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June music

story · music · places

Would you have a hook for Bach? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:49, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

I am guessing that your question refers to a DYK nom for Bach, but I cannot find one on the nominations page. Link please?. Storye book (talk) 09:35, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

This is a question before even nominating. Check out author's idea here. You could nominate ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

I would be happy to nominate, and to adapt the suggested hook to fit, and I have now prepared two reviews (extra one for backlog) for the nomination. But - is this for normal DYK, or for another section of the main page? I have never contributed to sections other than DYK, so I am not sure where to put this nomination for the anniversary? Does this count as a normal DYK? Storye book (talk) 11:40, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

It's normal DYK. The article became eligible (as GA) on 27 May, that date needs to be entered. A pic would be nice but not of old Bach (which we just had on the Main page on 30 May), but it would be hard to connect I guess. Good luck. You probably need only one review, - the template will tell you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a go. I'll use an adapted version of the suggested hook, but please give an ALT1, as you wish. Storye book (talk) 16:59, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Done. See template. It appears that only the boring picture has been definitely established to be J.S. Bach. If you like, I could add one of the "possible" pictures here, but I'm not sure that we would get away with titling it "possible portrait of Bach". What do you think? Storye book (talk) 17:38, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Better no pic of him, and others usually don't pass (while I think that there's no better image than any of his manuscripts). - Today's places: a day full of great discoveries, culminating in Oliwa Cathedral which was called a must-see by Graham Waterhouse (subject of my first article, filling a red link) who played the organ once. Dinner right next to the Abbot's Palace, where Penderecki had also been a guest. - Today's story: Bazon Brock spoke at an exhibition at Kolumba to honour Anna and Bernhard Blume on her 80th birthday. Did you know "An Anna Blume"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Michael Hampe pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Petr Eben pic? (per watchlist, no rush) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Hampe done. Storye book (talk) 08:55, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Eben done. Storye book (talk)

No, sorry, I had not heard of "An Anna Blume". But the English language has a lot of novels, poetry etc. which play with language, so I get what was going on with that Dadaist work in German (though I don't speak German). I wish I could read it in its own language. Storye book (talk) 09:22, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

the poem in German (listen!), - see what a translator gives you, - probably not that the grammar is intentionally wrong, such as "Ich liebe dir" instead of "Ich liebe dich" (I love you), with this rhyme: "Du liebes grünes Tier, ich liebe Dir!" (You dear green deer, I love you), and I wonder especially about the last line, "du tropfes Tier" ;) - Anyway, Anna Helming was pleased to marry Bernd Blume! (I wrote their article when he died.) Her parents were less pleased, and a great woman called Dada (I'm not making this up) made the parents change their minds. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I listened - really rather a musical sound - the way poetry ought to be. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 14:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Love-ly! - Charles Wadsworth pic? several in TNYT which I can see for a change. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Wadsworth done. Storye book (talk) 15:25, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, he's on the main page. The next one has a licensing problem - please watch for deletion at File:Pernorgard.jpg. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, I'll watch the File:Pernorgard.jpg. I'm puzzled as to why it's being deleted, because if one uploads a pic under an "own work" licence, then one does not have to send a permission letter. The only reason I can think of, is that the uploader has had a number of pictures deleted - so maybe admin thinks that they now have a bad reputation? But normally, each deleted image is dealt with on its own merits. I have asked a question at the village pump, to discover whether there is a reason for this. Update: I have been asked to open a deletion discussion, which I have done (see new tag on image filepage). Storye book (talk) 08:58, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Ah, we have an answer here. So it seems that they are normally an amateurish photographer, and that is why admin doesn't believe that they took that professional-looking photo. I had not thought to look at their past uploads. Silly me. Storye book (talk) 09:17, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Understand better, and no worries, - he's already off the main page, so no loss of an image to be feared while exposed. I want to add to this crazy opera where the conductor orbits around the performers, for a hopefully interesting DYK. Your Bach grave hook is already approved. I'd find more astonishing that his last piece was Et incarnatus est (which is about birth), or that now licensed "only Bach cantata printed in his lifetime" but think I'll let chances go. Tomorrow we'll have the Easter Oratorio, one day before Pentecost, that's crazy enough ;) - I decided not to work on Eugen Doga, - too long too glamourous too unsourced prose that would have to be changed, - life is too short. He got a new pic today, - do you think that 2011 is a likely date? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:31, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Haha - conductor orbiting around the musicians, eh. No more crazy than Tallis's Spem in alium where the conductor spins around in the middle of a circle of eight choirs - and gets the best acoustic spot. Not sure about the 2011 question. Are you saying that his career cannot be that long? Some of us have been dong stuff for longer than that. Storye book (talk) 09:42, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm saying that the pic doesn't look like typical person in his 70s to me. Pierre Toubert? - Even a photo req on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:15, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

