." (Psalm 103:2) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Cyberpower, better late than never, I invite you to read the above, and perhaps next time leave a user page in place which is informative for our readers who may want to know about the person whose edits they encounter. - DYK that back in 2012, we had a community ban which made me feel that I wasn't part of the community? - That's when I added the cat to my user page "... who took the liberty to stay" which is there to stay, and called the process "pride and prejudice". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:26, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Happy St. David's Day

The leek is one of the national emblems of Wales, worn along with the daffodil (in Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's leek", Cenhinen Bedr) on St. David's Day. According to one legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered his soldiers to identify themselves by wearing the vegetable on their helmets in an ancient battle against the Saxons that took place in a leek field. Cheers!‑ ‑ Gareth Griffith‑Jones  ‑ ‑ 15:55, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

References

1. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Vol. 5. London: J Limbard. 1825.

Thank you! and I didn't even know all that when I began an article on a David today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:32, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

I enjoyed and was touched

getting up this morning and discovering your precious memory. Or more precisely, my precious memory. In keeping with a few other precious memories and traditions, here is My View at the Phoenix AZ, USA annual Icelinders Bash (my name, not theirs). It (your post) is a reminder that I have left a large sculpture project only half full and should return to it. Carptrash (talk) 16:24, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! - I have a psalm project only begun, and should continue. How lovely is your dwelling place, was on my mind in the desert (my view, pictured on top), but I lift up my eyes to the mountains might fit even better. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Danka

I keep finding your signature in various places, following a sane comment in the midst of strife. Just wanted to reach out and say thanks, and also for Brahms' birthday, as well as all of the musical information and shared joy. Much needed. Under-appreciated. rags (talk) 00:38, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Music in my ears, very welcome, especially "shared joy". How lovely ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

How do you do it

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

spirale of justice

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

I see. Well, I won't ever leave if you don't. ;) –Vami_IV✠ 09:42, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Possible DYK for nice image

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

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

Thank you. Hopefully no rush, March is reserved to mostly women (look today at Miriam Makeba, pictured above) and Lent and Easter. - Any expansion (as long as sourced) to An Wasserflüssen Babylon welcome, nominated with another such image (not as clear though). That's an article that could eventually go to GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:44, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

During my recovery from stroke, the first thing I tried to read (with huge difficulty) was Psalm 137 on News Year's Day. I am not quite sure why you wrote Psalm 84. An Wasserflüssen Babylon was the first piece I played on the chapel organ on BWV 653 the day after being discharged. Mathsci (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing the wrong number out, - the other was on my mind in the desert (pictured above) - no rivers. - Touching, your personal memories, thank you for sharing. Would you know where to find a translation of 137? When I search for the translator, I get only other hymns, and the remark that his poetry was not so great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

The article Psalm 137 and the wikisource are fine. The King James Bible forms part of the Protestant heritage. Perhaps the lines could be broken up into shorter fragments to match Luther's version. Mathsci (talk) 14:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Dachstein's version? - Yes, could be broken up, - I added the psalm verses only yesterday, and think today more of women and singing in defiance - Ich steh hier und singe was and is my only defense. (See above a short summary of how I manage to still be here. It's one of these days that I wonder why.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

There are actually six verses (the 6th is just the standard blessing, Ehr sie dem Vater und dem Sohn, und auch dem Heilgen Geiste, ...). For a literal version see Anne Leahey's translation (Chapter 2 in J. S. Bach's "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes: Music, Text, Theology) which is mostly based on Mark Bighley's 1986 book, The Lutheran Chorales in the Works of J.S. Bach. You could also make an English variant of the literal version which doesn't sound too slilted in addition to the King James version. There is also the Latin version, Super flumina Babylonis. There is furthermore an online OUP version of Stinson's "J.S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales", which could be useful. (By this stage there might well be online options such as a singing "google button" or even perhaps a "surgically implanted microchip".) Mathsci (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Gerda, I have created the Hymn tune (or melody) for An Wasserflüssen Babylon following the pattern for Vater unser. I hope that is OK with you. Mathsci (talk) 07:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

That's great, thank you, and for all the other finds for that article! - Today is a funeral, and the featured article is by a great user we miss, The Age of Reason, may it come. She was missed by another great user who wrote on African-American literature and Shakespeare and keeps the list of those of us who died. She wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, which was quoted in the first Good article I nominated, not by me, Great Dismal Swamp maroons. - To the memory of the missed, whether dead or in the desert or in the Great Dismal Swamp! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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

