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The Music Barnstar | |
For your wonderful work in creating articles on Bach's music. Carry on the good work! Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 12:16, 24 March 2011 (UTC) |
You do great work and I love it! Don't let Tony get to you. Ihre Arbeit ist grossartig. Weiter schreiben, eien lange Zeit. PS, I really liked the article about the church the communists blew up. BarkingMoon (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC) Sehr geehrte Gerda, I have a watch on your page since a few weeks ago. I approved and moved 167 to holding for June 24.BarkingMoon (talk) 12:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
For your wonderful comment, cutting right to the heart of the matter!
cmadler (talk) 13:18, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
Gerda, you deserve this for so many good collegial contributions at DYK. And especially thanks for jumping in super-fast to review two articles about France so they can go to Prep for the Fête Nationale on July 14. Sharktopus talk 16:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
For helping and explaining about how I missed my DYK MayhemMario 16:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC) |
(re: Productive people leaving the project)
Dear Gerda, I'm afraid Wikipedia has lost its sense of humour. That's the end result of digitalization: all nuance and shadow - all morality - is ultimately pixillated, and the texture or grain of all thought is becoming black and white, no forgiveness, no redemption, no chiaroscuro, just total accountability and literalism. People have built empires like that before - Not very nice ones. As for the unladylike word, every word I wrote into that article has since been written out - probably for the best. All that's left are my remarks in the MfD, like the smile of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland: but at any rate, the article survived. (Incidentally the word was used by a very respectable professional woman in an episode of (I think) Inspector Morse, so it could be thought 'contemporary'.) I look forward to seeing what Messiah III says, I congratulate you as usual on your productiveness, and wish you the joy of irreverent analogue laughter. :-) yrs, Steven. Eebahgum (talk) 09:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps not for the article, but for chewing over, what has often puzzled me: why was the beautiful music of Part III in Messiah so often severely cut in performance until quite recently - still, perhaps? Was it because the whole work is too long and they thought no-one would stay to the end - or because they thought no-one would notice? Since by Man came death etc, (and the responses), and O death where is thy sting, used to be dropped regularly. Yet as the article shows they are essential to the Pauline context and epistemology of Part III. Even 'Thou shalt dash them' or 'For he is like a refiner's fire' (which I once sang at Otley Hall) used to be left out in short versions, though they are among the great showpieces in my opinion (not Part 3, I know). What I'm wondering is whether the cuts were really prompted by considerations of ease in performance, or whether in fact there was a sort of theological censorship going on which the average listener might not have been very aware of, to make the work 'fit' popular English theology more comfortably? A sort of prudish anti-apocalyptic impulse, as if it might not go too well with the cucumber sandwiches? Eebahgum (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Truth be told, I'm not sure it is Latin, so much as bastardized somethingorother. Roughly: "Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Oh, well - I'm glad to see you're still here; I'm starting to wonder... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on the promotion of Messiah (Handel) to Featured Article. It appeared to me to be an unusually difficult subject to tackle. Very well done. Finetooth (talk) 21:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Congrats! Well done! For me, I am not so sure I want to venture into FA making land. PumpkinSky talk 23:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations, just noticed it passed. A great achievement. Ceoil 18:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations! |
Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but... Thanks for all the work you did in making Messiah (Handel) a Featured Article! Your work is much appreciated.
In the spirit of celebration, you may wish to comment on another Featured article candidate... or perhaps review one of the Good Article nominees, as there is currently a backlog. Any help is appreciated! All the best, – Quadell (talk) |
Just wanted to say thank you for creating the article on my grandfather Peter Graeme and, I see, also some of his colleagues/friends :) Scrumph (talk) 10:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Beautiful Bouquets From a Few Flowers Award | |
Dear Gerda, when I see what magic you make from my small contribution, and how generously you share your creation, what can I do but offer you some flowers? Sharktopus talk 02:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks for catching my change! I was doing an experiment for a research class to see how long the clearly ridiculous change would last! :)
Necheshiron (talk) 18:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
For your work on Pillnitz Castle sorting out references and ensuring standards. Great work on German topics always very much appreciated given lack of quality editors working on them (they're mostly all on German wikipedia). ♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:59, 16 October 2011 (UTC) |
The very day I have completed the 237 cantatas in French (and particularly your latest BWV 169), you come up with BWV 5! Won't you have any mercy on me?
Delighted to hear you got to see both recently; Have not made it to Berlin yet and am insanely jealous. Your suggestions are good and will get to them soonish, but preoccupied at the moment. I'll get to the St John too in time, looking forward to that. I notice you are knocking out quality article after quality article; kudos. I'd always like to help your pages with a small copyedit, but slow to jump in after our first meeting. Best. Ceoil (talk) 21:14, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
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Researcher's Barnstar | |
I am pleased to present you with the Researcher's Barnstar in appreciation for your fine work in researching Bach's cantatas. Excellent work! Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Gerda, you're welcome! I'm jealous ... Brahms' Requiem is one of my very favourite compositions! I sang the 4th movement with the choir at Braille Music Camp in 2003, as a piano reduction ( not sure why we didn't use the perfectly functional organ, but oh well), in English, as "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair". It was breath-taking to hear all the parts come together, especially in the fugal passages. Then I heard a sublime performance of the entire work, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra plus its chorus. I wonder what the organ reduction would be like ... I'd be especially interested in what the organist at your performance does with the drumrolls near the end of the 3rd movement.
And yes, I remember my namesake. Happy birthday to Mr. Waterhouse! :-) Graham87 07:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar |
Thank you so much for telling me about WikiProject:Germany! For this I give you the Special Barnstar. Jonathan is me (talk) 20:08, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Thanks so much for your help with Hülfensberg--I've given Mandarax one too so you can toast each other. You two have done a great job with the article and the DYK nom. Prosit, Drmies (talk) 20:49, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
On Commons, von ihre Nachbar in Oesterreich File:Hauhechel-Bläuling, Polyommatus icarus Paarung 1.JPG, stunning picture, it was today's picture of the day on Commons. PumpkinSky talk 00:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
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The Teamwork Barnstar | |
For all the great work in getting Yogo sapphire to Good Article, my first. Thanks to users Dreadstar, Montanabw, Tim1965, Mike Cline, and Gerda Arendt! PumpkinSky talk 01:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC) |
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Bach Cantatas Award |
For your work on Bach cantata articles, I hereby award you this barnstar! :) ♫GoP♫TCN 16:35, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
Entschuldigen aber ich habe keines umlaut Tastatur (ist das das richtiges Wort fur "keyboard")? Foto kommt aus Baden_Wurttemberg.PumpkinSky talk 12:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
It gives me great pleasure to garland you with this award. Many congratulations are in order, as you have become one of the few Wikipedians to contribute two hundred or more newly created or expanded articles (nearly all of them new, I believe) to the Main page in the "Did you know?" section. You have made a huge impact and are a great asset to the encyclopedia. Moonraker (talk) 00:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 1 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the opening chorus of Bach's cantata for New Year's Day, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, combines verses of two psalms and Luther's Te Deum? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 14:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just reviewed this article and passed it for DYK — no problems. Would you excuse me if I make a comment about the body of the article to make it clearer to the reader, especially those who may not know much about musicians. It would help (certainly me) if the first time that the names "Dürr" and "Gardiner" are used, their full names could be spelled out, and maybe a very brief description, say, "the choral conductor and musicologist John Eliot Gardiner..." rather than just plain "Gardiner". Just a thought to enhance clarity. Hope you do not mind me mentioning it. Happy New Year.--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:06, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AjaxSmack (talk • contribs)
![]() | On 2 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach began the fifth cantata of his first Christmas season in Leipzig, Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153, first performed on 2 January 1724, with a chorale? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 14:05, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, thank you very much for the DYK award and thank you for helping me to get there! I think I'll switch focus now from DYK's to holiday-related articles and getting my first B class article. Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 12:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that instruments in Bach's cantata for Epiphany (pictured), Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen (They will all come from Sheba), have been compared to the salamiya and zurna? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 17:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154, first performed on 9 January 1724, "contains a graphic evocation of ear drumming", according to Gardiner? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alfred Dürr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German musicologist Alfred Dürr has been called "the scholar who has done most to establish the new chronology of Bach's vocal works"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I am new and have made my first DYK nomination Wabash Memorial Bridge (Jan. 6) It has now been reviewed. I don't understand what the next step should be. The reviewer did not move the nomination to the prep area. Is that something that I should do, or is that something that nominators are not generally allowed to do. Please give me some advice. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paul Pyant, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Paul Pyant designed lighting for the production of George Frideric Handel’s Xerxes at the Houston Grand Opera in 2010? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that 17 Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin were published after the composer's death as his Op.74? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Neue Bach-Ausgabe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... 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? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 19 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Fryatt, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that English actor and opera singer John Fryatt co-wrote a Gilbert and Sullivan pantomime adaptation entitled The Sleeping Beauty of the Savoy? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 19 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach used an obbligato bassoon in a duet of his cantata Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155, first performed in Weimar on 19 January 1716? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 02:50, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
This stub just cropped up. Maybe you can turn it into something useful. :-)4meter4 (talk) 08:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jane Stirling, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Frédéric Chopin dedicated his two Nocturnes, Op. 55, to his Scottish pupil Jane Stirling (pictured), who was interested in the arts and prison reform? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your article Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
I had an easy query on O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a & O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210. Johnbod (talk) 13:40, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Werner Neumann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German musicologist Werner Neumann founded the Bach-Archiv Leipzig in 1950 and contributed Bach cantatas to the Neue Bach-Ausgabe? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bach-Archiv Leipzig, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German musicologist Werner Neumann founded the Bach-Archiv Leipzig in 1950 and contributed Bach cantatas to the Neue Bach-Ausgabe? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. I'm currently working with User:Brianboulton on getting Handel's Rinaldo to FA for the opera's 300th anniversary next month. An article on this music festival would be very useful as we will be linking to it in the performance section. Would you be willing to work on it?4meter4 (talk) 17:13, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German musicologist Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik reconstructed Bach's homage cantata O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a, from Bach's wedding cantata O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German musicologist Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik reconstructed Bach's homage cantata O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a, from Bach's wedding cantata O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:05, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Reynolds (singer), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that English classical singer Anna Reynolds recorded Bach cantatas with Richter's Münchener Bach-Chor, including Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? BWV 81? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joanne Lunn, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that English soprano Joanne Lunn recorded Bach cantatas with the Monteverdi Choir, such as Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:03, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elke Neidhardt, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Elke Neidhardt, who had a minor recurring role in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, went on to direct the first full modern Australian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the canticle of Simeon is part of Bach's cantata Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83, first performed on 2 February 1724 for the Feast of the Purification of Mary? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. Done. It could have been worse. When I first read it, I thought it was a festival hall! Imagine the mess if I'd changed it to Handel Festival Hall! Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 07:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Musiktheater im Revier, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Musiktheater im Revier (pictured) in Gelsenkirchen staged a new musical for the 100th anniversary of the soccer club FC Schalke 04 in 2004? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your query about the Chapel Royal. I don't know much about the link with St Paul's but it is an interesting topic and I will try to find out more. It may be of interest that the Chapel Royal goes "on the road" in connection with the Royal Maundy service. I think that the choristers combine with the choir of whichever cathedral they are visiting.--Alan (talk) 20:36, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! StAnselm (talk) 02:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I thought I'd let you know that Rinaldo has now gone to FAC. At the moment TFA for 24 February is still open, but Rinaldo won't get there on points - a music article is scheduled for 12 February, so we have to trust to luck. Still, many thanks for your help in improving the article. Brianboulton (talk) 23:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Handel Festival, Halle at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 16:19, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra (Martinů), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra was first performed in the United Kingdom by oboist Evelyn Rothwell at The Proms? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christine Weidinger, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Christine Weidinger returned to the Metropolitan Opera after 16 years to appear as Semiramis, the title role of Rossini's Semiramide? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 12:03, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that George Frideric Handel (pictured) wrote Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate for the celebration of the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, to English words? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Classical Music for a Signpost article to be published this month. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day! -Mabeenot (talk) 21:43, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda! Thanks for your message. And for the information about the concert. I shouldn't worry about the article title, it looks as if it is only meant to differentiate your W.W. from the violinist of the same name. The article itself does give a pretty useful impression of what he was about. As you may have guessed I have been feeling a bit disillusioned with here and I recoil from its allurements and confrontations. I haven't even logged in for a couple of months. And even if Wikipedia does try to hold up a mirror to the whole of life, there is DEFINITELY more to life than Wikipedia!!! Thank goodness... and thank you. I'm just enjoying a new vinyl acquisition, Desző Ránki's 1978 vsn of the Liszt Sonata (Hungaroton SLPX 11944) - luminous. Best wishes,Eebahgum (talk) 13:11, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata for Septuagesimae 1724, Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144, is based on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
…für die rechtzeitige Spitze über den Verbleib des Artikels!