I agree, although the date given on the image filepage (2012) and Flickr (2011) probably refers to the date when it was uploaded. A lot of uploaders make that mistake. They should really give the date of creation, if it is a photo or other artwork. I would guess that the sitter is around 50 years old because of the state of the facial skin, although the creator of the artwork (photo or painting?) has smoothed out the hand until it is shiny. If it is a painting, it could have been done from an old photo, when the sitter was actually much older. Or it could be a much-photoshopped photo. Who knows. But it depicts him when he was about 50 years old, I believe I can say that. Does that help? Storye book (talk) 11:39, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes. I wanted to add some time to the image, but not 2011 ;) - so I added nothing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

David Cordier? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:53, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Cordier done. Storye book (talk) 15:45, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

thank you! - sang today, woman in red --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Vladyslav Gorai, sad. CNN has pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:37, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Gorai done. Storye book (talk) 08:25, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Raymond Warren? - Can't see some of the sources, and the others don't have any location of birth and death.? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Warren birthplace done. Run out of time this morning, will do more later today. He may have been born as Goehr, who knows (?), but he was registered as Warren. Storye book (talk) 07:50, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Warren pic done. I cannot find a place of death for him. GRO index (death registration) details will not be published for free for at least a year, although one can apply - and pay for - for a certificate if he died in England or Wales. I cannot fine any news reports of his place of death. He was strongly connected to Northern Ireland, and may have died there - although my guess is that he died in Bristol. But please let me know if I can help with anything else on that article. Storye book (talk) 13:23, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I gave up on bringing him to RD, - too much unreferenced stuff. If you want to can reference everything and nominate, but today would be the last day, and it also needs supports. I'll be out for the day, so can't do anything in time for a nom. Improving anyway is of course a noble thing to do. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I see what you mean. I don't believe that I could bring the Warren article to DYK standard before the end of today, sadly, and I already have a lot of WP commitments to fulfil. I can always do the non-free-ID images for you (I find that job fun and relaxing, because it's easy and adds variety) but I have no time for major extra tasks at the moment. Storye book (talk) 13:52, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Understand. (Just: we talk RD, not DYK, - the article is way too old to be new enough for DYK.) We both have more important things to do, and that's fine. I had a great day outside, - pics to follow at some time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:59, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Alfred Brendel died. Sad. Someone brought the impossible pic back. I wish there was a chance to have a better one, - or none? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

I agree, it is not a flattering picture, and the other two on his Commons category page are no better. But unless we can find a better free image of him, we are stuck with this one. I dare not remove it from the article, because others will want it put back. So it's lose-lose. Maybe one day someone will give us a better free image. Storye book (talk) 17:41, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

The article was without pic until today, since April last year, and that worked better for me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:19, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Maybe you could speak to the editor who originally removed the picture from the article, or to the one who put it back? I would not dare remove the picture myself - too much chance of an edit war, which would not help us. Storye book (talk) 18:22, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Nobody removed it, - it was deleted for lack of license. - Stravinsky pictured on his birthday + Vienna pics - but too many who died + I have a "defiant" cantata up for GA --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:29, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

too many died, see my story and listen to Comfort ye (sung in German) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, too many. I have just listened to your Gorai link. Great last high note in that Handel recording! Any other soloist would have left the stage with a huge grin, but that guy was so modest, and the conductor had to grin for him. His death is a great loss to music. Storye book (talk) 08:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes to all. Did you see that I sang the praises of the conductor since I encountered her work last year? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Excellent article. She deserves that. Well done! Storye book (talk) 11:25, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

