Did you know ...
... that Leonard Bernstein rediscovered
his setting of Psalm 148
for voice and piano, dated 1935,
in the mid-1980s, and it was first performed in 1993?
... that the opening chorus of
Bach's cantata for the Second Day of Easter,
Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66, has been termed
"one of the longest and most exhilarating of Bach's early works"?
(25 April 2011)
Archive of 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 + end · 2021 · blushing
St. Martin, Idstein |
Christ lag in Todesbanden |
2021 · take courage · encourage
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)
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)
The image is taken from my second Christmas card, a double DYK of a Christmas carol and Psalm 148 that Yoninah and I made together. Today: Psalm 148 (Bernstein), in memory of her who was a blessing. · listen --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
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: spelling mistakes, unclosed new-line html (<br>, replace by <br />), {{ill}} instead of direct links to foreign-language Wikipedias, {{lang}} for foreign-language text, WP:Colons and asterisks by RexxS, navboxes, especially for operas which so far had sidebars, {{sfn}} instead of {{harv}}.
For moar private "happy new year" see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Happy New Year
Happy Epiphanytide
Martinevans123 (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC) [1]
- 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)
- My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, Peter, - find my wishes here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- My best wishes for the new year too, Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 11:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Barnstar
-Philippe (talk) 05:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Now you made me smile, Philippe ;) - Have a good new year 2021! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Enid Szánthó
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- a great voice, sadly silenced --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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)
- 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)
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) |
- thank you, without (lazy) click ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- I agree with this wholeheartedly. Gerda is one of the most amazing Wikipedians I have met in my brief time here. Always kind and always helpful. Please keep being who you are, Gerda, which is as close to perfection as one could get. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- blushing with thanks, RoseWolf! - please consider to color you talk blue in your signature, - "red link talk" signals "new user", someone to greet with a first welcome ever, and that seems a bit misleading - if not blue, any other colour better than red - Alternatively, you could link "Wolf" to the talk, - nobody would misread that, I guess. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:28, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry. It's supposed to be a rose pink hue rather than red. I will most definitely alter the color. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Is this better or should I just drop the "Talk"? --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Like this better. Sorry for hijacking your moment. Not my intention in the slightest. Thank you for the tip and congrats. It's well deserved. --ARoseWolf 16:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- YES I like that better, much better! I wasn't even "on" here, - household stuff, no moment lost ;) - Among the gnomish tasks further up, there's an essay by a friend (RexxS) about indenting, - good stuff. (If you need any help with templates, formatting, and even admin tasks, ask him. He just survived COVID so can take a lot.) I did indenting for you above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- I agree with this wholeheartedly. Gerda is one of the most amazing Wikipedians I have met in my brief time here. Always kind and always helpful. Please keep being who you are, Gerda, which is as close to perfection as one could get. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 16:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oh thankful, too. Now I get it! El_C 22:58, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Oscar Fritz Schuh
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- my little contrib to Wikipedia 20 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Did you know ... that today, Wikipedia celebrates 20 years?
to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera,
focused on the psychology of the characters?
(15 January 2021)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
"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)
BWV 1, concertante 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)
- 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)
- I looked at my 1995 boxed version of the Teldec recordings of the Harnoncourt-Leonhardt version. There the 144 page booklet, written by Alfred Dürr, lists the Harnocourt recording as published on 1971 and on original instruments. Audio listings already can sometimes found in library catalogues (including in Germany or the BnF). My other suggestion is to have a brief summary of the discography, with a detailed listing elsewhere using the BSW, as for BWV 4 or Vespro della Beata Vergine. In separate discographies, difficulties with WP:TAGBOMB can be avoided. Mathsci (talk) 09:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. I had the same idea: split the discography off, - just didn't get to it yet. With some amusement, I read today that I made up my mind to make BWV 1 a featured article, - on this day two years ago. No rush. If you want to proceed with the split already, go ahead. I received a review of the Harnoncourt recording which will be useful, - only read the beginning so far. Graham, perhaps you can help: we want to derive an article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, this version, - how can the edit history appear there, - just attribution on the talk or other? It was done for BWV 4 years ago, copy and paste it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Good. Can't you arrange the split together with Nikkimaria? I'm sure Graham87 will also be able to help you in sorting out edit histories for proper attribution to be given. Mathsci (talk) 11:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. I had the same idea: split the discography off, - just didn't get to it yet. With some amusement, I read today that I made up my mind to make BWV 1 a featured article, - on this day two years ago. No rush. If you want to proceed with the split already, go ahead. I received a review of the Harnoncourt recording which will be useful, - only read the beginning so far. Graham, perhaps you can help: we want to derive an article Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 discography from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, this version, - how can the edit history appear there, - just attribution on the talk or other? It was done for BWV 4 years ago, copy and paste it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- I looked at my 1995 boxed version of the Teldec recordings of the Harnoncourt-Leonhardt version. There the 144 page booklet, written by Alfred Dürr, lists the Harnocourt recording as published on 1971 and on original instruments. Audio listings already can sometimes found in library catalogues (including in Germany or the BnF). My other suggestion is to have a brief summary of the discography, with a detailed listing elsewhere using the BSW, as for BWV 4 or Vespro della Beata Vergine. In separate discographies, difficulties with WP:TAGBOMB can be avoided. Mathsci (talk) 09:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- In private, I mentioned Volume 2 of the book "The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, Sacred and Secular" by W. Gillies Whittaker. This is not available online, but I purchased a copy, which looks untouched. (At that stage, Oxford University Press did not use computers; so unfortunately two pages of the index, 746 and 752, have been printed twice, with cantatas 14–57 not appearing in the index.) For BWV 1, there are six pages of musical commentary on pages 104–110. There is a detailed musical analysis of the movements, with scored quotations, particularly for the opening chorale fantasia. Here are some extracts concerning the first movement:
The first of the inexhaustible treasure troves issued by the BGS, beginning in 1851, and continuing for nearly half-a-century to astonish those musicians who had eyes to see, ears to hear, and spirits to be moved, could scarcely have opened more auspiciously than with the opening chorus of the hymn–cantata 'Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern' [...] The stately, leisurely, richly coloured 12/8 fantasia resembles in character the great chorus in [Cantata no. 65]. The scintillating concertante violins keep the Star perpetually in sight, the horns tell of the royal dignity of the Wise Men, the movement of the bass brings before our eyes the swinging of the long file of richly laden camels across the desert, the frequent reiteration of chords the treading of many feet in the sand. It is one of the most unforgettable pictures in musical art [...] Long as the chorus is, we do not regret a single bar. The kaleidoscopic changes of the fascinating material keep one's interest continually stimulated. It is a superb manifestation of the composer's genius.