Hinweis: Ich weiß nicht Deutsch um das Ausmaß der in der Lage, in sie zu schreiben. Ich kann nur verstehen, was geschrieben wird. Das erlaubt es mir, selbst kleinere Änderungen an den Ausgang der automatischen Übersetzung (siehe oben). Nochmals vielen Dank! Cherurbino (talk) 13:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Most of the sources are in German. I don't speak German.. The idea with my stubs was than people who speak German would translate them from German wikipedia and find sources. I resent the comments by John Bod, anybody could expand them. Its not my fault that they haven't, I've done more than my fair share of article expansions... If I was confident of my German translation I'd have written more....♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Well I did start a batch of Swiss painters a few years back which I agree probably shouldn't have been started as sub stubs. But I thought Swiss painters would have some interest and German speaking editors interested in expanding them. SOme were expanded nicely like Otto Abt but the majority haven't been touched sadly... I can't find much more on Wyss but I'm certain a lot of the others in Category:Swiss painters could be expanded and have more sources.. Like this. I'll make a note to try and expand a few, I could use google translate but I'd need some proof reading assistance of course... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
I've done it. Should be plenty in Category:Swiss painters who were/are solely painters though which need translation!!..♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Handel Festival, Halle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Howard Arman conducted Handel's opera Tolomeo in 1996 for the Handel Festival in Halle, where the composer was born on 23 February 1685? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Howard Arman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Howard Arman conducted Handel's opera Tolomeo in 1996 for the Handel Festival in Halle, where the composer was born on 23 February 1685? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gerhard Taschner, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Gerhard Taschner recorded the Violin Concerto dedicated to him by Wolfgang Fortner, with both Wilhelm Furtwängler and Hans Rosbaud? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 18:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Jules Delsart at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Just letting you know Gerda, the opera project already has a place to store DYKs at Portal:Opera/DYK/Did you know?. Best.4meter4 (talk) 04:33, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Anne Sharp at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 17:04, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Selva morale e spirituale, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1641 edition Selva morale e spirituale by Claudio Monteverdi is considered his "most significant anthology of liturgical works since the Vespers in 1610"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fritz Lehmann, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that German conductor Fritz Lehmann left a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfinished when he died during a concert of the St Matthew Passion? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello Gerda. In view of this exchange, I wonder if you could consult with me in future before nominating my new articles for DYK. It is your right, of course, to nominate any article you like, but in Jules Delsart's case, I felt that pressure was being applied to me to make some changes to get a successful nom, when I never thought the article was suitable for DYK in the first place. And I still don't. I have resisted that pressure; should you wish to do further work on Delsart to get it up to par, well, you know you don't need my permission to do that. All the very best, Gerda. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 23:58, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
I improved Delsart for you. Hopefully this will get the good ol DYK tick now.4meter4 (talk) 12:14, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Great, I'm glad you like it. Add it to as many articles as you like - it is less likely to be spuriously deleted! If you point me at the other German template I'll see if I can produce an English version of it too. Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 20:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach used a four-note trumpet signal throughout the first movement of his chorale cantata, Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126, for Sexagesima? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jules Delsart, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that French cellist Jules Delsart (pictured) was a soloist in the premiere of David Popper's Requiem for three cellos and orchestra, along with the composer? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for helping with Did you know Victuallers (talk) 06:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I misinterpreted your edit as a single "this is not verified" rather than two separate issues "when was this" and "this is not in the opera portal rotation." Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
So sorry, don't know how I missed you!
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The 25 DYK Nomination Medal | |
For finding the diamonds in the rough, the D.Y.K. project would like to thank you. The Interior (Talk) 08:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, I noticed your change here which added a space to the AFD template. I think you may be seeing a redlink to the AFD discussion because of the server lag in providing a link to the page created only seconds before. If you were to purge the page you would see the link turn blue. Adding a space to the template forces the page to be purged when you preview or save and that is why it looks as though the link is "fixed" when in practice it was already working. Cheers Fæ (talk) 08:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Gee, thanks for a nomination - but I think it still needs a bit more. I just need a rest from it for a bit. I know I could probably find more info about his life in France with time. But thanks for the nomination! -- kosboot (talk) 12:50, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I was just looking over this article for your DYK nomination. Frankly, I'm afraid to say anything formally on the DYK talk page because of the flak I got from JackofOz for suggesting that he format the references on Jules Delsart. Here the references rely on several blogs and the artist's own web page — not very reliable sources. If you could fix this problem, I'll be happy to review the nomination. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:26, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Introduction and Allegro (Ravel) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 10:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I think you forgot to add which article you've reviewed for this nomination. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Introduction and Allegro (Ravel), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that on a commission of the Érard company to show off the expressive range of its double-action pedal harp, Maurice Ravel composed Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 10:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Le dernier sorcier at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 18:41, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
See my comments at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Beverly Wolff or 5* expansion. Best.4meter4 (talk) 20:41, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, just a reminder, "fair use" images cannot be used anywhere in Wikipedia except in their article. I removed File:Annesharp.jpg from the Opera Project talk page and replaced it with an image of Adelaide Malanotte. I see you also have the Sharp image at User:Gerda Arendt/WikiProject Opera/DYK Archive. You'll need to take it off. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:11, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne Sharp, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that even in her thirties, Scottish coloratura soprano Anne Sharp was able to pass as a teenager, performing the role of Emmie Spatchett in Albert Herring at the first Aldeburgh Festival? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... 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? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:42, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Gerda, would you mind creating an article on opera director Jens-Daniel Herzog? I'm having a hard time finding English language sources, but there seems to be a ton of German language content about him. Best.4meter4 (talk) 15:03, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert Stoepel, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the 1859 symphonic work Hiawatha composed by Robert Stoepel (pictured) is based on Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Le dernier sorcier, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, in 1869, Johannes Brahms conducted the chamber opera Le dernier sorcier (The Last Sorcerer), composed by Pauline Viardot to a French libretto by Ivan Turgenev? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ivor McMahon, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, as the second violin of the Melos Ensemble, Ivor McMahon played the Divertissement, dedicated by Jean Françaix to bassoonist William Waterhouse? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:22, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. There is also Maxberg specimen from 2 March 2011. Calistemon (talk) 03:13, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter Graeme, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that English oboist Peter Graeme recorded with the Melos Ensemble the oboe quintet of Arthur Bliss, dedicated to oboist Léon Goossens, his teacher? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. You're wonderfully well propagated, if I can put it like that! I prefer to sneak my edits in past the Liktor while he's looking the other way! I am keeping an eye on what you are doing and am hoping you will go on to pick up some of those names in the Karl Haas (conductor) article for the London Baroque Ensemble - maybe even it should be relocated/redirected to an article named for the ensemble rather than all under the name of Haas? An addition to the recordings there listed should be the Beethoven sextet op 71 and Octet op 103, together with Rondino Octet (Andante) and 3 Marches (1809-10), which I have on a PYE Golden Guinea GGC 4038. The Marches are 1958 and the rest 1959 (P) and there is a useful personnel listing including Jack Brymer and Alan Civil, though confusing as it doesn't say who is playing in which performance (and there are supernumeraries)... Were the 'Westminster' recordings actually for Decca and DGG etc or weren't they simply adopted and distributed by those companies? I'm a bit ignorant about that but I think World Record Club also issued some Westminster recordings, and they (WRC) were independent until 1966. Keep up the good work, Eebahgum (talk) 09:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda,
First of all, thanks for your message - I sincerely appreciate your time taken to reply.
As for the title of the article, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) might possibly appear to suggest the better name may yet be "Munich Chamber Orchestra":
This is of course non-determinative. I - again of course - defer to your knowledge about what the correct title of the article should be. You won't get any complaints from me if you correct it.
Oh, and about my German. Time to 'fess up. Just between you and me, ok, I've never actually studied German. I majored in Japanese, and lived in Japan... but to my horror, I am able to get the gist of a page in German - ach du lieber! - about ten times more easily than one in Japanese. After my adventures in Japanese and to a lesser extend Chinese and Korean, to me German looks like Middle English without the French...
All that said, again, thanks, and happy collaboration to you, too! xxx --Shirt58 (talk) 11:51, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jens-Daniel Herzog, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jens-Daniel Herzog staged the opera Intermezzo of Richard Strauss, with Christiane Kohl as Christine, "the composer's formidable and frequently hysterical wife"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lyndon Watts, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lyndon Watts, principal bassoonist of the Munich Philharmonic at age 22, was the first Australian woodwind player to win a prize at the ARD Competition? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:02, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Munich Chamber Orchestra, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dennis Russell Davies conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester in works of Thomas Larcher with soloists Till Fellner and Kim Kashkashian? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for the article Victuallers (talk) 08:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Timothy Brown (hornist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Timothy Brown was the soloist in Mozart's four horn concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by his sister Iona Brown? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Briger, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Alexander Briger conducted Don John of Austria, Australia's first opera, written by his great-great-great-great-grandfather Isaac Nathan? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, thanks for the Munich Biennale and DYK work! I've got most of the material for the Glanert style section in my head and will try to get it down onto 'paper' this morning. Scarabocchio (talk) 06:38, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 31 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Munich Biennale, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the Munich Biennale is an opera festival created in 1988 by Hans Werner Henze, focused on opera premieres of young composers? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christoph Poppen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that conductor Christoph Poppen played Bach's Partita for Violin No. 2 interspersed with related Bach chorales, sung by the Hilliard Ensemble? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind if I continued to put worklists into tables, eg Jens Joneleit? I have a (very, very) distant idea of bringing all of the operatic works of the 21st century together into a single list (there are about 60-100 operatic world premieres a year, so 600-1000 works so far (and counting!)). Another vague idea (even more distant) is to see whether the texts of the tables can be automatically translated, so "after the farce by X" can become "dopo la farsa di X", and "nach das Posse von X", and "d'après la farce par X". This should also explain why my descriptions of works/ libretti can look a little mechanically repetitive! :-) Scarabocchio (talk) 13:47, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Just to let you know. I have found a source for the hook in Jesus at Herod's Court and I have created an alternate hook that could help with the prose. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hans Stadlmair, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hans Stadlmair, conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades, in 1971 premiered Wilhelm Killmayer's Fin al punto, of which the composer said, "The calm already contains the catastrophe"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wilhelm Killmayer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hans Stadlmair, conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades, in 1971 premiered Wilhelm Killmayer's Fin al punto, of which the composer said, "The calm already contains the catastrophe"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Jens Joneleit at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 01:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Detlev Glanert, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Detlev Glanert's opera Caligula, after the play by Albert Camus on the cruel Roman emperor, was first staged at the Oper Frankfurt in 2006? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda!