thank you! - today look at the autograph of Beethoven's last piano sonata and listen to the pianist who wanted to serve the compositions most of all - that's how I solved the pic question --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the link; I listened. I would like to have lived in the flat (apartment) underneath Brendel's. I could listen to that all day. He is really exploring the tone of that piano. It sounds as if Schumann were playing it (in my imagination). Storye book (talk) 07:42, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, cute! - I'll hear today's topic today, - you can listen before I do because it was streamed yesterday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

I never saw or heard an octobass and had it right before me, at the least its top ;) - Gertrud Leutenegger? (had no time for ibox yet) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:21, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Wow, you were lucky to get such a good picture of that octobass. Fascinating! Yes, I would love to hear that, too. Many decades ago, I saw on TV a black and white film of Monteverdi's Orfeo. One of the great Russian basses sang Charon. He was tall, robed and (I think?) with a long black beard. He stood on his boat close to shore, and leant on his pole, which was held vertically, and swayed with a partly-circular motion all the time, as if with the movement of the water. But the best thing about it was the perfect, rich and velvety quality of his voice. I have searched on YouTube many times to find that recording, but cannot find it. Maybe you or your researchers might know who that bass was? I would love to hear that again. Other performers of Charon don't sway like that, so that detail would identify the film. Storye book (talk) 09:30, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Leutenegger done. Storye book (talk) 10:17, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know your bass by the description. I'm much more into live opera than films, and that one was terrific on Komische Oper Berlin, - it was on YouTube for a while but removed, probably for copyright. Very crowded stage (all around the orchestra), Barry Koskie. - While you are of course invited to check out my recommendations any day, today offers unusually a great writer of novels that you know, music with light and a place with exquisite food. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

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Death of Abisay Cruz

Hi again.

Thanks for reviewing the DYK. Just writing to check if I have to do anything now with the DYK nomination. I've never nominated anything for DYK before and I can't really make sense of the instructions.

Thanks again Boynamedsue (talk) 17:22, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

As far as I can see, all is well with this nomination. You may find that another reviewer spots further room for improvement, but I have the nomination on my watchlist, so we can deal with that if it happens. I recommend that you, too, check your watchlist regularly, so that you can keep an eye on the nomination. Well done, so far! Storye book (talk) 17:33, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Right great thanks, so I just wait until someone promotes it to DYK?Boynamedsue (talk) 18:19, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, hopefully it will be that simple. Fingers crossed, eh. Cheers. Storye book (talk) 18:36, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

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Signed up, but will only have time to do a few. Storye book (talk) 19:29, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Eva Leigh artust - self portrait (1b).jpg

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This was created in error. Thank you for deleting. Storye book (talk) 08:21, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

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I restored it to the noms page awaiting review - my DYK would be that his last composition was Et incarnatus est, but it's not in the article, and most of our readers would not notice that's it's quirky. - A friend had questions on Bach's talk that let me wonder if the article should be a GA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the restoration. So now, what would you like me to do? Storye book (talk) 20:17, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Add the Et incarnatus est to the article ;) - find something else, or use the EK hook. I am arguing Klaus König, and lost Gorai, - DYK doesn't want my hooks ;) - What did you always want to say about Bach, pictured? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I was tied up with other work, and neglected this. But people do seem to be resolving the issues now. Storye book (talk) 09:26, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