Yes, thank you. Will write next year if I'm still alive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Mathsci, I'm expanding BWV 100, thinking of you a lot, - all the work you put in the related hymn. I use the hymn lead image for now, but it would make a better difference to have Bach's autograph, - any chance? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

There is an autograph manuscript of BWV 100 which can be digitised at very high resolution; the easiest for me is to use the Commons template for BWV 98. Mathsci (talk) 12:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You don't seem to have acknowledged my digitised image: did you forget? Now that I have repaired my old laptop (damaged while the stroke occurred—actually when I was editing wikipedia!), it was very easy to dezoomify and crop the image, exactly as I did on BWV 99.

I have also tried to continue editing in the the spirit of your DYK hook as much as I could. One of the sentence is essentially adapted from you, with some tweaks by several other users:

"The arrangements of "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" by Reincken and Pachelbel—along with the chorale prelude "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein," BuxWV 210 by Dietrich Buxtehude—comprise the earliest extant transcriptions of Bach, copied on a 1700 organ tablature in Lüneberg when he has still a youth; remarkably, they were only unearthed in Weimar in 2005."

I hope that is OK. Cheers, Mathsci (talk) 08:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For spreading good will, good wishes, and good thoughts for so many years. You have such a good influence here. And also, thank you for Der Gemischte Chor Zürich. You are wonderful! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:15, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Miriam Makeba

Thank you, good timing! I try, and try (failed), and try (we'll see). - Now tell me how to get kind to myself? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Kind to yourself? Have a chocolate milk, obviously. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:07, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

And not some store-bought Quick. Pure Dutch-processed coco and white sugar 50%-50% in a bottle, shaken, left in the fridge, and shaken again. Lovely! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

(ec) Would you tell the singer? - Kind in the sense of forgiving, I mean. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

ps: reading Nänie (the poem) helped somewhat, - promised myself to expand that article on my mom's anniversary of death. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I think I see what you mean now. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Playing Bach's Sinfonia in F minor also helped somewhat, corresponding to what Mathsci wrote above about recovery, and writing the article when all say no. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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

Thank yo, very sweet of you. Answering a caring question: I thought I was clear enough above, saying where I failed, but I could say plainly that I mourn the death of Halibutt, and miss The Quixotic Potato, Laura, DS and Joe, - all this year. Aus der Tiefen ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, I don’t know everyone anymore - but I see names there I recognise and will miss. Don’t know if I’ve given you this before; apologies if it is a repeat Kafka Liz (talk) 13:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Just what I needed, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Gerda! I just dropped by to say hi and see how you were getting along with your fishes when I saw this discussion...Wow!! I never got a chance to collaborate with any of those editors but I recognize the user names. I hope this isn't indicative of a pandemic. 😳

When you don't know a user, just look at Precious: 1322 106 856 284. Follow the second link and look for my name, - one of the highest honours ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Catherine Rückwardt

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

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Katharina Sellheim

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

— Maile (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

you made my day

Thanks so much Gerda for your kindness and all your work to improve this Misplaced Pages. What a delightful message from you. The very best regards to you. Govindaharihari (talk) 05:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

You are welcome, and it's not just a phrase, - nice to meet you!--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Bach motets

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

Thanks for sharing! I performed Ich lasse dich nicht and Der Geist hilft, and love the others. I heard the cantata mentioned on top last Sunday, a revelation. I loved particularly that the soloist sang with the youth choir, inspiring them! He made a tour singing Bach cantatas with Andreas Scholl who was at a time also a member of Cantus Cölln, - small world ;) To make the world smaller even, our conductor taught a bit of piano to Scholl so that he could pass the Basel audition. As a token of thank, Scholl came to sing "He was despised" (also on top) with us, and you could have heard a needle fall - all these rests between the stammered words, "despised, rejected", - written by Isiah long ago and still true again and again, sadly. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Wow, that must've been a moving experience. The pauses in "He Was Despised" are very, very effective. It's a small world indeed! Graham87 13:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

It was. I took most of the pics in his article, - sad that you can't see them. I remember chatting with him and his lovely wife, - with her in line for the restrooms ;) - that was shortly before the Messiah concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Camilla Nylund