You wrote:
Incidentally I noticed your "creation" of Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, I don't know for what purpose. If you have to create a Bach cantata, would you please follow the established scheme as discussed in Classical music, compare perhaps the latest BWV 182. The lead, headings and external links should look the same for all of them. (Admitted, there are older ones who don't yet.)
I guess my purpose was to start a Wikipedia article about a cantata by a composer whose music I have loved since I was a child. In the violin lessons of my teenage years, I incompetently scratched out scales, arpeggios, and Rodolphe Kreutzer studies for 40 minutes. I endured this just for the last 10 minutes of the lesson, when my teacher - he has a Wikipedia article - would play excepts from the Bruch and Mendelssohn violin concertos, and a bit of Paganini. And if I had practiced or was really lucky, he would play the the Prelude to the E major Partita or The Chaconne. Enough of the that. While that was not my intention, it seems I have not followed the article guidelines, and in the process, offended you. Whether you accept this is up to you, but I offer my apologies and a sincere promise that I will abide by the guidelines in future.--Shirt58 (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sandeep Bhagwati, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the story of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the topic of Sandeep Bhagwati's opera for the 1998 Munich Biennale, was considered fit for a film? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jan Müller-Wieland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that composer Jan Müller-Wieland called his first stage work, premiered at the Munich Biennale in 1992, a "Cabaret Farce for singers, pianists and percussionists"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Epitaphium, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Epitaphium, composed for string trio by Graham Waterhouse, is performed today in Wigmore Hall in a memorial concert for his father, the bassoonist William Waterhouse? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
The italic title template will only italicise the part of the title preceding the first bracket. ((DISPLAYTITLE:Foo)) can be used for more selective italicisation (e.g. list of Nepenthes species). Cheers, mgiganteus1 (talk) 10:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Bright Angel (Waterhouse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach composed Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, for Palm Sunday as his first cantata for the Schlosskirche (pictured) of the court in Weimar? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
As always, thank you very much for your patience and support. Robert Clausen (talk) 18:53, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gerd Kühr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz turned his controversial play Stallerhof into an opera libretto for Gerd Kühr, which premiered at the Munich Biennale? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jens Joneleit, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Christoph Schlingensief died before the Berlin premiere of the opera which he had staged, Metanoia. Über das Denken hinaus by Jens Joneleit, conducted by Daniel Barenboim? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bernd Redmann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in one concert, bassoonist Lyndon Watts premiered Bernd Redmann's Migrant, played Jörg Duda's first Finnish Quartet, which he had commissioned, and the Bassoon Quintet of Graham Waterhouse, which he had premiered? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jörg Duda, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in one concert, bassoonist Lyndon Watts premiered Bernd Redmann's Migrant, played Jörg Duda's first Finnish Quartet, which he had commissioned, and the Bassoon Quintet of Graham Waterhouse, which he had premiered? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bassoon Quintet, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in one concert, bassoonist Lyndon Watts premiered Bernd Redmann's Migrant, played Jörg Duda's first Finnish Quartet, which he had commissioned, and the Bassoon Quintet of Graham Waterhouse, which he had premiered? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
I didn't mind your edits. The problem is why it was added in the first place. The "sound samples" that User: Lazinov has been posting are not free samples. They are really just links to his online music store. I'm just removing his advertisements. (see Special:Contributions/Lazinov) Sorry that you inadvertently got mixed up in this.DavidRF (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that every Good Friday since 1922, De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (The Netherlands Bach Society) has performed Bach's St Matthew Passion in Naarden? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bright Angel (Waterhouse), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bright Angel, composed by Graham Waterhouse for three bassoons and contrabassoon, relates to the Bright Angel Trail of the Grand Canyon which the composer hiked with his father at the age of nine? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach was only in his twenties when he composed the cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, for Easter (pictured), using in seven movements the words and tune of Martin Luther's Easter chorale? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Winterberger, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Franz Liszt dedicated his Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H (the BACH motif) to the organist Alexander Winterberger (pictured) who premiered it at the Merseburg Cathedral? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... 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"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 12:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Julie Price (bassoonist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as principal bassoonist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Julie Price celebrated her predecessor William Waterhouse in the recent concert The Proud Bassoon at Wigmore Hall? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 26 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Bach derived his third cantata for Easter of 1724, Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134, from his secular cantata for New Year's Day, he just wrote new text under old text? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. Mad suggestion ... how would you feel about creating a lead paragraph for the Münchener Biennale in German? I could strip the librettist/ source column from the table, translate the month names myself, and change WP into UA, and we'd have a new page in de:WP ... Scarabocchio (talk) 15:27, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. Great work on the Weisbaden articles. Perhaps you wouldn't mind doing one on the Wuppertal Opera House which has an article in the German wikipedia at de:Opernhaus Wuppertal. Best.4meter4 (talk) 06:56, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. I looked for that rule recently and couldn't find it so assumed it had been dropped! --Bermicourt (talk) 08:38, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata for the St. Thomas Sunday (pictured) of 1725, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, is the only one in his second annual cycle beginning with a Sinfonia? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Gerda, you already have a hook in prep area 2 that mentions this article. Why have a seperate hook for this article when it could be bolded in that hook? Indeed, I already did so before you added this most recent nom.4meter4 (talk) 11:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 2011 the annual festival Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, founded in 1896 after the model of the Bayreuth Festival, opened at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (pictured) with the first performance in German of Rodion Shchedrin's opera Lolita? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 2011 the annual festival Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, founded in 1896 after the model of the Bayreuth Festival, opened at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (pictured) with the first performance in German of Rodion Shchedrin's opera Lolita? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Lolita (opera) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Miyagawa (talk) 20:43, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your careful vetting of DYK for IceMole. I have addressed your concerns by removing the two tags - "stub" & "underconstruction", both placed by me early in the creation of the article. I have also found an english wikilink for Fachhochschule Aachen and amended the hook accordingly. May I request revetting for further issues/passing the DYK? AshLin (talk) 18:06, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
... dass IceMole, ein autonomes Eis Forschung Sonde zur Erkundung Polarregionen, Gletscher und außerirdischen Regionen entwickelt, einem Studenten-Projekt in der Fachhochschule Aachen, Deutschland ist?
Danke schön, AshLin (talk) 05:29, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach set the theme of the Good Shepherd in his cantata for the second Sunday after Easter, Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, as a pastorale, a trio of oboes playing triplets to pedal points? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
As I stated, the fact are already in existing sources. There is no rule that evey single sentence has to be cited. What is not only impolite, but downright destructive is the peremptory removal of innformation without thought, logic, or common-sense. Anyone who bothered to read the paragraph should have been able to tell that information about his father's death was necessary. A good reviewer of any addition would first look to see if it was useful. The lazy thing to do is to add a "citation needed" tag. The less lazy, is to find a citation if you think it necessary. As I say, it is already in the sources. It is worse than rude, it is destructive to the encyclopedia to simply remove in an unthinking, mechanical and peremptory fashion material that is obviously not vandalism. Paul B (talk) 17:28, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Given that you are our German expert, I thought you might be willing to tackle Hans Vogt this month. His opera Die Stadt hinter dem Strom (opera) is actually based on the novel Die Stadt hinter dem Strom (de:Die Stadt hinter dem Strom) by Hermann Kasack (de:Hermann Kasack). All three could use articles if you have time. I myself am going to try and tackle a couple of the Perti operas. Best, 4meter4 (talk) 12:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lolita (opera), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rodion Shchedrin's opera Lolita, which uses a Russian-language libretto based on Nabokov's novel, was performed in German in the presence of the composer and his wife (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach superimposed voice parts to the "deeply moving slow movement" of his Harpsichord Concerto in his cantata Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146, for Jubilate? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Hermann Kasack and Die Stadt hinter dem Strom at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a chorale in Bach's cantata Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166, is sung by the soprano, accompanied by the violins and viola in unison "of great vigour and determination"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hermann Kasack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hermann Kasack's first novel Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, published in 1947, "catapult[ed] his name into the literary limelight" and won the 1949 Fontane prize of Berlin? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hermann Kasack's first novel Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, published in 1947, "catapult[ed] his name into the literary limelight" and won the 1949 Fontane prize of Berlin? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 May 23#Operatic singer cats.4meter4 (talk) 18:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Did you click on the external link for the Isabella Psalter, to photographs of every single page of the manuscript? Thank you BSB for making that available! If only they had included a more complete description of the manuscript and its contents. Drmies (talk) 15:56, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. I am about to leave on vacation and do not have time to nominate a couple articles for DYK. If you have time to nominate Edward H. Harte and Nathaniel Merrill I would appriciate it. Dick Wimmer is also a possibility with a little expansion. I understand that you might not have time yourself, but any help is appriciated. Best, 4meter4 (talk) 10:34, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Edward H. Harte at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 14:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach began his cantata, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, with a quotation from the Farewell discourse, sung by the bass as the Vox Christi? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nathaniel Merrill, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the productions of American stage director Nathaniel Merrill at the Metropolitan Opera, "such as Dulcamara's arrival via hot-air balloon in Elisir, kept Met audiences diverted and amused for a generation"? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:17, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach chose an unusually complex instrumentation in his cantata for the feast of Ascension, Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128, "two horns, oboes of every kind, strings and continuo and latterly one trumpet"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
NW (Talk) 00:04, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your thank-you note. As to thou vs.you, by Buxtehude's time thou had already fallen out of everyday use in the King's English (at least, according to Merriam–Webster's Dictionary of English Usage). I further don't see the point of translating the Latin text of a composition of some earlier date into contemporaneous English; take for example the hymn Alma Redemptoris Mater by Hermannus Contractus: translating it to 11th century English will produce a text that is as incomprehensible to most readers as the original Latin. --Lambiam 11:54, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Christoph Wolff termed the two oboe da caccia and two oboe d'amore in recitatives of Bach's cantata for Exaudi, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183, "opulent oboe scoring"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Gerda Arendt, for your kind comments about the quality of my contributions on Wikipedia. I really appreciate that. I hope you are well, -- Cirt (talk) 19:19, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I put your June 12 hook into a prep set but wasn't sure what you meant by your last comment on the noms page. Pls advise if we need to change what's in the prep set. BarkingMoon (talk) 15:25, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hans Vogt (composer), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the opera Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, composed by Hans Vogt and based on Hermann Kasack's novel of the same name, was first staged at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden in 1955? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward H. Harte, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 2000 American newspaper executive and conservationist Edward H. Harte established the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at the Texas A&M University with a US$46M endowment? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach may have performed his cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59, in Leipzig at the University Church (pictured) at Pentecost 1723, before he took up his cantor position in Leipzig? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Bach's cantata for Pentecost Monday, Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173, a verse from the meeting of Jesus and Nicodemus (pictured) is paraphrased in a unique duet, illustrating the theme exaltation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:13, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Good Shepherd is the theme of Bach's cantata for Pentecost Tuesday, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175, illustrated in pastoral music of three recorders? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the quotes formatting attempt, but I just want to keep my post the way it is. :) -- Cirt (talk) 14:47, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Gerda, Thanks, what a wonderful occasion you have painted. Sadly I have been utterly tied up in family matters of late, and seem never to have a day to myself, or to attend such things. I have just been lured into an arid debate (see my edit history) which I forbid you to become involved in! Sometimes it is very hard not to be misunderstood, even with the best of intentions. Take care! I am tickling at my piano, a horrible noise to everyone except me! Eebahgum (talk) 22:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Paulinerkirche, the university church of Leipzig where Luther preached, Bach performed and Mendelssohn premiered Paulus, was dynamited in 1968 in communist East Germany? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 19 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata for Trinity Sunday, Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129, a chorale cantata on five stanzas, ends like his Christmas Oratorio, "punctuated by brass and orchestral fanfares"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
You do great work and I love it! Don't let Tony get to you. Ihre Arbeit ist grossartig. Weiter schreiben, eien lange Zeit. PS, I really liked the article about the church the communists blew up. BarkingMoon (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC) Sehr geehrte Gerda, I have a watch on your page since a few weeks ago. I approved and moved 167 to holding for June 24.BarkingMoon (talk) 12:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173a, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach used the music of his cantata Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173a, composed in Köthen for the birthday of his employer, for two Pentecost cantatas in Leipzig? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 00:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Unionskirche, Idstein, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that walls and the ceiling of the Unionskirche (Union Church) in Idstein are covered with 38 oil paintings from the Dutch Golden Age school of Rubens? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 12:03, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
For your wonderful comment, cutting right to the heart of the matter!
cmadler (talk) 13:18, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the starting point for Bach's cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist, Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167, was the Canticle of Zechariah, the baptist's father? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, Thanks for your comment. I seem to be creeping back but, as I'm now doing some part-time work I hope to keep my contributions to manageable proportions and not to get too involved with the Zionist trolls.
