User talk:Gerda Arendt

17 January
take courage · encourage
	Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit; Herr, mach uns stark im Mut;

Did you know ...

... that after the Dreikönigskirche
escaped destruction in World War II,
it became Frankfurt's leading venue
of church music performances?

(19 January 2021)

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Osian Ellis Jerome Kohl Gotthilf Fischer Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

2021 · take courage · encourage

take courage in 2021

calling heaven and earth to be glad

Welcome 2021! In the end, 2020 looked quite promising, and it's new year's resolutions can stay. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My motto for 2021 is taken from a song: tell (announce) all in distress to take courage, as Isaiah wrote. Perhaps I should have just said "encourage!"

Today is my grandparents' wedding anniversary. They loved gardening and made a small summer paradise for us kids, with fruits, vegetables, potatoes, abundant flowers, especially dahlias, and a swing, - so garden will be a topic in 2021, as Beethoven was in 2020, today expanding Stonecrop Gardens. Ongoing: Bach, psalms, recent deaths, opera, Germany, and (my) places and songs.

I love collaboration, and can't mention all 2,500 whom I acknowledged so far, so thank just three of them for constant help: LouisAlain (prolific article translations), Grimes2 (language, sources and articles on request) and Yoninah (psalms and DYK). I make you (three) honorary members of WP:QAI, the project about article quality that I inherited, - more detailed plans are laid out (work in progress) on the project talk. The only reward for members is a monthly calendar image I took, such as the year's picture, - if you (all) want that, sign up ;)

I am proud that I could take recent images of music-making I enjoyed, and plan to do more of that. Off to Stonecrop Gardens. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QAI

I sent the following note to members and friends of QAI = quality article improvement, so here to myself ;) - I tried to give a good start to 2021 by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct, - did you know that you belong to project's few members from the beginning who are still active? Yes, I know, I joined as No. 6 when it was founded in 2012, No. 1 is blocked, No. 2 is banned (therefore we call the project also the cabal of the outcast), No. 3 moved away and back under a higher number, Nos 4 and 5 edit but do little project work. Here I am to keep it going, in fond memory of the legacy the founders planted. Precious and Impact are the project's prizes, and I offer monthly thanks to those who are active, - you who read this could be one of them ;)

Ongoing projects, besides writing and reviewing quality articles:

Improve Psalms articles
Improve Bach cantatas articles
Expand and source translations
Polish articles about people who recently died
Offer infoboxes
perform gnomish tasks:
- check for spelling mistakes
- check for unclosed new-line html <br>, replace by <br />
- check for direct links to foreign-language Wikipedias, replace by {{ill}}
- apply {{lang}} to foreign-language text
- observe WP:Colons and asterisks by RexxS, and make others do the same
- provide navboxes, especially for operas which so far had sidebars, and providing images or infoboxes instead of deleted sidebars
- replace deprecated {{harv}} by {{sfn}}
- check deletion proposals

For moar private "happy new year" see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

see the 2020 archive for the whole collection of season's greetings, and the 2021 archive for New Year wishes

DYK for Kündet allen in der Not

On 12 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kündet allen in der Not, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Advent song "Kündet allen in der Not", an appeal to those in need to take courage, was written by Friedrich Dörr, based on Isaiah's prophecy, in preparation of the 1975 Catholic Gotteslob? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kündet allen in der Not. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kündet allen in der Not), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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 ·

Buon Natale

May you have very Happy Christmas, Gerda ...

and a safe New Year filled with peace, joy, and beautiful music.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 16:58, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My card 1

Merry Christmastide!

the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy

Did you know ...

... that St. Michael, a 17th-century chapel
on a hill near Kaubenheim, Bavaria,
which offers services in summer and for Christmas,
received electricity around 1980? (story)

... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote
"Süßer die Glocken nie klingen",
a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song,
evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy? (story)

(24 December 2020)

Natalis soli invicto!

		Natalis soli invicto!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:49, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My card 2

Merry Christmastide

calling heaven and earth to be glad

Did you know ...

... that Psalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad,
inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol
"Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde",
which Maria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963?

(26 December 2020)

... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen,
is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas
to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?

Astronomically speaking.