- The musical quotations in this passage have been omitted, as well as the detailed musical description (e.g. how the two concertante violins enter first in Violin II, echoed later, a fifth higher, in Violin I, etc). In his recent book that accompanies his recordings of the complete cantatas, John Eliot Gardiner often quotes parts of Whittaker's book. Mathsci (talk) 19:28, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! Beginning at the end: I noticed that Gardiner takes a lot from Whittaker, including spring associations of that movement. I smiled reading about the richly laden camels ;) - At present, I'm mostly interested in stability for the article, - hope you understand. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- No comment. Yesterday I created the article Johannes-Ernst Köhler. Reading between the lines, he was probably not a particularly nice person. Mathsci (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for that, - I gave it a bit of formatting. Reading between lines is an art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- The pamphlet "Ex-Nazis in the service of the GDR" with one page devoted to the organist Köhler was disquieting: joining the NSDAP in 1937, etc. In his duties, might he have tried out the Walcker five-manual "diabolo" organ in the Congress Hall at Nürnberg? Part of Bach reception that is best avoided. Mathsci (talk) 16:53, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Congratulations on your current DYK, which now appears on the main page. I see that the DYK was prepared and discussed last month on Talk:Peter Wollny. Is it due to be modified? Mathsci (talk) 12:39, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! - Well, Francis said it might be misunderstood as Mahler having made it, vs. owned it, and I said so a few hours ago on WP:ERRORS, but no reaction I noticed. For our average readership, it may be good enough. I'll change if it gets changed on the Main page. Francis made the red link, and the news came around while a different fact (about BWV 20) was already approved, - "in the news" for once, - I like that. The ITN section reports deaths, sports wins, desasters, politics, - nice to have a cultural news item for a change, even if in the "wrong" section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for that, - I gave it a bit of formatting. Reading between lines is an art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- No comment. Yesterday I created the article Johannes-Ernst Köhler. Reading between the lines, he was probably not a particularly nice person. Mathsci (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! Beginning at the end: I noticed that Gardiner takes a lot from Whittaker, including spring associations of that movement. I smiled reading about the richly laden camels ;) - At present, I'm mostly interested in stability for the article, - hope you understand. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- As you see, I have incorporated parts of Whittaker's commentary above into the section on the first movement of BWV 1. Apart from the quotes supplied here, however, I have avoided giving any detailed musical analysis: there are two pages of it, but that does not seem to be the style of the article. I have mentioned the horns and their regal quality.
- I noticed that you added wikilinks for Peter Wollny wherever possible: it kept appearing in my watchlist. I am not sure why you didn't mention Michael Maul in the article. Like the Acid Bath Murders in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds, all traces of the DYK on Peter Wollny have now disappeared without trace. Mathsci (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the Whittaker. I have enough conflict without arguing over Wollny, and sorry, I didn't know Maul yet, - always learning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
- Having looked at Dürr & Jones, Whittaker, Cantagrel (in French) and Leisinger, the analysis of the first movement still requires a little more effort. The musical analysis starts with the 10 line melody or cantus firmus, from which the initial solo violin motifs derive; the inversions of the final phrase furnish second motifs for all the solo instrumental groups (horns, oboes d'amore, violins). The opening 12 bar ritornello/sinfonia punctuates and concludes the movement. The choice of instrumentation, with the brilliant concertante violins playing against the lower instrumental groups, permits the scintillating and transparent violin passagework to be heard easily.
- Thank you for the Whittaker. I have enough conflict without arguing over Wollny, and sorry, I didn't know Maul yet, - always learning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
- The 10 lines of the cantus firmus are punctuated by episodes, which are easy to describe: recurrences of the sinfonia; the first motifs heard by different solo groups; and a duet between the concertante violins. Lines 2 and 5 precede a stretto version of the tenor and alto line (i.e. sung at twice the speed in minims instead of semibreves). The plain line of a single chord with one word in the voices has already been mentioned in the text. Otherwise there are contrapuntal entries in the lower voices which double the instruments; or the glittering semiquaver passagework of the violins is heard over the vocal lines.
- The sources thus give the same kind of presentation of the musical analysis: firstly the soprano cantus firmus in long notes; secondly the thematic material from the sinfonia which is originally derived from the melody (e.g. triads); and finally the three lower vocal parts which use the stretto form of the cantus firmus or imitate the motifs of the sinfonia. Possibly it is less complex than the opening movements of BWV 39 or BWV 105 which are both more sombre and reflective; but, with its jubilant spirit and rapid changes between different episodes, there is never a dull moment. Mathsci (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Can you please do that? My English just isn't up to it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- The sources thus give the same kind of presentation of the musical analysis: firstly the soprano cantus firmus in long notes; secondly the thematic material from the sinfonia which is originally derived from the melody (e.g. triads); and finally the three lower vocal parts which use the stretto form of the cantus firmus or imitate the motifs of the sinfonia. Possibly it is less complex than the opening movements of BWV 39 or BWV 105 which are both more sombre and reflective; but, with its jubilant spirit and rapid changes between different episodes, there is never a dull moment. Mathsci (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
Gerda: I found this English translation of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern from the Lyra Davidica printed in London in 1708 by J. Walsh, J. Hare and P. Randal. What do you think?
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern |
How fairly shines ye morning star, |
—Philipp Nicolai | —anon |
- Thank you, interesting. Translating poetry is almost impossible. Missing "süße" where it stands but added as "sweet face", adding "divine" ... - For history of the hymn, perhaps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- Here's another ad hoc translation using several old sources, but using several words close to the original German. Mathsci (talk) 12:46, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- We're better using non-poetic but literal translations (or creating our own, if it is for the incipits such as at BWV 227) for critical commentary, such as what one would expect from a serious analysis. Although, to be fair the Lyra Davidica version seems far closer to the German than the usual "How brightly shines the morning star"... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:45, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- Here's another ad hoc translation using several old sources, but using several words close to the original German. Mathsci (talk) 12:46, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Patchwork translation
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- Slowly and steadily I am writing the material for the first movement, as we discussed. I added the image of the soprano part, because, even if in the soprano clef, it is very useful to see the cantus firmus. For the English translation, I have laboured hard to get as many words close to German into the English translation. "reich von Gaben" came out on as "rich in wonder", since "gaben" for "gifts" did not fit into the rhyming jigsaw puzzle. There was a transferred epithet at the end which did not change the sense ("most sublime in splendour" instead of "most splendidly sublime"). I hope to finish today, but it is quite exhausting. Mathsci (talk) 12:35, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Gerda: as you see I have prepared the full version of the musical analysis of Movement 1, which was complex since elemnts need to be added bit by bit. This for example explaining the overall bar form was obvious once the A-A-B text: Gilles Cantagrel emphasised that. Some matters might still needing sorting out, but it's seems OK at the moment. With Gog the Mild, there was an agreement on how to come to assess Movement 1. I am sending you an email about Movement 1 to discuss any issues. Regards, Mathsci (talk) 05:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! I could not have done it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- I like to see my pic, and show a diferent one today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Nun lasst uns gehn und treten
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
The world needs more mensch
I see both sides, but you were right to bring it up. I only knew her through my watch list but I know she was a tireless and fair volunteer. Take care, Tiderolls 13:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- thank you, feel understood, and even where I sowed some fruit of response could be enjoyed (because, as I explained to one per email: the message of saying nothing may be correct but is too ambiguous) - I never worked with her on an article, but saw her go and come back several times, and saw her contributions that can hardly be overrated --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Jerome Kohl
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- This is wonderful. Well-deserved award. :)
- Peace forever, Jerry. Antandrus (talk) 00:47, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- Friends, you made me cry.