Going by the German and English names of Borordin's opera, then the title in the first line should be Princess. I would tend to transcribe the name as Ilarionovna Vassiltschikov, but maybe we should keep the same pattern of Romanisation as in her German name. Wikipedia:Romanization of Russian and BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian give the normal rules.
Presumably you noticed me copy-editing Tornrak. I had seen your adding it to the opera DYKs. I had another one for Twice through the Heart. I don't know whether you want to add that or whether it being on the rotation as a GA makes it redundant.--Peter cohen (talk) 12:59, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Guten Tag Gerda. Wie geht's? I thought you'd like this article since you like church stuff. I started it in my sandbox before the break. It's at DYK now. BarkingMoon (talk) 14:37, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Gerda, Thanks for improving those artist details. Sorry I was so inaccurate. Hope all's well.Eebahgum (talk) 22:01, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
If you have a moment, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on the point raised here. I'm happy to go with the consensus on the titling. Tim riley (talk) 13:14, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Please see Messiah sandbox for some thoughts you may like to comment on. Brianboulton (talk) 17:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:24, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 2 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's chorale cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, is based not on a chorale, but on the Magnificat sung by Mary when she visited Elizabeth (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, performed in 1723 in the Nikolaikirche (pictured), was the first cantata of Bach's annual cycles, each containing works for the Sundays and church holidays through a year? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:01, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello Gerda. Subsequent to your comment, I added an ALT1 for Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival at DYK. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:09, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi again. Glad to hear it was promoted! I just did a little bit of re-wording on Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus, hoping to clarify some of this and that. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:55, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey Gerda, I am having a little trouble scanning the hook at Template:Did you know/Preparation area 2, just the last clause doesn't flow for me. I think bluelinking the two latter instruments as they are unsuual would help but I am a real neophyte when it comes to classical music....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:55, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Please be careful when adding external links sections as with this edit of Parable of the great banquet. There are two problems with this edit. You added an "External links" section when one already existed and you added it before the "References" section which is against MOS:APPENDIX. Jason Quinn (talk) 05:31, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach has a trumpet tell God's glory in cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, first performed in the Thomaskirche (pictured), but oboe d'amore and viola da gamba express "brotherly devotion"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Gerda, what would you think of this 1755 Annunciation to the Shepherds rather than the 1663 one you have? Not to sound like a broken record but it might show up better at DYK because it is more square. Really nice hook, BTW! Sharktopus talk 16:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
First thing first. You speak German and I don't. The closest I get is Dutch. ;-) Having said that. When, in German, you read "Kirche der Heiligen Peter und Paul", is it correct? To make things even more tricky heiligen can be singular or plural. Am I missing something? Would appreciate a little help. Tschüss --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 23:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, wow, sounds great! I've done a quick copyedit on each of the articles. The thing that concerns me most is the position of the TOC; it *must* be in a standard position in the wiki-markup for screen reader users. I've simply moved it, but feel free to fiddle around with it. Graham87 14:02, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
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Gerda, you deserve this for so many good collegial contributions at DYK. And especially thanks for jumping in super-fast to review two articles about France so they can go to Prep for the Fête Nationale on July 14. Sharktopus talk 16:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 14 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Martin Luther's chorale Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (From deep affliction I cry out to you) was sung at his own funeral? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 00:04, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that bass voice and trombone carry the cantus firmus of a famous chorale melody in the opening chorus of Bach's cantata Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. I'm sorry about how things turned out. I guess we'll never know the true story. But at least we have Gray-crowned Rosy Finch and other fine articles. Different people contribute in different ways. Thanks for your contributions - WP's information on baroque liturgical music is much richer because of you. Let me know if I can ever help. Will Beback talk 21:32, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
link. was gonna do that tonight. — Ched : ? 23:15, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Messiah Part III at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PumpkinSky talk 00:08, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
sent you an email too. :) — Ched : ? 20:25, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Ping on Talk:Paulskirchenverfassung#Title_of_this_article. Int21h (talk) 08:23, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Messiah structure, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Handel's oratorio Messiah is structured in three parts, with a libretto about the Christian Messiah drawn from Bible verses, mostly taken from the Old Testament? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
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For helping and explaining about how I missed my DYK MayhemMario 16:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC) |
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![]() | On 21 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Bach's cantata Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185 ("Merciful Heart of eternal love"), the closing chorale melody is prefigured in the first duet in dancing 6/4 time? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 16:23, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Gerda, that is indeed a funny order for the Main Page appearance. I'll check out the articles that are about to appear on the Main Page. Graham87 07:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Messiah Part III, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Handel's oratorio Messiah, Part III closes with the chorus "Worthy is the Lamb" (pictured), from text in the Book of Revelation, and an extended Amen fugue? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
EncycloPetey (talk) 08:02, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
(re: Productive people leaving the project)
Dear Gerda, I'm afraid Wikipedia has lost its sense of humour. That's the end result of digitalization: all nuance and shadow - all morality - is ultimately pixillated, and the texture or grain of all thought is becoming black and white, no forgiveness, no redemption, no chiaroscuro, just total accountability and literalism. People have built empires like that before - Not very nice ones. As for the unladylike word, every word I wrote into that article has since been written out - probably for the best. All that's left are my remarks in the MfD, like the smile of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland: but at any rate, the article survived. (Incidentally the word was used by a very respectable professional woman in an episode of (I think) Inspector Morse, so it could be thought 'contemporary'.) I look forward to seeing what Messiah III says, I congratulate you as usual on your productiveness, and wish you the joy of irreverent analogue laughter. :-) yrs, Steven. Eebahgum (talk) 09:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps not for the article, but for chewing over, what has often puzzled me: why was the beautiful music of Part III in Messiah so often severely cut in performance until quite recently - still, perhaps? Was it because the whole work is too long and they thought no-one would stay to the end - or because they thought no-one would notice? Since by Man came death etc, (and the responses), and O death where is thy sting, used to be dropped regularly. Yet as the article shows they are essential to the Pauline context and epistemology of Part III. Even 'Thou shalt dash them' or 'For he is like a refiner's fire' (which I once sang at Otley Hall) used to be left out in short versions, though they are among the great showpieces in my opinion (not Part 3, I know). What I'm wondering is whether the cuts were really prompted by considerations of ease in performance, or whether in fact there was a sort of theological censorship going on which the average listener might not have been very aware of, to make the work 'fit' popular English theology more comfortably? A sort of prudish anti-apocalyptic impulse, as if it might not go too well with the cucumber sandwiches? Eebahgum (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Messiah Part I, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Annunciation to the shepherds (pictured) in Handel's Messiah, Part I, is the only scene from a Gospel in the oratorio? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
EncycloPetey (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, just to let you know I have had to refuse your nomination for Messiah Part II. Please read my reasons on the DYK suggestions page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:41, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
You know what for. Marrante (talk) 12:32, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Tim and I feel that the peer review has run its course and that the article is ready to be nominated at WP:FAC. I shall be doing this on Wednesday (27 July). Would you like us to include your name as one of the nominating editors? This seems justified in view of your work on the article, but if you would rather not, please leave a note on my talkpage. Brianboulton (talk) 13:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 26 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Princess Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg turned the East Wing of Schloss Johannisberg (pictured) into a concert hall for the Rheingau Musik Festival? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 21:11, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, nice work on Messiah Part II. Yes, the number ranges are now correct. You'd find the dash script very useful indeed, and might consider installing it – for breaks and number ranges. You just upload the dash script Just paste: importScript("User:GregU/dashes.js"); into your vector.js file or monobook.js file. Expect the button at the same tab as the move-page. Instructions for script acquisition in general are here. Tony (talk) 07:49, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
and 22/19, 23/20.
![]() | On 29 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the representation of waves and water in Bach's cantata Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88, was termed a barcarolle, after barca (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
EncycloPetey (talk) 15:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Messiah Part II, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Handel's Messiah, Part II contains the famous Hallelujah Chorus and the oratorio's longest movement, the air for alto He was despised? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 03:20, 29 July 2011 (UTC) 23:27, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I've started with a few (minor) changes to Messiah Part I, however I thought I'd ask your opinion before continuing with more significant change. I would like to:
GFHandel ♬ 00:02, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
The more I look at the movement numbering in the table at Messiah Part I the more I would like to change it. I'm leaning towards splitting the first column into two columns: "Movement<br />(Novello) and "Movement<br />(Bärenreiter)—with the current links remaining only in the Novello column. I'm trying to address a confusion that I encounter with the current system: e.g. which is movement 8 in the Bärenreiter system? I'm guessing that's obvious to an expert (such as yourself), but I find it difficult to figure it out from the current table (is movement 8 split across two rows, or is the table saying that "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" doesn't appear in the Bärenreiter numbering?). Please don't be shocked at the suggestion of splitting the column as WP's role should be to help the reader understand things, and using more horizontal space shouldn't be a hindrance to that goal. I'm happy to do the splitting work if you give me some guidance about the Bärenreiter system (and of course if you think the split is a good idea). Cheers. GFHandel ♬ 00:24, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Truth be told, I'm not sure it is Latin, so much as bastardized somethingorother. Roughly: "Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Oh, well - I'm glad to see you're still here; I'm starting to wonder... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 31 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Bach's late chorale cantata Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9, three bass recitatives deliver a Lutheran sermon on salvation, based on twelve stanzas of the chorale? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 09:33, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
You, Sharktopus, and Ched Davis have taken a whack at this. Can it be put back into DYK somehow or is it toast? PumpkinSky talk 19:37, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gloria (Handel), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Handel's Gloria, a setting of the Gloria for soprano and strings, was attributed to the composer in 2001? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:49, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
This sentence has syntax and other problems. What does it say in the original German source? The word "already" is too undignified for the sentence. Another of your sources says "decidedly old-fashioned", which is much better. "At Bach's time" should be "in" or "by" (probably "in") and then end the sentence and begin a new one. But I am not sure what to do with "then only later", and everything after. The sentence gets very confusing to read.