Hallo Gerda,

You may have noticed I'm not much of a religious person (reason over imagination) so Christmas, Ramadan and Roch Hachana have no meaning to me. But since I believe in science over "nanny tales" (Ludwig Feuerbach), I have noticed that the new year has already begun. Please, let me sincerely wish the best to you (health being the primary concern) for this upcoming new turn of Earth around the Sun. And more specifically, a significant increase of the number of DYK you'll put out. I promise I'll keep up providing material that may be of some use to you in that respect. Your obedient servant. LouisAlain (talk) 16:59, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, LouisAlain! I look forward to more collaboration in 2021 whenever it begins, and take good wishes anytime. Just please check translations for "under (the baton)" and new music, which to avoid would make my days brighter ;) - I hope the pic for the imagination on top speaks to you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:07, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't protest I declare you an honorary of teh cabal. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes for the holidays

		Season's Greetings
		Seasons greetings. Hope you and yours are safe and well during this rather bleak period, though I think we will get through it. Best Ceoil (talk) 02:02, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Ceoil, and thank you for much inspiration! My card is here, - matching colours ;) - Safe and well with some hikes in sun and some in snow. Planning to listen to BWV 28 with the matching title Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende (Thank God! that year is going to end now) - a comment from almost 300 years ago. Working on the article of the place, and the cantata should also be improved. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2021
I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind.
Best wishes from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk

thank you for the blue card, Timothy. Mine - for a good new year - is here, and my collection here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Epiphanytide

Happy Epiphany!

Martinevans123 (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC) [1][reply]

Thank you, Martin, - did you see that my latest musical impressions came mostly from a church dedicated to the 3 Kings? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Peter, - find my wishes here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Good Heart Barnstar
		Gerda, for six years you've diligently returned to remind me of the precious award that you so kindly granted me. It makes me smile each year. For your work in making the wiki a more wonderful place, please accept this small token of my appreciation.

-Philippe (talk) 05:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now you made me smile, Philippe ;) - Have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Magnificat (Hoffmann)

On 1 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Magnificat (Hoffmann), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1982, a Magnificat in German composed in 1707 for soprano, traverso, strings, and continuo and attributed to Bach and Telemann, was identified as a composition by Melchior Hoffmann? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magnificat (Hoffmann). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Magnificat (Hoffmann)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 00:03, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, made my day, and a good beginning for a new year. The next day, it was moved, discussed, moved again, and given a strange name, based on a misunderstanding of German grammar. Don't join the discussion, it's a waste of time. Better listen to music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, the catechisms in English are usually Large/Small. The use of Big/Little would probably refer respectively to Big Ears and Noddy in Enid Blyton's Toyland. Unlike Martin Luther, many of these terms are now no longer politically correct, so Big Ears has become "White Beard". His catchphrase was "You funny little Noddy!" I don't think Noddy has caught on in Germany; but I had Max und Moritz, Struwwelpeter, etc. Mathsci (talk) 14:07, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Mathsci. "Little" wasn't my idea - I'd say "small" - but was used in one of the articles I tried to fix. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wall of Honor

Gerda Arendt, you are one of nicest and caring persons in Wikipedia. As such, I have inducted you to the "Wall of Honor". We need more people like you in this project. I wish you a very Happy New Year. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Tony, and have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Enid Szánthó

On 2 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Enid Szánthó, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Enid Szánthó, a leading contralto of the Vienna State Opera, appeared as Erda in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1930, but was no longer invited by 1938? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Enid Szánthó. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Enid Szánthó), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

a great voice, sadly silenced --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gertrude Degenhardt

On 4 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gertrude Degenhardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gertrude Degenhardt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gertrude Degenhardt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fachkenntnis

Hallo Gerda, darf ich auf Ihr Fachwissen in einer Angelegenheit befragen? Kennen Sie die folgende Organisation oder sind Sie mit ihr irgendwie verbunden: https://www.neue-bachgesellschaft.de/the-nbg-the-association/bach-festivals/?lang=de Falls so, haben Sie zufällig an einem der Bach-Festivals vorher teilgenommen und was ist Ihre Meinung dazu? Habe Neugier -- und versuche ich nur meine nächste Reise zu planen. Ich war letztes Mal in Eisenach, aber natürlich nicht nur für das Bachhaus, sondern auch für die Wartburg und ausgedehnte Familie zu besuchen. Übrigens -- frohes Neues! --Obenritter (talk) 16:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, all new to me, interesting. My wishes for you and all are here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and gleichfalls. --Obenritter (talk) 13:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Gernot Roll

On 6 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gernot Roll, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television series The Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann's novel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gernot Roll. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gernot Roll), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rosl Zapf

On 8 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rosl Zapf, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rosl Zapf, a mezzo-soprano of the Oper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte conducted by Georg Solti? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rosl Zapf. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rosl Zapf), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jutta Lampe