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

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

WOW!!! Yoninah (talk) 13:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

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

Thanks, you deserve this

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks, Gerda, I think the effort you have been putting in over many years to tell editors they are awesome Wikipedians fully deserves The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar (which 'may be awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked.'). Tlhslobus (talk) 21:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! "Awesome" isn't a word I'd use much but I only continue a tradition of some who used it. - What you call effort is actually good for me, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zofia Posmysz

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

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

• This is a record for me: 1,254 pageviews per day. Notably, while at WP:DYK Zofia Posmysz received 25,808 pageviews. I have always believed that a collaborative working environment makes the project more successful than it might otherwise be. So, here it is. Thank you again, Gerda Arendt. Poeticbent talk 20:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I agree, and it was a record for me as well, for DYK at least. Until 14 March, 10k+ was the highest I got, and most musicians and pieces stayed in the 3-digit-range. Then came Camilla Nylund (see above), the first 25k+, helped by a screenshot of the Main page on TV. Zofia Posmysz is just a great topic! I hope to see the opera in Frankfurt where I saw Nylund as well. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Guess my nationality!

Hi Gerda, Take a look at Rosa Raisa. Read that lede real quick and see if you can guess! Tommy Doyle 05:33, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Nice article. Will need to find out which part in Turandot she created. - I hope that you are not disappointed when I tell you that I don't care about nationality ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Nationality is so mixed up now, it's hard to use it as a serious way of seperating people, but we have to have categories I guess. It's merely a strong divisionary tool in modern politics, which can be seen today in countries like Poland and Ukraine, or even the AFD in Germany. As far as that article goes, if they'd added one more nationality, I might've thought it was a hoax. But it was funny when I first came upon it. I see you mention images at my talk. I don't add a px parameter. Should I set the display at 200px/250px? I haven't done much with images, so I have no idea. I'm listening to an aria by Carl Freidrich Abel as I type this. It's called La Belle La Grime, and the soprano is Emma Kirkby. I hope you're listening to some beautiful music too. ;^) Tommy Doyle 21:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. About pics: for a moment I thought you wrote the article. Pics should normally be standard size. If larger is wanted, it should not be fixed pixels, but |upright= up to 1.3, from 0.7. (WP:IMAGESIZE} - The last great music I heard live was Aus der Tiefen, here, with Johannes Hill as soloist. For Good Friday, we prepare two chorales (4 and 5) from the St John Passion, and much more. For Easter: Alleluia, and much more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

All we have in Boston right now is a symphony of snow, ice, and wind... Tommy Doyle 01:20, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

We hear it here also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

33°C here in Udon Thani. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Prehistory of BWV 56

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

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

Category:Operatic tenors

It's tenor time! I wanted to thank you for the encouragement Gerda. I probably wouldn't have thought of sorting all the opera singers without you. Tommy Doyle 18:52, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Gerda Arendt, I just found this unclosed nomination template from last November for an article that doesn't seem to exist in mainspace. Unless there's a reason not to, I'm going to be closing the template as no longer relevant. Thanks for letting me know. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:01, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

As soon as it was created, and I thought it was my gift for the Reformation Year, the content was moved to the archive of A Mighty Fortress. I am not in the mood to fight, nor to set up said archive properly. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, and I'm sorry it didn't work out. I'll close it, then. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:01, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Categories

Hallo!

I'm in a quandary right now! There exists at least 2 categories of which one seems to be redundant with the other. Categories:French sopranos and French operatic sopranos.

I'm prone to think that a soprano has to be an operatic one unless she specialises in mélodies or operetta. If we discount Nina Hagen and Nena, all sopranos are operatic ones. I intend to delete the "French sopranos" category and replace it by "French operatic sopranos" unless otherwise stated. There's no need for an article to bear 2 categories of which one is redundant with another. And of course it works for any nationality. What do you think? LouisAlain (talk) 14:07, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I'd leave French sopranos for those (probably few) who never sing opera, and give (only) the other to the others, -- most sing concert at some time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Vatican II

I'll concede the point on Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, but why remove the year the Vatican I conference was disrupted by the Italian Army taking control of Rome? I thought the date gave historical context for those, like me, who have no idea when the previous conference was. I'm reverting that part unless I hear otherwise. JDspeeder1 (talk) 01:06, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Fine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Sarah laughs

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

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

Bruckner's Landmessen in Linz

Dear Gerda,

Last year Michael Stenov performed with his Cantores Carmeli Bruckner's Kronstorfer Messe during the Holy Week (Palmsunday and Maundy Thursday) in the Karmelitenkirche, Linz. Recordings of these peerformances are available on YouTube.