My tentative suggestion:
It would help to see the German source for this. Marrante (talk) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I loved your three-article hook ideas, but I hope you don't mind that I am going to move Lutheran hymnal to a separate one-article hook while I still can (it was created July 28 so today is the last day) of course with you still as co-maker. Otherwise, I worry that all three articles will slip past into oblivion because reviewing three at once is a lot of work. Sharktopus talk 23:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Not a problem. When we need to disambiguate articles, we just move them. It's not much effort (Once again, I do agree with you that it's something of a surprise that there are no other currently notable Highland Cottages ... there's no shortages. of other candidates. Daniel Case (talk) 00:12, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on the promotion of Messiah (Handel) to Featured Article. It appeared to me to be an unusually difficult subject to tackle. Very well done. Finetooth (talk) 21:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Congrats! Well done! For me, I am not so sure I want to venture into FA making land. PumpkinSky talk 23:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
I thought about reviewing this article for DYK but, while he certainly looks distressed in the portraits, I didn't see anything in the text or sources about him being specifically distressed about the 30 years war. It was a good and interesting hook, but maybe he was just one of those individuals who's perpetually distressed.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:01, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
[this comment moved to new section below and section header changed] Carcharoth (talk) 11:53, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I noticed your comment at WT:DYK about not being able to follow areas of interest, and replied here. In case you miss that, I'm pointing out here that this link allows anyone to follow all the changes to all nomination subpages currently transcluded on the nominations page. Hope that helps. Carcharoth (talk) 11:53, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations, just noticed it passed. A great achievement. Ceoil 18:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Albert Schweitzer likened the bass line of an aria mentioning Satan in Bach's cantata Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107, "to the contortions of a huge dragon"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I have reviewed yours and Sharktopus' nomination at Template talk:Did you know/Paul Speratus, First Lutheran hymnal, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her and I have one problem before I approve it. Could you reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:46, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I see someone else is already on this. Daniel Case (talk) 16:58, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article First Lutheran hymnal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the first Lutheran hymnal contained only eight hymns on five melodies by three poets, Martin Luther, Paul Speratus and probably Justus Jonas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/First Lutheran hymnal.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 00:02, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations! |
Sorry I'm a little late to the party, but... Thanks for all the work you did in making Messiah (Handel) a Featured Article! Your work is much appreciated.
In the spirit of celebration, you may wish to comment on another Featured article candidate... or perhaps review one of the Good Article nominees, as there is currently a backlog. Any help is appreciated! All the best, – Quadell (talk) |
![]() | On 10 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paul Speratus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Paul Speratus was in prison, sentenced to death by fire, when he wrote the hymn Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Salvation now has come for all)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Paul Speratus was in prison, sentenced to death by fire, when he wrote the hymn Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Salvation now has come for all)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:06, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mozart built the final scene of his opera The Magic Flute "upon a solemn fugato around the chorale Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" by Martin Luther? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
I don't understand what the last sentence of the lead is getting at: "Mozart used a tune in his opera The Magic Flute". George Ponderevo (talk) 14:19, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Was willst du dich betrüben, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that poet and minister Johann Heermann wrote the hymn Was willst du dich betrüben (Why do you want to distress yourself) during the Thirty Years' War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Was willst du dich betrüben.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 00:04, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thank you for creating the article on my grandfather Peter Graeme and, I see, also some of his colleagues/friends :) Scrumph (talk) 10:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for reviewing the DYK nomination of the European route E59. I have proposed an ALT hook as suggested and feedback on fivefold expansion as requested.--Tomobe03 (talk) 10:06, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
It gives me great pleasure to garland you with this award. Many congratulations are in order, as you have become one of the few Wikipedians to contribute two hundred or more newly created or expanded articles (nearly all of them new, I believe) to the Main page in the "Did you know?" section. You have made a huge impact and are a great asset to the encyclopedia. Moonraker (talk) 00:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, help on refs, or truth telling at Ave_Maris_Stella#Notable_musical_settings will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. History2007 (talk) 00:26, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing this article for DYK, and for the compliment. Easchiff (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Mir gefällt es! Let's go with that (and the new picture). Cheers, Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 18:15, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
I just saw the new Bruno Kastner because someone added it to List of stutterers, which I got to FL status. I thought you may want to work on it and nom for DYK. PumpkinSky talk 20:45, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Gerda,
Thank you so much with the help with translation and fixes you made to the article I created, Bruno Kastner! I was a bit at a loss with the translation for engelein as I wasn't sure if this was the singular or plural form. I greatly appreciate your help! My German is a little rusty - I must work on this! ExRat (talk) 22:32, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iván Erőd, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Iván Erőd composed a Sinfonietta called Minnesota Sinfonietta, an opera titled Silk Worms, and a song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra, named Baby Tooth Songs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Iván Erőd.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the center of Bach's cantata Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45, the voice of Christ appears in a "highly virtuosic aria, half Vivaldian concerto, half operatic scena"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Bach's cantata Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168, virtuoso string writing underscores the "word of thunder"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 08:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Vielen dank! Jemand bemerkte. Aber wo sind die Tränen von gestern abend? Wo ist die Schnee vom vergangenen Jahr? Moonraker (talk) 07:37, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 23 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gerhard Präsent, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Gerhard Präsent composed Partita sagrada for chamber orchestra, premiered by the ensemble Kontrapunkte at the Musikverein in Vienna in 2010? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gerhard Präsent.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 08:02, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michael Herrmann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Michael Herrmann (pictured) is founder-director of the Rheingau Musik Festival, which holds about 150 concerts every season in vineyards and historical buildings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Herrmann.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I have reviewed your DYK nom for Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101 at Template:Did you know nominations/Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101 and there are a few small issues that should be dealt with. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:54, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the central movement of Bach's cantata Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, a "furious ritornello" of three oboes is followed unexpectedly by a line of the chorale? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Gerda Arendt: You ask a very good question. I'm not quite sure I have the correct answer. I usually only translate items that I'm sure of the translation. For me, if it is a "standard" or "common use" translation, capitalization for titles are used, otherwise maybe lower case letters as you said. Titles of songs (maybe even titles of Bach Cantatas) may have a different protocol. I'm not sure. Sometimes italics print out of context and lower case title translations look strange to me. Generally I do what looks right. I should research more carefully Wikipedia capitalization practices.
If something I've done doesn't look right, please feel free to make changes. I'm not particular about doing things my way.
Thank you for the DYK co-authorship. It is appreciated. Cheers. Hrdinský 〒 15:43, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruno Kastner, which you recently nominated. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bruno Kastner. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 23:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Oh at last I find someone who knows about music and DYKs. You've got many creadits up here! Yes, I knew about the convention, but I didn't know how to italicize the title, can you believe that? The ALT reads "the first to perform"... first duo yes. Not so interesting, but it's an ALT anyway! As for Grieg being at the piano I guess I read that somewhere, but I just can't remember so I deleted that info. Can't find the source for it now.
When I first read about Veslemoy I was quite confused about her too. Haugtussa yes, is a female elf living in the underworld, and Gislaug (seems to me the real one) is indeed Veslemoy (Gislaug's fantasy?). Jon is the boy! Quite confusing isn't it? (Source 5: Cultural functions of intermedial exploration, p. 87) I didn't read the book either, but I will for sure.
I refrased the sentence: a large orchestral work... let's see if it holds then. Oh, you said sth about: "it lacks a paragraph on the music which is described as interesting in a source", but I don't know what you mean. I coulda described the musical part and turned it into a dissertation, but you know I can't do it all by myself! Look Gerda, I just translated the article, I didn't write anything! Had no intention to nominate it to any DY. I was just invited by a nice guy so I thought I should help. Your review was really appreciative, that was sweet. Thank you for the teaching! Oh, next time I write sth about a song or composer I will bring it to you, ok? Kisses Gerda, see ya soon.....:) ! Krenakarore TK 00:47, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 1 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Haugtussa (song cycle), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Edvard Grieg composed only one song cycle, Haugtussa, for soprano and piano? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Haugtussa (song cycle).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Much obliged, Krenakarore TK 22:04, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
(Copied, I just reviewed, no DYK count) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
I am sorry I didn't check for name consistency. However I am not sure what you mean under "clean-up". If you are talking about replacing redirects with direct links, then I am not sure it is worth wasting time: redirects work just fine. Staszek Lem (talk) 14:59, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Gerda for your contribution!! --Symposiarch (talk) 21:51, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/ALEA Ensemble and I have some issues with the referencing. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. (BTW, I swear your list of barnstars keeps expanding every time I come here). Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:42, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Gerda, Thank you so much for for the DYK nomination and all of your help with the article on Bruno Kastner! I am very grateful and pleased to have seen it on the front page! I have a few "to do" articles on other German silent film actors and actresses. If ever I need help with them, I shall certainly turn to you for advice! Many regards, ExRat (talk) 03:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/ALEA Ensemble and I have some issues with the referencing. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. (BTW, I swear your list of barnstars keeps expanding every time I come here). Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:42, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Gerda, Thank you so much for for the DYK nomination and all of your help with the article on Bruno Kastner! I am very grateful and pleased to have seen it on the front page! I have a few "to do" articles on other German silent film actors and actresses. If ever I need help with them, I shall certainly turn to you for advice! Many regards, ExRat (talk) 03:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article ALEA Ensemble, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Austrian ALEA Ensemble performed string quartets of Iván Erőd and Herbert Blendinger, and piano trios of these composers, Graham Waterhouse and their founder Gerhard Präsent? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/ALEA Ensemble.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113, is based on a penitential chorale, matching the prescribed reading, the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Beautiful Bouquets From a Few Flowers Award | |
Dear Gerda, when I see what magic you make from my small contribution, and how generously you share your creation, what can I do but offer you some flowers? Sharktopus talk 02:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 7 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag was the first publisher of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna and Bernhard Blume, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna and Bernhard Blume.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:03, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, thanks a lot for the flowers. I have reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Heinz Winbeck and I am having issues with one of the references, as well as the hook interest. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:00, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Herbert Blendinger, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Wolfgang Sawallisch conducted Helen Donath, Hermann Becht and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in the first recording of the cantata Media in vita by Herbert Blendinger? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert Blendinger.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Drmies (talk) 20:06, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Miguel Ángel Coria, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Miguel Ángel Coria's first opera, Belisa, based on Lorca's play Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, premiered in 1992 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Miguel Ángel Coria. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heinz Winbeck, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dennis Russell Davies conducted the premiere of the Fifth Symphony Now and in the hour of death by Heinz Winbeck, which reflects Bruckner's Ninth Symphony? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Heinz Winbeck.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zoltán Gárdonyi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Zoltán Gárdonyi studied composition with Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (building pictured) and taught at the Academy for 26 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zoltán Gárdonyi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 08:02, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the trumpet plays the chorale melody in Bach's cantata Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, in C major within an aria in A minor in "a battle for harmonic supremacy"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 16:03, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Gerda. Let me start by saying how impressed I am with your never-ending stream of interesting DYKs. I was, however, wondering whether you feel like a change, namely helping out with the article on Lang Lang (pianist). It really needs some careful attention. I've being doing a bit of work on it myself (mainly refs, prose, etc.) but it would be great if you could have a look at it yourself. Given Lang's rising popularity and his efforts to introduce children to classical music, I think we should try to get it up at least to B status, if not GA. I know some people find Lang Lang rather irritating at times and something of a show-off but his current place in the world of music deserves proper recognition, even on Wikipedia. After all, some 7,000 people have read the article over the past couple of days! - Ipigott (talk) 16:20, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Im sorry, I thought that was the name in English! I wrote the article in support of a project underway with the ITESM CCM campus related to the Festival Internacional Cervantino, which is a member of the Association. A lot of the performers at the Mexican festival come from Europe. Im working on improving the one on Åke Parmerud but there is precious little information other than repeating of his bio from his website. Lots of the performers are from Germany too, if you´d like to help out! These are good kids and at least two of them speak good German.Thelmadatter (talk) 21:29, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Hallo Gerda I was wondering why I hadn't translated into French the paragraph dedicated to the music of this cantata when I've just discovered you wrote it last week! Since I've noticed you closely follow the build-up of the French WP body of Bach's cantatas, I'll try my best not to misinterpret your words.