About the quirkiest things I know - as you know - is that he composed his Easter cantata simultaneously - mostly same music - with that birthday gift for some Duke, and later just relabelled the result as Easter Oratorio - and loved it. Only, that's not in the article (yet), and too long. We missed it for Easter ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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July music

story · music · places

Gilda Cruz-Romo pic? I'll listen to Andreas Scholl and Tamar Halperin tonight, so made her my story today. We (choir) just sang at the place on 9 June, - click on music. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Kafka's birthday again, 12 years after the one with the Google doodle. I admire the pictured flowers for blooming although it looks dry. It took a week to get the composer of Mission: Impossible to the main page. The concert I listened to was remarkable, pic added to the performer, - all songs in English, many traditional with her jazz-trained support. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Gilda Cruz-Romo done. Sorry for the delay, busy here. Thank you for the above messages. Storye book (talk) 08:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Out for the day. Easier to ignore Wild that way ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Check out my talk, - if you have little time, listen to Gilda Cruz-Romo in the final scene of Aida, if you have more read her article, and if you have still more check out my music, some sung with me in choir, some played by friends, all heard with friends. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Helena Tattermuschová pic? The cutest come with the NDM ref and here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Tattermuschová done. I think her friends will like that picture choice. Storye book (talk) 19:10, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

I like it! - Nicolai Gedda would have been 100 today. If you have little time, just listen to his flower song. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the link. I enjoyed listening to Gedda. Storye book (talk) 06:37, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - Today you can listen to what the DYK says. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

If you like Brahms, I recommend the streaming of yesterday's concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:58, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. My village has broadband issues at the moment - ok most of the time for editing, but difficult for streaming. But I did hear some of the beginning of the Brahms, and it's all brilliant - gorgeous sound - and the cellist has been listening to Jaqueline du Pre, I think (one of my heroes). So thank you for the link. Storye book (talk) 08:22, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

That will stay, be patient ;) - Today is Bastille Day, commemorated by a DYK as my "story" and a visit to the Bastille Opera in "music". I like the interview coming with the story, on the day before the big event, but for pomp and circumstance, the affair with 600 singing children and orchestra, and the singer dressed in the national flag, was also captured on videos, much slower. I remember that I didn't like the DYK, but for the event, it's not bad. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

I remember a 2016 TFA in today's story, in memory of 16 July 1916. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:55, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the link. That recording is beautiful. Storye book (talk) 08:04, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for listening and sharing my opinion. I wanted a woman, to match the story and Reger's preference, and Marga Schiml did it for me (better than Marga Höffgen on the more familiar recording). I found interesting piano version also. - Claus Peymann - could you crop the lead image, or find a better one? - Year after year I saw that embarrassing red link, and did nothing because so long, and now I have to do it in a day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Peymann done. It was not permissible to crop the existing Flickr image, so I used another free image. Hope that's OK. Storye book (talk) 09:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

I like it! Looks appropriately theatrical. - I wish I had five helpers to translate just a little bit more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Check out places for a great smile, - he had just stepped in to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, successfully! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Could you please get the first 2 pages from this score - title page and first of music - to the commons? FA plans. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Done (though not perfectly). See: File:JS and CPE Bach - Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild - title page (1).jpg and File:JS and CPE Bach - Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild - title page (2)..jpg. Important: please check the title and content of both filepages and correct the wording as required. If you need me to change the filenames, please let me know the correct filenames. You will also need to check the categorisation of both files. Storye book (talk) 08:35, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I think the titles don't need CPE, because he was just the copyist (of parts of the whole score), while Bach was the composer (and my well have copied the title and first page himself). The related title page is File:Title page of 1738 autograph of Easter Oratorio BWV 249 by J.S. Bach.jpg, so this title could be "File:Title page of autograph of cantata BWV 79 by J. S. Bach.jpg", and the other, following File:A page of 1738 autograph of Easter Oratorio BWV 249 by J.S. Bach (2).jpg, could be "File:First page of autograph of cantata BWV 79 by J. S. Bach.jpg". We could also follow the simple older models, such as File:BWV 1.jpg, but a bit more doesn't hurt ;) - In the description, I'd say "score" instead of script. I can do that myself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:46, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Done. I have moved them to Category:Musical autographs by Johann Sebastian Bach. Storye book (talk) 10:08, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! When I added the music page to the article, I noticed that it isn't the full page shown in the BD source. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