Luigi Nono and Stockhausen at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse |
In Freundschaft
Did you know ...
... that Jerome Kohl,
a music theorist of the University of Washington,
was recognized internationally
as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen,
publishing a book on his
Zeitmaße in 2017?
- I looked up to Jerome from the day he came in my life (in 2009, telling me that was a eliable source said about Stockhausen was wrong, - it's still on the talk of Siegfried Palm, my second article), and I imagine our conversations - thoughtful, on a meadow - as pictured, in the spirit of Stockhausen's wonderful titles: In Freundschaft, Kontakte, Originale, Licht ... We never met. We edit-warred over Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik and Georg Katzer, but always with respect. (If you want a tedious task, change the now deprecated parenthetical references, in hundreds of articles.) We worked together on many other. He thanked me for links to performers of Stockhausen's music, and I tried to mention their relation to the composer on the Main page, see Wolfgang Marschner (intentionally in memory), and before.
- Jerome remains an inspiration, for the world. I will remember what he wrote (about Karlheinz Stockhausen and William Waterhouse (bassoonist) who died within a few weeks in 2011, and Stockhausen had just acknowledged WW for a memorial book): "I hope that they have met again in the beyond and are making joyous music together." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Herr, mach uns stark
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
in the 2021 series courage --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Schloss Freudenberg
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
one of my places --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
Congratulations
Your DYK hook about Schloss Freudenberg and its Dunkebar drew 6,352 page views (529 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the one of most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has earned a place on the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 10:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Interested in Music of Sudan?
Dear Gerda, as you already have enjoyed reading my article on the literature of Sudan, you might perhaps also be able to review my article about the Music of Sudan for GA status? It has been waiting for a reviewer since Sep 2nd, and even though I am in no hurry, I certainly would love to get your feedback. - It's not about European music, for sure, ;) but I suspect you might also be interested in the fascinating music of Sudan. And if you should have other priorities on your busy schedule, I certainly would understand that, too. Viele Grüße, Munfarid1 (talk) 15:13, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- I will certainly read it, interested, but - being not a native speaker - don't do GA reviews. Perhaps one of my visitors will pick it up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:17, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for both your quick reactions this afternoon. I didn't know about the restriction for GA reviewers and hope, somebody will be ready for the task soon... - And just read Pueblo pottery. - Amazing wealth of material, as it is a topic of American cultural history. I was especially interested in the paragraph Decontextualization, looting and black market trade, as it relates to my article about the Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage - which is also available in German. And finally, I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the Schmuddelkinder, which makes me reminisce about my days as a student in Freiburg i.Br. in the 70s! Munfarid1 (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- I spent a memorable day there then, - funny to think we might have met ;) - Netherzone, I hope you watch here. (Netherzone wrote the pottery article, I was just the nominator.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the heads-up ping. I will watch to see how things unfold. Netherzone (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- I spent a memorable day there then, - funny to think we might have met ;) - Netherzone, I hope you watch here. (Netherzone wrote the pottery article, I was just the nominator.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for both your quick reactions this afternoon. I didn't know about the restriction for GA reviewers and hope, somebody will be ready for the task soon... - And just read Pueblo pottery. - Amazing wealth of material, as it is a topic of American cultural history. I was especially interested in the paragraph Decontextualization, looting and black market trade, as it relates to my article about the Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage - which is also available in German. And finally, I thoroughly enjoyed your article on the Schmuddelkinder, which makes me reminisce about my days as a student in Freiburg i.Br. in the 70s! Munfarid1 (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
see below --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
pretiosus
Thankyou for my precious birthday card. It must keep you monstrously busy sending them out. However as I was one of the early ones I hold it as a high honour and hope to have many happy returns! The jewel reminds me of one of the faces on the Sutton Hoo whetstone, a subject with which I once had something to do before ever I was Eebahgum - but that was long ago, now my inspiration is a song... "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück..."; but, "Vorbei sind die Kinderspiele, Und alles rollt vorbei - Das Geld und die Welt und die Zeiten..." - though, while you keep us all connected, there is still a bit of "Glauben und Lieb' und Treu" - ! Thanks for that. Eebahgum (talk) 01:37, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- Eebahgum, thank you, blushing. - The cards keep me busy but sending is my pleasant morning exercise, thinking of how much there is to be thankful for. It's almost a selfish thing, making my day better. I had to stop making the jewel larger, and possibly ten will be the end, perhaps asking people to give more reminders to themslves (as I did two days ago).
- DYK that I just had different Kinderspiele exposed here? Today: an alto singer who is pictured in my 2021 infobox, great place, great music (Part VI of course but the article is not yet developed), I was in the choir. She sang St Matthew Passion for us, and I heard her three times recently at another great place, taking pictures twice, and one appeared on the Main page. Music will survive us ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- Just think - and today is riddle-day for Trumpelstiltskin, too! Eebahgum (talk) 08:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- lol ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- Just think - and today is riddle-day for Trumpelstiltskin, too! Eebahgum (talk) 08:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Innisfree Garden
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
topic of the year, sad that the image was not taken --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you, Gerda, for your well wishes. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:19, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the visit, and look around for music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Arik Brauer
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Congratulations
Your DYK hook about Arik Brauer and his wide-ranging artistic accomplishments drew 12,337 page views (514 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks so far during the month of February and has earned a place on the Best of February list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 14:13, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Precious!
The Good Heart Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your extraordinary work on Wikipedia and especially for your recognitions and encouragement over the years. All of it is indeed precious. --LilHelpa (talk) 13:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC) |
- Thank you for coming over. I remember how you helped me through a rough start in a foreign language environment, and am always please when I see your recognizable name on my watchlist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
You are amazing
Amazing Concerto Award | |
Thank you for your tireless contributions to classical music, and for your tireless contributions in keeping readers informed. Your efforts are like a concerto; a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra. |
- Thank you, lovely, blushing moar - will go to blushing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yes Gerda, you "really put the T into turtle"! (And yes, I've often seen my role as very much like those tiddlers. Only joking! Martinevans123 (talk) 14:53, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
Did you know ...