He let me just know, that he will perform this year again on Palmsunday and Maundy Thursday the Messe für den Gründonnerstag – a revival of these two Landmessen. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 15:50, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

That looks promising. Some of what we plan to sing these days is here. No Bruckner, but Stainer, Wood and Thompson. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps a bit Bruckner after all, Christus factus est, Maundy Thursday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Pavitra papi

I would like to understand why you have undone this change? The official title is Pavitra Papi not "Paapi". The page has an obvious typo error.

I saw image name, article name, and this. If they are all wrong - and the image looks like it - image name and article name need to be changed. I can't tell. - Please sign your posts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

A thank-you barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		In appreciation of the unflagging kindness and constructive spirit demonstrated across the numerous corners of the encyclopedia where I have encountered your work! Innisfree987 (talk) 18:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

blushing once more ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Flutes

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

Travelling, - do we have a few more days? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

It was created a few hours ago, so no problem. Ritchie333 23:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Elsa Cavelti

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

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

Request

Hello. Help to improve and expand the article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you very much.171.247.110.116 (talk) 09:23, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, too busy with other women + traveling. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK

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

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

Easter DYK review

Hi Gerda, The C of E here. I just wanted to ask you if you could please review alt7 for Template:Did you know nominations/Christ the Lord Is Risen Today because I really would like to run this on Easter as I worked so hard on this specially so it could. Thank you. The Royal C (talk) 09:58, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

I tried. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Heiwadai

I'm responding here instead of the DYK nom page as I don't want to add material after your approval tick. I've added more geographic detail, was that along the lines you were thinking? Regarding the park description, I'm not sure what to add. I'm 11215.86 km away, and so need Google maps to see it. It seems to consist mostly of wooded hills, though there is a playground/football field on the northwest corner. These are not in the reliable sources, though. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:31, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I thought some source might say what kind of park it is, but don't add if not ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Gerda Arendt, thank you for your compliment on a recent edit I have just posted!! Danke! Vwanweb (talk) 06:54, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, and keep editing happily! (I click "thank you" a lot, and like a barnstar in return, even if it looks a bit oversize.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Too late

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

I only replied to someone who missed a Point. To my understanding, talk stays open even when a case is closed, but I was lectured before about adding to workshop-talk after workshop closed, - no problem ;) - This talk is open! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I never miss a point  :) @GoodDay:, to clarify, I think they do stay open but editors are advised they may not be watched after the case closes. —SerialNumber54129 13:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I undid my reply on the case page. SN, you may perhaps never miss a point, but here a WP:Point ;) - The arbs unfortunately didn't tell us simple and plain editors how to treat the earlier reverts of someone who could not perform such a revert now. I asked. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but the WP:POINTy edit was Volvogia's, not yours, and I linked to him not you. So you shouldn't have thought I was in anyway commenting on your behaviour, which has, in many respects been rather restrained. The edit I linked to I saw as near-trolling; I did not see your edit all. Does that make sense? —SerialNumber54129 14:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I didn't see about whom and what you talked until I clicked on the link, - until then what I read matched what I had just done: revert one of these reverts by someone now on probation (about which Cassianto and I even had a long discussion afterwards, on this page, before the case opened, archived). Frank Matcham is a similar case, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

But that's three years ago! :o —SerialNumber54129 14:27, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

So? I keep being told my sins of five years ago ;) - The addition of an infobox could also be an answer to Cassianto's question from said discussion, this year: "It's a shame, as there's nothing like a good discussion to sort out differing opinions, and I was rather enjoying having a debate with you. Never mind. While I'm here, can you point me in the direction to Infobox architect? I want to see what one is like. Best regards" - Do you remember me saying in the case that the whole problem could be solved by assuming good faith? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I recall you doing so. I agree that there no statute of limitations, but a) good faith, I suppose, encourages us to assume that editors have grown and matured from whatever they were like five years ago, and it certainly should not be held against anyone (I'd express a pretty strong opinion if I saw it today!), but having said that, when behaviour (such I was originally referring to) is much more recent, then it should be called out, if only perhaps, pour encourager les autres generally, and specifically to encourage a change in attitude which might be seen five years later :) —SerialNumber54129 14:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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