My intention is to completely cover all 240 or so cantatas by the end of October. 160 new articles have been created so far. Your name is German and the few corrections you've made deal with spelling issues in German. Your help is therefore useful since I do not always check and distinguish the Dative from the Accusative...
Sincerely yours LouisAlain (talk) 13:59, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bei Nacht, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Graham Waterhouse composed the piano trio Bei Nacht (At Night), inspired by a Kandinsky oil painting entitled Nacht? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bei Nacht.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zsolt Gárdonyi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that concert organist Zsolt Gárdonyi played his father's Partita "Veni Creator Spiritus" along with his own jazzy Mozart Changes at the Marktkirche? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zsolt Gárdonyi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
Hallo Gerda,
Ich hab' vergessen Ihnen zu gratulieren für die hervorragende Arbeit Sie tun mit der Bach Cantaten. Die Übersetzung begin ich mit dem English Artikel aber oft benutze ich auch das Deutsche Artikel wo es gibt alternative Möglichkeiten für besser und klarer ausdruck auf Franzözisch.
It particularly helps when one sentence is divided into two parts or when the German phrasing is somewhat different from the English one.
I've just completed cantatas BWV 88, BWV 164, BWV 140, BWV 154 and BWV 60. Taking into account the load of work that still lays ahead of you, I will have finished the whole coverage by the end of next month. If you're interested in having your work translated into French, would you mind keeping me informed with each new cantata you will have completed so that I can make the translation within days?
As pertains to the translation from English (or German) into French of biblical quotes, I prefer not to engage in the exercice since there exists "official translations" of these texts and my attempts would be awkward to say the least. So if it's only a matter of Wer bist du? oder Die Apostel waren glücklich, Jesus zu empfangen, I think it safer not to go further in this path. All the more when it comes to XVIIIth German...
Tschüss! LouisAlain (talk) 10:24, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Ach, vielen Danke Gerda für ihre Hilfe mit der Referenz. I was at a loss on how to correct it (I'm still a new comer to WP). Hope you're satisfied with the general outlook of the translations though.
You may have noticed I took on Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (BWV 182) yesterday and I used the Giotto painting as you did on the English page.
As pertains to the use of BWV or not at the end of the titles (in French) it's just that when I started, there already were hardly ten pages on the cantatas with a certain model so I followed suit. When all cantatas will have been translated, I will have a complete review of the ensemble and some changes probably will take place.
Bonne journée LouisAlain (talk) 09:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I made some changes in phrasing to the article and modified both the concert section and the lede to state that she specializes in oratorio in her concert performances - hope you don't mind. I then reviewed the DYK nomination, and the only quibble I have is that I don't think the hook is clearly expressed. I've proposed an alternate; I would have used an apostrophe but since you don't like that, I found another way of introducing the quote. Have a look and see if you're ok with it. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:09, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach structures his cantata movement Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, on the Great Commandment by a canon of trumpet and continuo on a chorale on the Ten Commandments? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Markus Flaig, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Markus Flaig brought Handel's darkness and great light to St. Martin, Idstein? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Markus Flaig.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Katia Plaschka, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a reviewer wrote that Katia Plaschka, "quite accurately described as a high soprano, sings music of stratospheric difficulty" when performing Luigi Nono's music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Katia Plaschka.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 20:05, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Yes, indeed, this is just the kind of prose I used to get for translating when I was in the Sixth form. The notion of something being "in lichter Höhe verankerte" strikes me as a strange one, but we can only do our best with it. "Light height" doesn't work in English, because the natural meaning of "light" as an adjective is "lightweight" and the natural meaning of "height" is "tallness". My dictionary says that "lichte Höhe" means clearance (that is, Lichtweite), but I can't see that meaning in this context. I read "lichter" as more about luminosity than openness or weight or easiness, and "altitude" can certainly apply to a voice, so I intended "bright altitude" to convey what I was picking up, which was a hint of celestial height, but perhaps "easy altitude" would be better? On the other point, "touching upon" does mean the same as "reaching" but has a more literary ring. Moonraker (talk) 02:08, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Gardiner regards the unusual use of independent trombones in Bach's cantata Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, as an "anticipation of the finale to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 08:47, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty", the hymn that inspired Bach's cantata BWV 137, has been published in more than ten English translations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Praise to the Lord, the Almighty.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 10:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
I requested User:Materialscientist's help in the matter of an unrequested, unwanted e-mail from User:Cncplayer which was an intrusion into MY privacy. My quoting the e-mail verbatim broke the privacy of nobody, least of all User:Cncplayer. I edit on Wikipedia quietly and I don't want e-mails from "strange" users (look at his pages & his other user names). Materialscientist helped me by explaining what to do. I hope you now understand why I was perplexed by your comments. I have left the message here because it is not for Materialscientist. Denisarona (talk) 10:49, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ulrich Cordes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that tenor Ulrich Cordes was the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion in St. Martin, Idstein, the Berliner Philharmonie and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ulrich Cordes.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 00:03, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I noticed that you have an unreferenced paragraph while reviewing your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/The Creation structure. Could you fix it and let me know at the nomination page when you are done? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Creation structure, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Haydn's oratorio The Creation is structured in three parts, the first two about the creation as narrated in Genesis, the third about Adam and Eve in Paradise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Creation structure.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 12:02, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Pgallert (talk) 12:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that it has been said that the opening chorus of Bach's cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99, "would still work perfectly well if the vocal parts were entirely removed"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:37, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks for the nomination and the improvements. I have been busy in real life during the past week. Moonraker (talk) 09:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach included stanzas from four funeral hymns in his cantata Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (Christ, he is my life)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:09, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for suggesting to nominate this article. And thanks a lot for improving it! Now it looks (almost) perfect to me... --Linear77 (talk) 20:50, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks to you for your kind comment! Markhh (talk) 07:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for catching my change! I was doing an experiment for a research class to see how long the clearly ridiculous change would last! :)
Necheshiron (talk) 18:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
For you: Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage, Bachfest Leipzig, also Michael Schneider (flautist) ;) In ictu oculi (talk) 11:35, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
There were two organs in the Thomaskirche, the second of which was the Swallow's Nest organ on the east wall of the nave. It is supposed that it was used for the St Matthew Passion and that it was demolished at some stage (1740?).[4][5] Other sources for the picture date it to 1877. [6] Modern organs have been built in the Thomaskirche post 1885. However, as far as wikipedia is concerned we use secondary sources, in this case the book by Martin Geck (page 72, as referenced at the image file). If you have some other source that contradicts that book, please provide it. I have no reason to doubt Martin Geck (although writers like Christoph Wolff are evidently much higher authorities). Mathsci (talk) 20:25, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Konrad Jarnot, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that baritone Konrad Jarnot recorded lieder by Richard Strauss, including Four Last Songs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Konrad Jarnot. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks again for suggesting to nominate this page (and for improving it). I have done all I could -- is there something else to do from my side? --Linear77 (talk) 08:16, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
For Hanna Bergas! Marrante (talk) 12:23, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pillnitz Castle, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that one of the oldest camellia trees in Europe was planted in the garden of Pillnitz Castle (pictured) in 1801? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pillnitz Castle. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:01, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
For your work on Pillnitz Castle sorting out references and ensuring standards. Great work on German topics always very much appreciated given lack of quality editors working on them (they're mostly all on German wikipedia). ♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:59, 16 October 2011 (UTC) |
How come you thanked everybody else for the barnstar but me? Do you hate me?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
You do great work though with DYK and sorting out referencing so it is well deserved! Sorry, its just I try to keep a positive atmosphere on here and I think editors who do good work should be rewarded and praised and encouraged. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Well I seem to get on well with most people on here but I do know there are certain editors on here who really seem to detest me, either because of the fact I've created a lot of short stubs or because I've said something on some forum which they disagree with. I wasn't sure if I had offended you with something I said about DYK or stubs or something. If I have I apologize.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Well naturally of course I'd like to create every article as GA quality with content and sources but the scope we are trying to achieve is so massive that sometimes just having a mention of the topic is at least a platform which can be built upon. We are a wiki and articles can dramatically change within minutes. But we lack the contributors, especially for German topics. The eventual goal of course is to have full articles on all German rivers etc and that but somebody has to do the initial step towards trying to get them into wikipedia in english. That's the idea in terms of long term development of course as I think we'll be around for as long as we want to be and the website could be infinitely greater than it currently is. I do know though that some people on here think they are useless because of their initial low value. Best regards. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Barnstars, I was referring to your past barnstars received in previous weeks/months! Sorry LOL!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 21 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach finished the opening chorus of his cantata Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, with a repeat of the ritornello, adding the complete text of Luke 14:11? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for supporting the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 12:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for nominating Jack Harrold. If you want, you could also nominate John Stewart (tenor), William Brown (tenor), and David Atkinson (baritone) (too late on Atkinson?).4meter4 (talk) 23:26, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Gerda, it's been a long time since I've had the pleasure of reviewing one of your submissions. I took a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169 and just have an issue with the hook. Could you reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:20, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, as noted in my review at Template:Did you know nominations/Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5, in the last sentence of the "History and words" section of the article, the movement number seems to be missing. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:24, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. I'm slightly nervous about this one as, having checked the castle website, the German article seems to have plagiarised it. I'm wondering whether to delete the article or cut it right back.
Is this the norm on German Wikipedia? --Bermicourt (talk) 11:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michael Schneider (conductor), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Michael Schneider conducted an oratorio by Stradella, performed by students and teachers of the Frankfurt University of Music at Eberbach Abbey for the Rheingau Musik Festival? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Schneider (conductor).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
The very day I have completed the 237 cantatas in French (and particularly your latest BWV 169), you come up with BWV 5! Won't you have any mercy on me?
I posted something here, if you want to have a look. Bach died over 250 years ago, so the fact that he called Hebrews an "Epistle", does not mean that is the usual term in modern day English. Clearly, however, if you are quoting something he's written himself, you should accuratly quote it as "Epistle". Philadelphia 2009 (talk) 11:08, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an aria of "heart-stopping intensity" in Bach's solo cantata for alto Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, has been compared to "Erbarme dich" from his St Matthew Passion? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Delighted to hear you got to see both recently; Have not made it to Berlin yet and am insanely jealous. Your suggestions are good and will get to them soonish, but preoccupied at the moment. I'll get to the St John too in time, looking forward to that. I notice you are knocking out quality article after quality article; kudos. I'd always like to help your pages with a small copyedit, but slow to jump in after our first meeting. Best. Ceoil (talk) 21:14, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Harrold, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that during his 43 years with the New York City Opera, tenor buffo Jack Harrold appeared in more than 100 productions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Harrold. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
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I am pleased to present you with the Researcher's Barnstar in appreciation for your fine work in researching Bach's cantatas. Excellent work! Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, I looked at Passion_(Christianity)#The_Passion_in_music and noticed that you had done a couple of edits to that page. I will be cleaning up the rest of the page before January 2010, but do not want to touch that section. How good/bad is it? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 23:56, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda. Thanks again for making Pillnitz Castle a DYK success. I have been working on the related Grünes Gewölbe since then -- and would like that an English native speaker goes through it. Could you help me with this? You might find it interesting to learn about a cherry stone with 113 faces carved on it, etc. It was so much work -- now I would like to see it getting 'polished' by correcting any English mistakes I did. Your help (or that of someone else) would be really appreciated! --Linear77 (talk) 12:26, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, you're welcome! I'm jealous ... Brahms' Requiem is one of my very favourite compositions! I sang the 4th movement with the choir at Braille Music Camp in 2003, as a piano reduction ( not sure why we didn't use the perfectly functional organ, but oh well), in English, as "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair". It was breath-taking to hear all the parts come together, especially in the fugal passages. Then I heard a sublime performance of the entire work, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra plus its chorus. I wonder what the organ reduction would be like ... I'd be especially interested in what the organist at your performance does with the drumrolls near the end of the 3rd movement.