... that a church's 1510
spiral of justice declares:
"Justice suffered in great need.
Truth is slain dead.
Faith has lost the battle"?
- I worded the above in 2015 as a comment to my arbcom case, 2013, remember? Now a friend of mine is taken there, and I seem to have language difficulties to even see a problem. ... Drmies, we have this premature arbcase request where the step of personal approach was left out, and going to AN would mean about the same, no? ...
- Regarding my troubles with arbcom: I like a composer with an infobox declared GA. This would not have been possible in the days we better forget. The opera sideboxes - which should have been the only topic in the arbcase - are disappearing nicely. I often said that the ultimate wisdom on arbitration was given here, and the ultimate ten rules (including choosing your battles) here. Can't be repeated too much. I choose not to go to the current arb case request, feeling sorry for the waste of time of all involved: all respected Menschen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Wilhelm Knabe
MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:06, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
- for future - thank you for the update, Mandarax! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Doris Stockhausen
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
RexxS
this user misses Flyer22 Frozen |
this user misses RexxS
|
Thank you for Wikipedia:Colons and asterisks, User:RexxS/Infobox factors, and the precious anniversary template that I use every day. I heard my song of defiance yesterday, and Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157 (I will not let you go ...) - dance music for a funeral - but let go. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
what we'll miss --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
for context: User talk:Hammersoft#Precious anniversary, or: before going to arbcom, try person-to-person talk, and then you hopefully don't have to go to arbcom - caution, long, in a nutshell (Hammersoft, 24 Feb, bolding by me):
I have a much simpler guide to arbitration. After spending many months working on it, cutting a word here, finessing a phrase there, I finally arrived at the final version. Here it is, the Ultimate Guide to Arbitration: Don't.
Don't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Today's little tribute: Vertraut den neuen Wegen - trust the new ways. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
... last line: Das Land ist hell und weit. The land is bright and wide. (written in 1989 in Germany's East, when it was dark and narrow.) Trust the new ways. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Motivation barnstar
The Wikipedia Motivation Barnstar | ||
For your ceaseless efforts to recognize and support Wikipedians, not just through your unending dedication to seek out and recognize good Wikipedians with the Precious award, but going even beyond that to recognize Precious anniversaries. There's no reason you would want to be spending time going to people's pages and recognizing their Precious anniversaries, yet you do it anyway. I don't know why you do it, it's not like you get anything out of it, but you're literally one of the few, if not only, Wikipedians who dedicate themselves to complimenting others. I suspect it's a thankless task, but it's a valuable one. What you do motivates people, it energizes people, and it makes people feel like they're a worthy part of the project and the community. I think you're an unsung hero of this project. Best, ~Swarm~ {sting} 10:11, 1 March 2021 (UTC) |
- Thank you, Swarm, and how I need it right now, myself. - You are wrong though, twice: It's rather selfish because a round of checking what there is to be thankful for, at the beginning of the day, improves my mood, and I receive many thanks for the reminders, - almost undeserved because they are now so easy that RexxS made me the template where all I have to do is pick the right number. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sure we'd never want you to be "unsung", Gerda! Martinevans123 (talk) 10:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- slow Mozart is not bad for my mood - one of my missing friends was inheritance of loss --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- Well-deserved accolades from Swarm, Gerda!! You put the class in classical music. It makes sadness a bit more tolerable. I just learned about Yoninah, and my heart sank. I never had the opportunity to collaborate with her, but even so, it always makes me sad to learn a Wikipedian has died. Life is so short. That's why it's so important to be enjoy life to the fullest, and be kind to one another. Always take time to stop and smell the roses. Atsme 💬 📧 02:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- I smell wild garlic now! Thank you so much, Atsme, blushing deeper. Did you check out inheritance of loss? 2012, and still on my mind. Flyer22, Yoninah, RexxS - we are loosing those who established high standards for this project. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- Well-deserved accolades from Swarm, Gerda!! You put the class in classical music. It makes sadness a bit more tolerable. I just learned about Yoninah, and my heart sank. I never had the opportunity to collaborate with her, but even so, it always makes me sad to learn a Wikipedian has died. Life is so short. That's why it's so important to be enjoy life to the fullest, and be kind to one another. Always take time to stop and smell the roses. Atsme 💬 📧 02:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- slow Mozart is not bad for my mood - one of my missing friends was inheritance of loss --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sure we'd never want you to be "unsung", Gerda! Martinevans123 (talk) 10:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- I just wanted to drop by to echo everything that Swarm said - it made a difference to me when you gave me a Precious award, and I've since noticed your support of many others. Thank you for everything you do. Ganesha811 (talk) 15:09, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Vera Wülfing-Leckie
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
- March, march. women ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Carmen
Carmen, illustration in Journal Amusant |
Carmen is an opera in four acts which Georges Bizet set to a libretto by the team of Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on Prosper Mérimée's novella. When it was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences.
The opera was originally written with musical numbers and spoken dialogue. Set in southern Spain, it tells of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the fiery gypsy Carmen, and finally kills her in a jealous rage. The depictions of proletarian life, immorality, and lawlessness broke new ground in French opera. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. Carmen has become one of the most frequently performed operas, with the "Habanera" and the "Toreador Song" among the best known of all operatic arias. The music has been acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for Bizet's skill in expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters.
"... in expressing the emotions and suffering of his characters" - worded admirably by Brianboulton, and the apt image added by Voceditenore - great teamwork! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Andréa Guiot
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
IWD II --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Best Wishes for today, with respect (Women's Day ...)