On 8 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jutta Lampe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jutta Lampe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jutta Lampe), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ute Trekel-Burckhardt

On 9 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ute Trekel-Burckhardt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while Ute Trekel-Burckhardt was a leading mezzo-soprano of the State Opera of East Berlin, she appeared as the Rosenkavalier in Vienna, and in the premiere of Sutermeister's Le roi Béranger in Munich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ute Trekel-Burckhardt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ute Trekel-Burckhardt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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) 12:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mercy dog

This article would benefit from some German language sources, if you can find the time and the inclination. I know its outside your bailiwick, but I think it worthwhile. Happy New Year and New Decade! Best to you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:46, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look - hopefully tomorrow. (... although I was a bit unhappy that a dog was pictured and not the wonderful actress) Have a good new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Merci. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This new article was just on the main page as a DYK. Not my DYK. I tweaked it and linked it (in and out). Didn't know about these dogs. 150,000 page views. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great stats - it feels good that articles actually get noticed! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

in German: German Red Cross - they call them Rettungs-Hunde = rescue dogs, - the more precise term for "Mercy" seems to be Sanitätshunde, with 3 short paragraphs in de:Rettungshund, look for 1911. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was also impressed. We do good and effective things (at least occasionally). That wonderful eye candy picture helped, I am sure. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:49, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit

On 10 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit", a 17th-century morning hymn, has been variously translated as "Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star", and as "Dayspring of Eternity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Biserka Cvejić

On 9 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Biserka Cvejić, 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. Grimes2 (talk) 16:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Michael Gläser

On 11 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Michael Gläser, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Gläser. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Michael Gläser), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wolfgang Marschner

On 11 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang Marschner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wolfgang Marschner was the violinist in the first public performance of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfgang Marschner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfgang Marschner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The hook was written in fond memory of one of the world's greatest Stockhausen scholars who taught me something about the reliability (or not, don't follow them blindly) of sources back in 2009, see Talk:Siegfried Palm#Palm and Stockhausen.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your question: I remembered the violinist from childhood radio announcements, and wanted to mention Sonatine. I hoped to find references for the detailed other facts, but didn't, lack of time also. Refs will be there, but offline. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt, I was just stunned that it was considered in a sufficient state to go to the main page. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:39, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same for me, I even forgot, imagine. Yesterday, I had plans to nominate Fritz Reuter, but didn't (similar problems), and over all that failed to nominate Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, - also similar problems, but as that one made music history when dropping a measure when editing a Bach composition, I'm willing to invest some more time. Today I'll also have to look at Siegfried Borris or it will be too late ;) - What I'd really want to do is expand BWV 1 for FA. Pre-FAC comments welcome on the talk. There was a peer review in which practically only the nomination was criticised ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jerome Kohl draft

The draft article on Draft:Jerome Kohl has been edited to add the 4-page memorial about him published in Perspectives of New Music, which I believe is enough now to satisfy notability. Would you be willing to review and move to namespace if you agree? Thank you! -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 07:50, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I made the DYK in memory of Jerome Kohl.

Did you know ...

... that Wolfgang Marschner
was the violinist in the first public performance
of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen,
his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist?

I worked a bit on the draft, so did Cote d'Azur, Aza24 and Toccata quarta. Someone will move it, I am sure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and Grimes2 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit conflicts

I'm sorry for the edit conflicts. But the results of our effort are great, see Biserka Cvejić. Grimes2 (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and please don't see some "ec" as criticism, just information to avoid the next. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

... and it was moved! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of Alaska snow for your Monday

Not from my area but it's not far off from what I see on the trails. Our snow is about two to three feet deep in most places. It's pretty compacted on the trails but less so outside of them. The dogs love it!! Their discipline is about the only thing keeping me out of a snow drift (LOL). Our house looks like a giant pile of snow right now. These pesky flash blizzards keep piling it up. It's -2f and we may sneak up to 0 or 1f today. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 19:57, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Soo beautiful, thank you for sharing. I was on skies today, fairy-tale landscape here as well. - I moved the pic to the right for indenting, hope you don't mind. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all! My toes and fingers stay frozen, not to mention my brain, so sometimes I need a little help. LOL It's not ideal for most but I love it here. I need to upload some photos myself. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 21:30, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination for Stonecrop Gardens

Nice to meet you, Gerda. I have approved your DYK nomination. This is my first time to review a DYK, so I apologize for any conventions I may have violated. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do to ensure your DYK gets through the pipeline. Best wishes! DiverDave (talk) 17:47, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, my pleasure! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for La schiava in Bagdad