And yes, I remember my namesake. Happy birthday to Mr. Waterhouse! :-) Graham87 07:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Dear Gerda,
Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Jesus. Sorry for earlier misquotation of Luke, I meant Mark, so my correction now reads "(in Mark 16:9 and John 20:14 to Mary Magdalene alone)". Best wishes, JMMuller (talk) 12:34, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I see you're interested in the Yogo article I'm working on. It's quite long for a new one. There are all sorts of neat DYK hooks possible here. I have uploaded a photo of a purple Yogo. Let me know what you think. Middle of next week I'll be able to take pic of cornflower blue one and that's roughly the time I hope to be done adding material to my sandbox2. PumpkinSky talk 23:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I've moved my Yogo sandbox to mainspace. Posting to Montanabw's and Tim1965's talk pages. A few thoughts:
Hello! Your submission of Valentina Babor at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Marrante (talk) 09:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a solo viola part in Bach's cantata Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 has been described as "the cleansing motions of some prototype baroque washing machine"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for supporting the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 12:04, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valentina Babor, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valentina Babor.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:37, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
We're in a bit of a pickle in the Wagner discussion page. The issues concerns what can be in the introduction and what not, should it be shortened and are the chapters in the right order? At the Wagner discussion page there is Edit War solution topic and at the end of it some courses of action that I was requested to list. Please help, it seems that the few old hags (me included) don't want to come to any conclusion. Just take fast look. Thank you User:Major Torp (talk) 14:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Again the usage was worked out in several CfD discussions. It is for church buildings built in the specific century. Could the category introductions be more informative? Yes. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:07, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Well you do great work with the cantatas and such so keep it up to! BTW if you ever have some red links you want filled give me a bell. I'll try to add some content to them not sub stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Will definitely make a start on that later, although I will need some help with the translation! But I think I should be able to make a decent start..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:24, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Getting a bite to eat now, will start this evening on the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:14, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Started. Needs proof reading though from German wiki. You may wish to link the other colleges/campuses in German names rather than English though. Plenty of hits in google books in German.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Include it in the Kammerling DYK if you like, save another nom, although it could do with more sources and improvement. Most sources are in German in google books! Don't mind as long as I get the credit for the Hochschule article! Will start Susanne Rode-Breymann tomorrow. Regards. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the bouquet! I actually play a lot of Bach myself on the classical guitar. I'm very into jazz and blues too. Bach, Chopin and Liszt I love on the piano, I was classically trained on the piano until Grade 6 and then gave it up for guitar! I'm relearning the piano again now, particularly jazz piano.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:06, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Best way I think is to create the articles! Starting a few shortly.. BTW do you like Scarlatti? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:40, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry just been playing Tommy Emmanuel's version of Classical Gas on my acoustic! Right I'm back. Do you want the category Mozarteum or the full name with Salzburg in it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Most excellent, you have a great voice then I gather? Ploughing through the Hochschule bios now... They might be a bit rough around the edges to begin with, but we need some raw power to get these started! BTW Category:Mozarteum University of Salzburg alumni and faculty already exist... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Good grief, that's a lot of missing articles... !♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Just an expression, that's all at what is missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:23, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Great job on Siegfried Strohbach!. More to come later..♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Will try to start some more this week, sorry for the delay.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:17, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your corrections and the orientation! --Tlilmiztli (talk) 00:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Allen3 talk 00:14, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist and there are issues with referencing. Could you please see my comments and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:06, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Brown (tenor), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that tenor William Brown, who performed for presidents Kennedy and Johnson, created the role of Lieutenant Jean l'Aiglon in Hugo Weisgall's Nine Rivers from Jordan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Brown (tenor). If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:10, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the first stanza of the hymn Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, asking the Holy Spirit for the right faith most of all, is documented in German in the 13th century, and the later three relate to faith, love and hope? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Did you see I hit the jackpot? I finally came up with a DYK hook that mentioned four of the five keywords to get sure-fire traffic! I'm only missing the N-word! I have to say, I'm really proud of myself. If only I had a photo to make sure it was #1 on the list... but alas, there is nothing on Commons. If I weren't so far away, I'd go there myself to take a photo. Ah, well. I wrote so many hooks, they'll have a ball deciding which one to use. I could write 10 more without even trying, but that would only add to the risk that they won't pick the jackpot hook. Mal sehen..... Marrante (talk) 22:18, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hallo Gerda,
I know I'm in for it each time I notice you've made some welcome changes in the spelling of the German quotes in the French version of the cantatas... Fair to say, I didn't pay much attention to the "cut and paste" I made from the Norwegian pages since it's XVIIIth century or even earlier German and I can't tell what's wrong from right, my knowledge of German being what it is alas...
Bis bald und Tchüss. LouisAlain (talk) 00:06, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the melody of the closing chorale in Bach's cantata Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, is doubled by the horn, two oboes and the first violin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:02, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Stewart (tenor), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that John Stewart, a regular tenor with the New York City Opera and then the Frankfurt Opera, recorded the part of Oronte in Handel's Alcina opposite Cristina Deutekom in Carnegie Hall in 1974? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Stewart (tenor). If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:02, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Der Handschuh (Waterhouse), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the composition by Graham Waterhouse Der Handschuh (The Glove) for cello and speaking voice, after Schiller's ballad Der Handschuh, is designed for one performer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Der Handschuh (Waterhouse).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
See T:DYK/Q. Yogo sapphire is in queue 1 and should appear as the lead dyk with photo at 11am today, eastern US time. I think this is the best new article I've ever worked on and truly appreciate all the help. PumpkinSky talk 10:56, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, can you expand?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Halunkenpostille and Blake Stern too..♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:10, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Try again.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Olga Virezoub has attracted notability/deletion tags unfortunately.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Can you expand on his military years: years of service, when captured, when released, military job, etc? Also, Hudson points to dab page, which Hudson? PumpkinSky talk 21:19, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I forget. Lately, I have spent too much time on the article Billy Graham. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 12:36, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
OK, I've listed this for GA. It's the only one in it's category. Any help would be appreciated. We should look at its current state with GA-level in mind. I don't have any experience to speak of at this level, so help would be great. I think we need to expand the lead. PumpkinSky talk 20:05, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98, begins with the same stanza as the earlier chorale cantata, BWV 99, but continues differently and even seems to lack the regular closing chorale? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Well you do great work with the cantatas and such so keep it up to! BTW if you ever have some red links you want filled give me a bell. I'll try to add some content to them not sub stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Will definitely make a start on that later, although I will need some help with the translation! But I think I should be able to make a decent start..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:24, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Getting a bite to eat now, will start this evening on the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:14, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Started. Needs proof reading though from German wiki. You may wish to link the other colleges/campuses in German names rather than English though. Plenty of hits in google books in German.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Include it in the Kammerling DYK if you like, save another nom, although it could do with more sources and improvement. Most sources are in German in google books! Don't mind as long as I get the credit for the Hochschule article! Will start Susanne Rode-Breymann tomorrow. Regards. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the bouquet! I actually play a lot of Bach myself on the classical guitar. I'm very into jazz and blues too. Bach, Chopin and Liszt I love on the piano, I was classically trained on the piano until Grade 6 and then gave it up for guitar! I'm relearning the piano again now, particularly jazz piano.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:06, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Best way I think is to create the articles! Starting a few shortly.. BTW do you like Scarlatti? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:40, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry just been playing Tommy Emmanuel's version of Classical Gas on my acoustic! Right I'm back. Do you want the category Mozarteum or the full name with Salzburg in it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Most excellent, you have a great voice then I gather? Ploughing through the Hochschule bios now... They might be a bit rough around the edges to begin with, but we need some raw power to get these started! BTW Category:Mozarteum University of Salzburg alumni and faculty already exist... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Good grief, that's a lot of missing articles... !♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Just an expression, that's all at what is missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:23, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Great job on Siegfried Strohbach!. More to come later..♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Will try to start some more this week, sorry for the delay.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:17, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Wow, great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:45, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Thankyou for your kind words, well they are a start at least and identify more notable missing biographies!. Will create those later, gracias. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:50, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Both done, although Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste needs some translation cleanup at the bottom.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Can you check the wikilinks in Roland Kluttig? Also Landestheater Coburg needs translation from de wiki. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:36, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar |
Thank you so much for telling me about WikiProject:Germany! For this I give you the Special Barnstar. Jonathan is me (talk) 20:08, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Thanks so much for your help with Hülfensberg--I've given Mandarax one too so you can toast each other. You two have done a great job with the article and the DYK nom. Prosit, Drmies (talk) 20:49, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, please check over my edits on BWV 62 to make sure I haven't destroyed the article, and see my comments on the DYK nomination page. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:39, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that piano students of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover won more than 100 prizes at piano competitions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karl-Heinz Kämmerling.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 18:38, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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PanydThe muffin is not subtle 18:39, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
On Commons, von ihre Nachbar in Oesterreich File:Hauhechel-Bläuling, Polyommatus icarus Paarung 1.JPG, stunning picture, it was today's picture of the day on Commons. PumpkinSky talk 00:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
It looks like there are some good source sites available. I'll try to get a works table in place later today ... Scarabocchio (talk) 11:42, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reinhard Febel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Reinhard Febel composed an opera on Caspar Hauser, Sekunden und Jahre des Caspar Hauser, which premiered in 1992 at the Opernhaus Dortmund? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reinhard Febel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 20:10, 28 November 2011 (UTC) 16:03, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
Great stuff!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:01, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Funny you should mention Lotta Lenya, she used to work for my organization.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the scoring in Bach's cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, based on Luther's chorale for Advent, is said to be simple because Advent was a "season of abstinence"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady (talk) 18:41, 29 November 2011 (UTC) 08:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 2 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Siegfried Strohbach, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Siegfried Strohbach composed a program of music for Advent for the Knabenchor Hannover, performed today at the Marktkirche (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siegfried Strohbach.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Moving the page Marktkirche while it was on Main Page was not very smart of me, to say the least. Sorry for that.
Regarding the name of the page, there is no real consensus for naming churches. French and Spanish churches are often translated. Italian and German churches are not. Some prefer the full official name. Other prefers given names or even shortcuts like "Cathedral of MyCity" although the Diocese and the City do not always bear the same name. Others name the page after the order who founded the church (Jezuientenkirche, Piaristenkirche,...) even if it is no longer run by a religious order. Other use Google to count occurrences of the different possible names. Not really a battle worth fighting for if the full name (i.e. dedication and religious statute) is given in the article. In this case, Marktkirche was the name chosen by English scholars to make this church stand out in a list. I can imagine it is difficult to write a book on Gothic architecture with roughly half of the churches dedicated to the Apostles and the other half to the Virgin Mary. Variety is mostly welcome ;-) I would suggest to keep it that way.