... sorry I don't know how to put a flower icon now)
Liebe Gerda, Ich wünsche Dir alles Bestens für heute mit viele Respekt!(KIENGIR (talk) 14:01, 8 March 2021 (UTC))
- Danke! Look around, two women the team (LouisAlain, Grimes2) worked for DYK, and a friend's article TFA - so far so good. Carmen mentioned again on the Main page also good. Missing a friend is not, - stealing the image from the TFA ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:42, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
- I saw the recruitment advertisement tag at the top, how many women will join WP today? :) (KIENGIR (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2021 (UTC))
- Good Job! Your hard work is very much appreciated. Panini🥪 01:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, now going to praise you for your first TFA, - enjoy! - My work is not hard, - hard are the things I don't get done. I'd love more arbitration (example pictured), not what we know here under that name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- Good Job! Your hard work is very much appreciated. Panini🥪 01:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- I saw the recruitment advertisement tag at the top, how many women will join WP today? :) (KIENGIR (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2021 (UTC))
Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 scheduled for TFA
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DYK for Lester Collins (landscape architect)
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Role Model Barnstar | |
For your daily efforts to spread positivity, to remember, recognise and affirm other Wikipedians. For your empathy, humour, kindness and unflappability. Reading your thoughtful Precious award dedication to me was an uplifting and affirming moment for me. Thank you for all that you do. You are a role model, to me and many others! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 04:00, 17 March 2021 (UTC) |
- blushing deeply: Kohlrabi Pickle, I try. Kohlrabi today, in the fridge already ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Hehe, make some pickle out of it! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 10:13, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Gerda, I wanted to share with you that I have created a mini-award to recognise and affirm members of the small community that works on Singapore-related articles. I hope I'm able to bring some of your positivity to this little corner of Wikipedia! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- That's a lovely idea! The recipient will know what the prize name is, I didn't ;) - I had to understand that the foreign language IS a prize name, and therefore the "(Wikipedia)" made some sense. What do you think of having s translation or explanation instead of the neutral "An award for you", and/or an image that connects immediately to Singapore? ... as the sapphire connects immediately to its photographer who passed the "earlier" stars of "awesome Wikipedian" for several years, my model ... (now blocked), or as the cherry connects to the one who gave it to me ... (then desysopped, and dead, but remembered). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- That's a great suggestion! Certainly I can do a translation of the award: it is essentially the Wikipedian equivalent of the Meritorious Service Medal, perhaps the equivalent of the British MBE. Maybe I'll put that in the header instead. Do you know anywhere where there's a list or collection of these kinds of awards that I can look at for inspiration? The cherry is indeed a very meaningful symbol. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:40, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Excellent! - see Category:Wikipedia awards, + navbox in it, and integrate yours when ready! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for all your help! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:49, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Excellent! - see Category:Wikipedia awards, + navbox in it, and integrate yours when ready! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- That's a great suggestion! Certainly I can do a translation of the award: it is essentially the Wikipedian equivalent of the Meritorious Service Medal, perhaps the equivalent of the British MBE. Maybe I'll put that in the header instead. Do you know anywhere where there's a list or collection of these kinds of awards that I can look at for inspiration? The cherry is indeed a very meaningful symbol. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 12:40, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- That's a lovely idea! The recipient will know what the prize name is, I didn't ;) - I had to understand that the foreign language IS a prize name, and therefore the "(Wikipedia)" made some sense. What do you think of having s translation or explanation instead of the neutral "An award for you", and/or an image that connects immediately to Singapore? ... as the sapphire connects immediately to its photographer who passed the "earlier" stars of "awesome Wikipedian" for several years, my model ... (now blocked), or as the cherry connects to the one who gave it to me ... (then desysopped, and dead, but remembered). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- Gerda, I wanted to share with you that I have created a mini-award to recognise and affirm members of the small community that works on Singapore-related articles. I hope I'm able to bring some of your positivity to this little corner of Wikipedia! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- Hehe, make some pickle out of it! Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 10:13, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
Die Fliege top icon
Hi Gerda, I hope you're well. I've just created a Die Fliege top icon that I thought you might be interested in. I haven't added any user categories yet. I was wondering if it's permissible to add top icons to the user pages of other editors who have moved on, in which case it could add them to "Category:Users who are no longer with us" or words to that effect. Or perhaps it's better if editors just add it to their own user page, in which case I'm not sure of any suitable categories would be appropriate. Any ideas? nagualdesign 02:30, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for coming, just when I had to add one of the saddest losses, Yoninah. I'd leave it to users. You could offer a topicon, but I think that the creature looks alive is its charm. When I die, I want my user talk as it is no candle, no extra icons, as for the great SBHB. -- Yoninah and I made my last Christmas card, DYK? (pictured on top) We worked on Psalm 148, and I asked if she wanted an extra DYK for the psalm, and she - great soul - said it was alright as a double nom. She was a blessing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:59, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry to hear that. Good point about not making changes to an editor's user page. I won't add any usercats to the template. Best wishes, nagualdesign 22:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- I added Die Fliege to her talk, and someone removed it as looking like a computer virus. - I smiled and restored it. I wrote a little article in Yoninah's memory: I checked out Psalm 148 (Bernstein) which turned out to be extra interesting, his earliest surviving work recorded in a collection "A Jewish Legacy", of all titles. El C, that's also for you. YouTube video in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- Beautiful rendition. Nice article. The man was an American treasure, much like Yoninah was a Wikipedia one. El_C 01:42, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- You said that well. The article will grow a bit, and then go to DYK where she worked miracles. Psalm 85 appeared pictured, DYK? - The work we began is at WP:QAI/Psalms: missing numbers, missing Hebrew text, missing leads, missing details. She helped with 59. The recipe is at WT:QAI#Psalms. Inspiration promised. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Beautiful rendition. Nice article. The man was an American treasure, much like Yoninah was a Wikipedia one. El_C 01:42, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- I added Die Fliege to her talk, and someone removed it as looking like a computer virus. - I smiled and restored it. I wrote a little article in Yoninah's memory: I checked out Psalm 148 (Bernstein) which turned out to be extra interesting, his earliest surviving work recorded in a collection "A Jewish Legacy", of all titles. El C, that's also for you. YouTube video in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry to hear that. Good point about not making changes to an editor's user page. I won't add any usercats to the template. Best wishes, nagualdesign 22:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159
The article Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. ... Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aza24 -- Aza24 (talk) 08:21, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, Aza! The article appeared on DYK, ... that Picander used one of the sayings of Jesus on the cross for an aria in Bach's cantata Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159, for the last Sunday before Lent? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- No problem, and good to hear about the DYK. Your Bach DYKs always make the section more interesting...! Aza24 (talk) 08:35, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- This one was in 2011. I did it like Bach and wrote one every week then ;) - Most were approved by Rlevse who was then a pillar of DYK, as Yoninah was for the last years. I'll promised myself to bring Chichester Psalms to GA in memory of her, after today's little tribute, Psalm 148 (Bernstein). Psalm 148 was our last work together, and went to my Christmas card because she modestly declined to say something extra for the psalm, - she should have gotten that role model barnstar. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
- No problem, and good to hear about the DYK. Your Bach DYKs always make the section more interesting...! Aza24 (talk) 08:35, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
A translated song just for you!
His Salvation by Quarter To Africa, ft. Avishai Cohen (bassist) (who has also collaborated with the legendary Chick Corea).