On 13 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La schiava in Bagdad, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a few years after Pacini's opera La schiava in Bagdad premiered in Turin, Rosalbina Caradori performed the title role of the slave girl (pictured) in London? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La schiava in Bagdad. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. 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, 13 January 2021 (UTC

DYK for Die Schutzbefohlenen

On 13 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Die Schutzbefohlenen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that both Elfriede Jelinek's 2013 play Die Schutzbefohlenen and the ancient Greek play that inspired it deal with refugees fleeing to Europe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Die Schutzbefohlenen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Die Schutzbefohlenen), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello, Gerda Arendt! You are receiving this barnstar because, according to this database query and this database query, you were the #6 most thanked Wikipedian of 2020 as well as the #5 most thankful Wikipedian of 2020, with 1716 recipient entries and 3629 performer entries in Special:Log/thanks. Thank you again for your contributions! Mz7 (talk) 22:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, without (lazy) click ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	the dyk guy Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oscar Fritz Schuh

On 15 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar Fritz Schuh, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Fritz Schuh. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar Fritz Schuh), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

my little contrib to Wikipedia 20 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know ... that today, Wikipedia celebrates 20 years?

... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style
to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera,
focused on the psychology of the characters?
(15 January 2021)

... that director Frank Stähle revived
the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium
and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem
for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
(15 January 2016)

... that it took more than half a century to complete
the Neue Bach-Ausgabe,
the second edition of the collected works of Johann Sebastian Bach?
(15 January 2011)

This is fab, well done Gerda! Nice article, never heard of the guy or half of the venues he worked at, so this was highly educational. Thanks! DBaK (talk) 21:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While the first one was planned for the occasion, the second was a happy coincidence - I sang in that revival - and this last one just a coincidence, one of the articles LouisAlain began, as the one below. GRuban added the pic just yesterday, ot that one could also have been on the Main page, imagine. I love this team! GRuban, would you find a pic for Siegfried Palm as well? My second article, and Jerome Kohl (User talk:Jerome Kohl helped me understand that even if a reliable source says something, it can be wrong. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Siegfried Pank

On 16 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Siegfried Pank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Siegfried Pank (pictured), the director of the International Telemann Association, was a cellist of the Gewandhausorchester and professor of cello and viol? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siegfried Pank. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Siegfried Pank), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Osian Ellis

On 16 January 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Osian Ellis, 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. Spencer^T•C 23:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Natural horns

As I was going through your new FAC I was reminded of a recent surprise I learned while researching for my WIP rewrite of Trumpet: that Baroque composers only had natural horns to work with! That was pretty mind-boggling for me as a trumpet player. Have you ever seen, in person, a Bach piece played by true natural horns/trumpets? A lot of modern performers seem to use holes to shift some of the partials towards equal temperament, but I really like the sound from those instruments without holes—which I'm guessing is also more authentic. Here is an example that I found enlightening. Cheers, Ovinus (talk) 11:08, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, natural horns in Cantata 4 of the Christmas Oratorio in the 2019 performance pictured on my user page, - that's Cantata 6, of course, with all soloists singing together. The two conductors (one for 1 to 3, the other for the rest) agreed that an occasional "kicksen" was better than modern instruments. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"The first movement is a chorale fantasia dominated by the trumpet."

BWV 126. And I bet you wrote the sentence above! Isn't it, though, and how glorious. It's directly your responsibility that I am wallowing in this right now, Gerda, because your FAC made me listen to BWV 1 and on my Suzuki vol 34 that's coupled with 126 and 127. And here I am. I had just finished having my socks blown off by the horns in BWV 1 and then up popped 126 with the trumpet, er, dominating the chorale fantasia ... usw. Shocking that I didn't already know it, of course, but I have long since given up apologizing for my ignorance ... it would be a fulltime job otherwise. Gosh, it is an education reading your Talk page! Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:34, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BWV 1, concertato violin 1

Having seen the poor quality pixilated image for the concertato violin 1 part for BWV 1, I downloaded a high resolution version, slightly rotated and clipped. It's quite readable now. See what you think. Mathsci (talk) 10:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you lovely! Please understand that I hesitate to enter BWV 53, a topic I wasn't involved with much and don't know much about. I have enough articles left behind with the feeling of too much discussion vs. little gain in content. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt

On 19 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Dreikönigskirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I like to se my pic ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]