However, English location is always translated.
That's why I favored the English Hanover over the German name and kept Marktkirche. Hope this helps. --Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk) 13:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I found a strange sort of pleasure trying to connect the current "canonical" names of the French opera companies to their WP pages from the Réunion des Opéras de France article. In a moment (or fifteen) of madness, I wondered if the same could be done for the German opera theatres. The MIZ site [9] lists 120 theatres with permanent ensembles for Musiktheater, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scarabocchio/21c for the current matches.
I blame you for making me look at this! ;-)
Scarabocchio (talk) 18:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, I appreciate the advice. It's been a while since my last trip to DYK, and I seem to remember things being a little more lax. ;) Since I plan on bringing the article to GAC in a couple weeks, perhaps this is the kick in the pants I need to really get started. Were I to double the length as you suggest, then move the nomination to the 28th, would you be able/willing to re-review it? María (yllosubmarine) 14:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Fritz Grasshoff at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Binksternet (talk) 08:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, on the case!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Its ridiculous how much is missing. How were we missing Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:07, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm off now. Have some important RL stuff to do tomorrow so will be back Tuesday most likely unless I have time tomorrow evening!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hans Krieger, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hans Krieger, an award-winning German essayist, influential in papers such as Die Zeit, wrote the text for a Christmas cantata by Graham Waterhouse that premieres today? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hans Krieger.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda- I wonder if you might know anything about the Zürcher Kammerorchester and/or its founder and long-time leader Edmond de Stoutz. I was surprised to find not only no article on de Stoutz, but virtually no mention of him anywhere here on Wikipedia; nor, to my even greater surprise, nothing at either de: or fr:. In the meantime I have posted a similar question at the talkpage for Zurich Chamber Orchestra, but probably no one ever looks there. Possibly a new project if you've run out of other stuff to do. :-) Milkunderwood (talk) 17:36, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
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For all the great work in getting Yogo sapphire to Good Article, my first. Thanks to users Dreadstar, Montanabw, Tim1965, Mike Cline, and Gerda Arendt! PumpkinSky talk 01:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Gerda, I just finished upgrading the article on the impressive (in my opinion) Fürstenzug here in Dresden but one question remains: How do I call the "Fürsten" who actually are Margraves, Electors, Dukes and Kings? In English the Fürstenzug is called "Procession of Princes" but I guess they cannot all be called "Princes" (?). Specifically, what term should I use in the headline (right now: Rulers) and the caption of the third picture (... the first ruler on the procession)? Maybe you could have a look at the article, especially the header? Thank you very much. --Linear77 (talk) 16:08, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you check this for me?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:08, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Just a note, I approved your DYK nomination for Colin Mawby, but I suggested an alternate hook in case you want to weigh in on it. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:21, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fritz Grasshoff, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that painter and poet Fritz Graßhoff (pictured) published the collection of poetry Halunkenpostille in 1947, made money with hits for singers Lale Andersen and Hans Albers, and translated poems from Latin and Swedish? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fritz Grasshoff.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 9 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Colin Mawby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the prolific composer and Westminster Cathedral conductor Colin Mawby said, "I cannot write choral music unless I work with choirs ... I have to write for particular people"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Colin Mawby.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda-
If you have a free moment I wonder if you might look at a question I've posted at Talk:Lyric Pieces#Piece Listing near the bottom of that section, having to do with the word "einsam". I've also asked User:Jerome Kohl to look at it but he hasn't yet responded, and as a native speaker you might possibly have a keener sense of the distinction I'm looking for. Thanks for any help you can give. Milkunderwood (talk) 22:57, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you translate this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:24, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
Found online copy of the article. See my talk page. Can you translate it? Your Englisch is better than my Deutsch. It has a detailed account of the bombing. PumpkinSky talk 14:13, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Voltaire's tragedy Olimpie premiered in 1762 and Henze's opera Elegie für junge Liebende in 1961 at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schlosstheater Schwetzingen.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tonhalle (Zürich), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Tonhalle, a concert hall in Zurich praised for its acoustics, was inaugurated by Johannes Brahms conducting in 1895? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tonhalle (Zürich).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, Please see [[12]]. --Peter cohen (talk) 01:10, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Ruhrfestspiele at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ruhrfestspiele, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the annual European theatre festival Ruhrfestspiele (main venue pictured), which collaborates with companies such as The Old Vic, originated in a coal shortage in 1946? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ruhrfestspiele.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your encouragement!
I have rephrased 'unite' to 'bring together', at least for now.
Schöne Grüße Guffydrawers (talk) 12:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
I see you changed the order of the German and English Kunst gegen Kohle <> Art for Coal because
"term original in German, can't be changed because it doesn't fit English"
German and English are doch similar, I believe.
Kunst gegen Kohle means I agree to give you art if you give me coal. It is a barter.
Art for coal means exactly the same as Kunst gegen Kohle.
It is normal everyday English: 'x for y'
For example you could create a sign with poetry for pizza which would be understood as I will give you a poem if you give me some pizza.
Or have I misunderstood your comment? Regards Guffydrawers (talk) 20:58, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
First, thank you very much for all the contributions you make to Wikipedia. I am in awe of people like you, and I will certainly defer to you in this matter. However, I did want to clarify my point about Soli Deo Gloria. The phrase represents an important theological proposition in Lutheranism, which is that individuals should not be given glory, but that all glory should be given only to God. It is one of the "five solas" of the Protestant Reformation: Sola scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo gloria. The translation "To the only God glory" misses the theological point. This is not just about what the Latin means, it's about what the phrase means in Lutheranism. And what it means is that only God should be given glory for the work that Bach did. It was a sign of his humility. DanSLCL (talk) 11:16, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Gerda,
Thanks for the review and for pointing out the problems with the wording. I've fixed them and a few others. I still have to add some information on the music and the critical reception but will delay until after the DYK appearance as I'm bound to introduce some more linguistic infelicities.
So did you see Dr Ox in Dortmund? Or was that after your time there?--Peter cohen (talk) 16:59, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Fyi information the Bryars and Morrison pieces for the ENO programme are also online at [13]. I haven't done a verbatim comparison of the text but most references should be checkable there.--Peter cohen (talk) 17:07, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
History2007 (talk) 20:28, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Martina Koppelstetter and I just have an issue with the hooks (interest factor, mainly). Could you respond on the nomination page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:51, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Seasons greetings Gerda. Can you proof read this? I seemed to pick something up about a second venue and bankruptcy but not sure I got it right.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:16, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Also started Alexander Zakin. No article on the Sonatas of Brahms?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:42, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Martina Koppelstetter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that mezzo-soprano Martina Koppelstetter has recorded Lieder by Rudi Spring for BR, Bavarian Radio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Martina Koppelstetter.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you offer any assistance with sources for Froebel star, as discussed at Template:Did you know nominations/Froebel star? This is a nice Christmas hook (DYK can't be only about Bach cantatas, you know), but it would be improved by some more reliable sourcing about the Fröbelstern as a German holiday tradition. The article creator (Pgallert) is in Namibia and the DYK reviewer (me!) is in the United States, so both of us are somewhat handicapped in our access to sources.... Can you help? --Orlady (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Gerda, In view of the problem the other day correcting some of the DYK hooks before they went on the page, I wonder if you have ever considered becoming an Administrator?--Peter cohen (talk) 11:32, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Thanks for the corrections about the DVD of the J.S. Bach Foundation.
However, I don't agree with your comment "it's on bach cantatas like the others". This recording, as well as all the other recording in the collection, is part of a very large project: performing all of Bach's vocal work within a time-frame of around 25 years. Moreover, the J.S. Bach Foundation does not only play the music. Every concert (one per month) includes a workshop on the evening's cantata plus a reflection lecture on the text (which are also on the DVD). So it is not just any recording. Someone who would like to learn about the piece, to get to know it really in depth, not just on a musical level, might be interested to know this offer exists.
The website is www.bachstiftung.ch .
Please tell me how to make the most important parts of this info appear in the listing.
Kind regards, Polqay (talk) 14:29, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Sandström), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jan Sandström composed the Motorbike Concerto, and a setting of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen for two choirs a cappella: one in four parts, singing Praetorius, and the other in eight parts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Sandström (composer).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Seasons greetings Frau Arendt. Can you proof read Hans-Christoph Rademann and see that the choir names etc are correct and linked?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:17, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
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I've added more to Polly's article and created Polly Bemis House. Care to help? I'm trying to find more on the period 1933-now. There's very little. Asking Montanabw too.PumpkinSky talk 21:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the opening chorus of Bach's Christmas cantata Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133, is thought to persuasively express "the essence, the exuberance and the sheer exhilaration of Christmas"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
...and a very Happy New Year, Gerda! Thanks so much for all your hard work this year. All the best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:09, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Entschuldigen aber ich habe keines umlaut Tastatur (ist das das richtiges Wort fur "keyboard")? Foto kommt aus Baden_Wurttemberg.PumpkinSky talk 12:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Léontine de Maësen, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Georges Bizet dedicated his song "Rêve de la bien-aimée" ("Dream of the beloved") to the Belgian coloratura soprano Léontine de Maësen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Léontine de Maësen. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 16:02, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bach's earliest surviving Christmas cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, which is scored lavishly but has "no music for the shepherds or for the angels", was performed in the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 16:02, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
No credit for Taksen and myself for Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:18, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
That's OK Taksen got his, I only started it on about 1kb I think, so I'm not bothered. Merry Christmas BTW!!
Nah its OK, but Taksen definitely deserved his credit, I see he now has it. But if you are nominating anything in the future let me know and I'll to add more to make it worth me being credited...♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Nice job, whose talk page though should I watch?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:06, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
Hehe, I would help with Dresdner Kammerchor but all the sources in google books showing up are in German!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you proof read Ahasverus Fritsch?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:39, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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For your work on Bach cantata articles, I hereby award you this barnstar! :) ♫GoP♫TCN 16:35, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 25 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Bach's earliest surviving Christmas cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, which is scored lavishly but has "no music for the shepherds or for the angels", was performed in the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:11, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
User:PumpkinSky/Articles, I've made this fancier, copying some from your setup.PumpkinSky talk 22:47, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
That was very quick and very kind of you, thank you :-) Poliocretes (talk) 20:26, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your edit on Gerhard Zimmer (archaeologist). Reading the article on de:Germanik when I was translating, I had the feeling that Germanic studies didn't quite translate properly. So thank you for your quick, subtle, and valuable edit. You are the paragon of edit ninjas. − Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 02:52, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jean-Vital Ismaël, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that French baritone Jean-Vital Ismaël (caricature pictured), who sang in the premieres of Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles and Gounod's Mireille, had left home at age 16 to become a street singer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jean-Vital Ismaël. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
I found the Bach cantata article very useful – I'm well aware that it represents lots of your time. I also notice that you've made important contributions to other related article. Keep it up! Best wishes Aa77zz (talk) 15:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mikenorton (talk) 16:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
I started a number of red links in the above article today which might interest you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Hehe, all hiding at the bottom!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:38, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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The article Noel F. Parrish that you -researched, developed, and substantially contributed to has reached the Good Article status. Thank you for your work here. PumpkinSky would like to award you the GA Editing Barnstar. |
We have someone looking at this for FAC preparation. Casliber is commenting on the article talk page. PumpkinSky talk 12:56, 31 December 2011 (UTC)