Lyrics:
- Salvation of the Lord, in the blink of an eye
- In the blink of an eye, his salvation
- And he will sustain me in the meantime
- And of his love, I will go on for another day
Yours always, El_C 15:37, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- You always know what is good for me. Here's your job: Hebrew to all missing psalms, not even 100. You could just add the numbers here, and I'll do the rest. 124 first, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:46, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Good deed = job. I like that. Still, after my last experience Hebrew'ing Psalms: afraid — also for you! El_C 16:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Remember that you just have to add in the edit summary that it's from our own source, - can't remember the name. Yoninah did it like this, - perhaps mention her as your model? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Source was the מכון ממרא. Anyway, probably not today, I'm afraid. But remind me soon. El_C 17:32, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Update: I at least got the basic infrastructure all set at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Psalms. El_C 23:59, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Sure, and I gave the link at Yoninah's place, but all I expect from you would be adding the Hebrew text. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Pressure, pressure. Take another song, instead! El_C 07:07, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Oh, also, Mamre Institute is now live (quite brief, but that's all the Hebrew Wikipedia had). El_C 07:17, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Sure, and I gave the link at Yoninah's place, but all I expect from you would be adding the Hebrew text. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Remember that you just have to add in the edit summary that it's from our own source, - can't remember the name. Yoninah did it like this, - perhaps mention her as your model? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- Good deed = job. I like that. Still, after my last experience Hebrew'ing Psalms: afraid — also for you! El_C 16:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
I just realized, after having clicked show more, that the YouTube video has English-language lyrics (only) already. Here they are:
Official lyrics:
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"His Salvation":
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Honestly, not to boast, but I think my Hebrew-to-English translation is better overall (even though, granted, it is their song). El_C 21:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- I agree ;) - What do you think of placing your translations on a user page, for more people to enjoy than just those who visit here? Do you know that we have <poem></poem>, sparing you all these colons? Today's psalm was Psalm 31, nicely covered already. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- I mean, they say (in Hebrew) "in the blink of an eye" (כהרף עין) so why go with "instant"? Anyway, I guess I'll get around to refactoring it onto Songs from the homeland, but... feeling lazy today. El_C 21:39, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Though I Walk by Quarter To Africa.
Lyrics:
- Though I walk
- Through the valley of the shadow of death
- I shall fear no evil
- For thou art with me [x2]
- For thou art with me [x4]
- Surely goodness and mercy
- Shall follow me all the days of my life
- And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
- For ever [x2]
- For ever
- For ever
- And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
- For ever
- For thou art with me [x8]
- ...Though I walk
As always, El_C 07:07, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- Psalm 23 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Some uplifting vocal magic
Chick Corea's Spain (instrumental) is one of my favourite instrumentals (both to jam on the keyboards, as well as listen to). It's just such an inspiring and fun chord progression. But Gary Valenciano vocal rendition is absolutely bananas! Enjoy! El_C 14:19, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- indeed, thanks for sharing - time to do something about Psalm 124: tomorrow - today: two recently died lingering in ITNN --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- Always. Otherwise, Psalmcrastinating. Mostly because copying Hebrew text to an English format is such a super-glitchy and annoying task.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ El_C 16:15, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- to task, please - I gave it a start, it has already a grave stone image. The author of these lyrics claim they are based on Psalm 124, - well, yes, the line from the grave stone is quoted, but is that enough? - I won't touch the Text section, and prepared the formatting for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm so confused. What is happening? Also, I wish I could just copy the box from תהילים קכ"ד (so purple), but it no worky at en. El_C 11:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- If that Hebrew is from the correct source (which I can't tell), why not. I prepared the first line, replace that Hebrew by the first line in the purple box, and do similarly for the other lines. - Interesting two albums (2000, 2017) which paraphrase "Out of the Snare". All sources gone ... but the Psalm was too long to expand five times anyway. There will be others where it can work, - little memorials to Yoninah. - The first one is in prep for DYK, about a psalm paraphrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- It is correct, but they use Hebrew letters for their internal code, so I'm unable to make it go here. Here, I'll do 124 right now, give me a sec. El_C 11:55, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Well, I tried, but the table broke (hate tables so much), so it looks... psychedelic. El_C 12:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I tried something. Why didn't you look at the psalm article, where I prepared, header and all? Looks like the first line might use some line breaks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- No link, no telepathy! Anyway, no, yours sucks even more. Here, I'll figure it out. El_C 12:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- There was a link to Psalm 124 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I think we're talking about different things. Anyway, doesn't matter: Done. I think I've earned that grape juice box. El_C 12:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I think you deserve that line: "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'll take it! Plus, juice box. Anyway: all Done. El_C 17:26, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I think you deserve that line: "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I think we're talking about different things. Anyway, doesn't matter: Done. I think I've earned that grape juice box. El_C 12:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- There was a link to Psalm 124 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- No link, no telepathy! Anyway, no, yours sucks even more. Here, I'll figure it out. El_C 12:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I tried something. Why didn't you look at the psalm article, where I prepared, header and all? Looks like the first line might use some line breaks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Well, I tried, but the table broke (hate tables so much), so it looks... psychedelic. El_C 12:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- It is correct, but they use Hebrew letters for their internal code, so I'm unable to make it go here. Here, I'll do 124 right now, give me a sec. El_C 11:55, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- If that Hebrew is from the correct source (which I can't tell), why not. I prepared the first line, replace that Hebrew by the first line in the purple box, and do similarly for the other lines. - Interesting two albums (2000, 2017) which paraphrase "Out of the Snare". All sources gone ... but the Psalm was too long to expand five times anyway. There will be others where it can work, - little memorials to Yoninah. - The first one is in prep for DYK, about a psalm paraphrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm so confused. What is happening? Also, I wish I could just copy the box from תהילים קכ"ד (so purple), but it no worky at en. El_C 11:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- to task, please - I gave it a start, it has already a grave stone image. The author of these lyrics claim they are based on Psalm 124, - well, yes, the line from the grave stone is quoted, but is that enough? - I won't touch the Text section, and prepared the formatting for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Always. Otherwise, Psalmcrastinating. Mostly because copying Hebrew text to an English format is such a super-glitchy and annoying task.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ El_C 16:15, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
This kitten is wishing you a happy Bach's birthday! I don't think even Johann Sebastian was as busy as you are, Gerda, working to make Wikipedia ever more musical. So please enjoy this beautiful day in springtime.
HouseOfChange (talk) 18:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, I try. (A friend here died, another left, another is blocked, my Bach birthday present BWV 1 lingers in FAC, my small one Bach-Chor Bonn is not yet written, but at least I got my ITN nom for a bass who died done, and now I need food.) Thanking you for thinking of Bach and me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
- update: The choir article was written but is still unreferenced. My song of defiance - against arbcom shortcomings on top of death and fear - will appear on DYK eventually, instead on that day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:55, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
April editathons from Women in Red
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:16, 22 March 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging
DYK for Nicola Jürgensen
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
one more in memory of Jerome Kohl --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Jakob Grün
— Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Congratulations
Your DYK hook about Jakob Grün drew 5,086 page views (424 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of March as shown at March 2021 DYK STATS. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 18:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
- Cbl62, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Yoninah's photo contributions
Would you say that Yoninah was a prolific image contributor? If so, then we should probably summarize her work at Commons and also post one of her best photos. What do you think? Edge3 (talk) 14:39, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'll check. I remember that she complimented me on one of mine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Edge3, yes, look, she had a nice display there, and whoever wants more can take it from there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Under "uploads", however, it's not only photos she took but also those she cropped for the Main page. The first one is one of mine, for example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:55, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- My choice from "hers" would by this delicious thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:57, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Do you still want the current image to remain on the obituary? I was thinking that we could replace it with something that Yoninah contributed herself. Edge3 (talk) 15:03, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- If we can't have 2, yes, hers, but it's just food, while the other is more cultural, showing more of her deep interest in education. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Do you still want the current image to remain on the obituary? I was thinking that we could replace it with something that Yoninah contributed herself. Edge3 (talk) 15:03, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Psalms (in memoriam)
- Ps 82-85 (starting at 6m30, Ps 84 at 13m45, though really no reason to skip the introit by Tallis, which is top class as you'd expect). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 16:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Beautiful, thanks for sharing! - On Psalms, there's a question (somewhere in the beginning), about linking psalm recordings in Salisbury style, by a woman, in English. I don't know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- Heard this while driving back home today. Another not particularly well known composer... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Lovely! I like Zelenka a lot. I heard - in a concert for Reformation Day 1917, the 500 year biggy - one of his masses, combined with BWV 80. Today Graupner: great, a mature 1741 work, see above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- 1917? :) I just did a quick lookup but found only record labels (1) (2). I'll have to look up in more scholarly sources when I get the time. Even if I do, no hope of getting this up and fast through DYK for thursday, right? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- sorry, typo, 2017 of course, when Reformation was celebrated 500 years, - life concert in Gütersloh, a relatives round birthday - was a nice idea to invite guests to that concert - Thursday is tough, but one can always try, - I nominated one for Friday yesterday, and another today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- I have I penitenti al sepolcro del redentore, ZWV 63 for the time being. Will see if I can find better sources. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC) - Now moved to mainspace cause I found a book which almost certainly (99.9%) does talk about this... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 21:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- sorry, typo, 2017 of course, when Reformation was celebrated 500 years, - life concert in Gütersloh, a relatives round birthday - was a nice idea to invite guests to that concert - Thursday is tough, but one can always try, - I nominated one for Friday yesterday, and another today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- 1917? :) I just did a quick lookup but found only record labels (1) (2). I'll have to look up in more scholarly sources when I get the time. Even if I do, no hope of getting this up and fast through DYK for thursday, right? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Lovely! I like Zelenka a lot. I heard - in a concert for Reformation Day 1917, the 500 year biggy - one of his masses, combined with BWV 80. Today Graupner: great, a mature 1741 work, see above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Heard this while driving back home today. Another not particularly well known composer... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Uta Ranke-Heinemann
"fairy tales you don't need to believe to have a living faith"
Promotion of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1
- Thank you, Gog, you were mild ;) - It's planned to appear on 25 March 2022. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
- Proud I am not, it's the work of many, and I appreciate the help of former editors, reviewers and contributors, especially Francis Schonken, Mathsci and Thoughtfortheday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:10, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
in the series psalms - in memory of Yoninah --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you...
...for arranging such beautiful tributes on Main Page for Yoninah, as well as the Signpost remembrance. I wish I had something as lovely and comforting to offer as you always seem to, but I will have to make do with my thanks and my condolences. I know if I am shocked and griefstricken, it must only be that much more so for you who worked so closely with her for so many years. Truly, I hope those memories may be a blessing. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, - and yes, she was a blessing to last. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
Re:Modest flowers
Dear User:Gerda Arendt, thank you for your kind message on my talk page and for the article in The Signpost. User:Yoninah will certainly be missed. I appreciate you taking the time to honour her. May God bless you. With regards, AnupamTalk 00:22, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for coming here, - a little blessing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Re:Precious
Dear User:Gerda Arendt, I am really grateful to you for the Precious award and this has made my day! I feel really special and am happy to know that my work is appreciated here! Many blessings on you! With warm regards, AnupamTalk 15:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for coming again, Anupam, - you cure with kindness
Anthony & Joseph Paratore
I much prefer to receive a notification telling me that you've noticed another article than one telling me an umpteenth article had been sent to the deepfreeze department. Thank you. LouisAlain (talk) 08:17, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you ;) - for watchers: I did send that note, and never - and never will! - the other. I heard that concert, mostly for children, DYK? They filled the hall (pictured) mostly with their grandparents ;) - It was - sadly - the last time I heard the pianists, I should update but how if we don't know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Hey there!
I may be semi-retired these days but was thinking of you earlier. So this is just a quick drive-by messaging, to tell you that you are awesome and thank you for all that you do here!! :) - Alison ❤ 04:03, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- Alison, blushing. I take it as a praise of teamwork. On the Main page now (on Good Friday): the Honan Chapel by Ceoil and friends, who invited me to it last year, and the above cantata, which I just heard and photographed, and nominated late, so could get to there only with friends making exceptions. I am thankful for that. I miss too many people (who died or have just given up, - I wrote He was despised in 2012 thinking not only of Jesus but what we do here to each other, and it still happens), so am especially thankful for each sign of life, like you coming over ;) I'd normally sing in choir today, and miss it, so try to interest some others in the music. Look around! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- Alison, when I added your line to the section, I read some again, and found treasures I had forgotten, from people who can't add, - overwhelming. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:44, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Christ lag in Todes Banden (Christ lay in death's bonds), BWV 4, is a chorale cantata for Easter by Johann Sebastian Bach, one of his earliest church cantatas. It is agreed to be an early work, partly for stylistic reasons and partly because there is evidence that it was probably written for a performance in 1707. Text and music are based on Luther's hymn of the same name, derived from medieval models. In each of seven vocal movements, Bach used the unchanged words of a stanza of the chorale and its tune as a cantus firmus. Although all movements are in E minor, Bach intensified the meaning of the text through a variety of musical forms and techniques. He performed the cantata again as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, beginning in 1724 for his first Easter there. Only this second version survived, scored for four vocal parts (soprano part pictured) and a Baroque instrumental ensemble with strings and a choir of cornetto and three trombones. John Eliot Gardiner described the cantata as Bach's "first-known attempt at painting narrative in music" and "a bold, innovative piece of musical drama".
- Five years ago, when I improved this article, with the help of many, I thought of a dear person who had just died, Alison, and of the conductor who taught me the significance of the piece, and I knew sooner than Wikipedia that he had died. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter, Gerda! (I'm trusting it's Sunday when you read this.) I was wondering whether I should request an Image Review for the Mynors FAC. I've seen Buidhe do such a review for some candidates; I thought it might be useful to generate progress on the candidacy. Is it appropriate to ask them, or other editors who do these reviews (I've seen Nikkimaria do some), for a review? Or is is better etiquette to wait? All the best, Modussiccandi (talk) 22:27, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you and happy Easter to you! - I'd wait. More regarding Easter after sleep. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hello and good morning to you Gerda. We may not always agree on everything we discuss, but I would still wish to greet you a Happy Easter this year and may the rest of the year be a good one for you. Greetings. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:14, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, and also to you. Thank you for coming over! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Haec dies quam fecit Dominus. Exultemus et laetemur in ea. Alleluia! ([2]) Happy Easter! Appreciate your help with the DYK, amongst others. I should have more free time available in a few weeks so any suggestions of something useful to be done? Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 04:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Christians, awake, salute the happy morn, thank you for that one, true every day, and I just did. Last year, we thought of Penderecki's Haec dies quam fecit Dominus., - true every day. This year, we think of Yoninah and RexxS. May she rest in peace. For him, I silently hope for a resurexxSion. "Don't believe in miracles. Rely on them". (Mascha Kaléko)
- Thanks. Makes me thing: heard this while driving this morning (FA suggestion for next year?); improvised on this (I've heard German tunes sung in French churches with the German lyrics, but considering even Latin is beyond my singers..., I had to content myself with improvising); and then heard this while driving back. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 21:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- I seriously thought about Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, for the second day of Easter, for 2023 because next year we try the Morgenstern ;) - Christ ist erstanden: see above, The Song, no Easter without it, and Brahms connects both to Yoninah and Alison, - our conductor did it as his farewell piece. DBaK, we had a trumpet yesterday! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- RandomCanadian, we (Germans) have an Easter hymn, "Bleibe bei uns, du Wandrer durch die Zeit". Text by de:Peter Gerloff (who is User:Rabanus Flavus), music just says "William Henry Monk 1861". Of which hymn originally? Per the metre, "Christians, awake" would even match. Of course we could ask the author ;) - Imagine: I found it: "Abide with Me". Close enough. Perhaps it's even a translation. Next year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Es ist gar keine Übersetzung. Auch, es ist etwas seltsam, dass die Beziehung zwischen die zwei Lieder ist nicht bezeicht (z.B. [3] oder [4]). Though; the "Stay with us, for it is evening" theme is present in both songs (one as a direct quotation/paraphrase from the Emmaus story; the other as a more general prayer). The English hymn is also more commonly (but not exclusively) associated with funerals (somewhat anti-thematic for Easter?). Since you don't seem to have known it (I instantly recognised the melody), here's a good arrangement from Cambridge. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hello to Gerda and all! As my name was mentioned here... The evening and decease hymn Abide with me has been turned into German by Theodor Werner, a Protestant pastor, in 1952: "Bleib bei mir, Herr! Der Abend bricht herein". This hymn is in the Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Nr. 488). I had known this version already before, and I always liked the melody, but my "Bleibe bei uns", indeed, is not nor wants to be a translation, but refers to the Emmaus gospel. The Gotteslob (2013) contains another version "Bleib bei uns, Herr" (Nr. 94) with the Monk melody, destinated for evening prayers, but this one is not a translation of Lytes text, either. - Dux vitae mortuus regnat vivus! Österliche Grüße, --Rabanus Flavus (talk) 17:47, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Danke, und ebenfalls österliche Grüße! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:53, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hello to Gerda and all! As my name was mentioned here... The evening and decease hymn Abide with me has been turned into German by Theodor Werner, a Protestant pastor, in 1952: "Bleib bei mir, Herr! Der Abend bricht herein". This hymn is in the Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Nr. 488). I had known this version already before, and I always liked the melody, but my "Bleibe bei uns", indeed, is not nor wants to be a translation, but refers to the Emmaus gospel. The Gotteslob (2013) contains another version "Bleib bei uns, Herr" (Nr. 94) with the Monk melody, destinated for evening prayers, but this one is not a translation of Lytes text, either. - Dux vitae mortuus regnat vivus! Österliche Grüße, --Rabanus Flavus (talk) 17:47, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Es ist gar keine Übersetzung. Auch, es ist etwas seltsam, dass die Beziehung zwischen die zwei Lieder ist nicht bezeicht (z.B. [3] oder [4]). Though; the "Stay with us, for it is evening" theme is present in both songs (one as a direct quotation/paraphrase from the Emmaus story; the other as a more general prayer). The English hymn is also more commonly (but not exclusively) associated with funerals (somewhat anti-thematic for Easter?). Since you don't seem to have known it (I instantly recognised the melody), here's a good arrangement from Cambridge. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- RandomCanadian, we (Germans) have an Easter hymn, "Bleibe bei uns, du Wandrer durch die Zeit". Text by de:Peter Gerloff (who is User:Rabanus Flavus), music just says "William Henry Monk 1861". Of which hymn originally? Per the metre, "Christians, awake" would even match. Of course we could ask the author ;) - Imagine: I found it: "Abide with Me". Close enough. Perhaps it's even a translation. Next year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- I seriously thought about Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, for the second day of Easter, for 2023 because next year we try the Morgenstern ;) - Christ ist erstanden: see above, The Song, no Easter without it, and Brahms connects both to Yoninah and Alison, - our conductor did it as his farewell piece. DBaK, we had a trumpet yesterday! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. Makes me thing: heard this while driving this morning (FA suggestion for next year?); improvised on this (I've heard German tunes sung in French churches with the German lyrics, but considering even Latin is beyond my singers..., I had to content myself with improvising); and then heard this while driving back. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 21:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Christians, awake, salute the happy morn, thank you for that one, true every day, and I just did. Last year, we thought of Penderecki's Haec dies quam fecit Dominus., - true every day. This year, we think of Yoninah and RexxS. May she rest in peace. For him, I silently hope for a resurexxSion. "Don't believe in miracles. Rely on them". (Mascha Kaléko)
Happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- A very happy Easter to you Gerda. As ever you include something for me to learn from and that is much appreciated. MarnetteD|Talk 18:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, it has been a happy Easter for me. Christ is Risen indeed!--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 02:03, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Psalm 148 (Bernstein)
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
... in the series Psalms, in memory of Yoninah --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:40, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Precious
Thank you. I really appreciate that. Quetzal1964 (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you, Quetzal1964, you are quite welcome, share some of the egg present! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)