You are so right. That page is so very protected against copying (even though the pages are long out of copyright) that I had great difficulty in downloading the images. I had to do a screengrab in the end, which would normally mean that the page has to be no larger than my monitor size. But at that small size it would be difficult to read the music. So I had to enlarge it and just grab the top section which showed on my monitor. Sorry about that. If you can find a techie who knows how to grab the picture in its entirety, and it's big enough to permit you to read the music, then you will be able to replace the image. Storye book (talk) 12:42, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Understand. Adam Curden is my first helper for images. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Adding to that: I nominated for FAC, and reviewer missed US license tags for the two pics, - can you solve that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:04, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Link(s) please? Storye book (talk) 10:08, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

The two Bach pics (I thought you'd know) for Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, FAC linked from the talk. You may also know better to wright alts, - I tried. For the door, I wonder how to say - if wanted - that it's not the wooden original door which burnt. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:12, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Your alts are fine. I have added the information about the burned door to the image file on Commons. "The original door burned down, and was replaced by the door that you see in the picture". Storye book (talk) 10:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:36, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Three of "my" recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, one my story today, Gary Karr, and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who's birthday is today - coincidence ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:37, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Leon Schidlowsky? I may have asked two years ago, or not, - forgot. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Schidlowsky done. Sorry, I don't remember you asking for his pic before, but I forget stuff too, so who knows. Anyway, maybe there are more pictures out there, now. Storye book (talk) 09:51, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Peter Lockemann? --(forgot to sign)

Done. Storye book (talk) 18:44, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. - Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Congrats to your educational DYK! Matching that other, the pretty pictured octogonal school. I force myself to overlook the next one about the tenor. In case you have something to say to the no-story, there's a thread WT:DYK#not interesting? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. As for that thread, well, they already know what I think. Good luck with your next DYK. Keep up the good work. Storye book (talk) 18:55, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Today is Sunday, enjoy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

I hope you had a good day, today. Storye book (talk) 19:14, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes, good food, nice hike - between two downpours - listening to Walküre from Bayreuth (instrumental delight, conducted by a woman, singing less so), expanding Bach cantata up for FA a bit, getting ready for Bach's anniversary of death tomorrow ;) - thank you for having worked for us! - Haven't decided what to make my story tomorrow, the defiant piece BWV 227 - or a cantata premiered on the day and hasn't had a DYK, BWV 170 ;) - perhaps that's better, - also solo alto, could match Andreas Scholl. Did you see the funny pic I took of his wife? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

You have a great choice of stories this week. And there are some great countertenors out there right now, good enough to sing baroque and earlier music. We are so lucky to hear that. Storye book (talk) 20:56, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes! - For Bach, I picked BWV 29 in the end, ending on "peace" ;) - BWV 170 will turn 300 next year, so could be on DYK (if it improves) or OTD then. (Bach is there today, and I didn't know.) And the defiant 227 will always be good ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:38, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

I agree about the peace. Sigh. Storye book (talk) 09:29, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Love it! - I don't know who could tell someone that perhaps there may be different ways of telling a story, also about the wisdom of sticking to 2 comments per discussion to give others a chance, or peace ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Jahrhundertring remembered, with the picture of a woman who can't believe what she has to see --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:07, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

That's fascinating. Thank you for the link. I didn't know about that. Storye book (talk) 16:52, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Johann Sebastian Bach

On 10 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johann Sebastian Bach, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that many of Johann Sebastian Bach's manuscripts were lost because some of his family members did not care about preserving them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Sebastian Bach. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Johann Sebastian Bach), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 00:02, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Destubathon runs until the 16th of July

Hi, just a courtesy message to notify you in case you haven't seen the Wikipedia:The World Destubathon contest update in the last few days that we've decided to run the full month until the 16th of July. For those who have been too busy to contribute, we would love some help in reaching 4000 articles by Wednesday night! At present we're about 480 articles short!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:46, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you,, Dr B, I'll do my best. Sorry I've only managed one de-stub so far, because my local civic society wants me to produce a specific set of new WP articles in advance of them putting up new historical brown commemorative plaques on the same subjects around the town. (Luckily, all the subjects that they've chosen to commemorate are notable and fully citable). I've got one-and-a-half to go, so fingers crossed I can do a bit of destubbing before the end of July. Storye book (talk) 17:00, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

DYK for George Mearns Savery

On 27 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article George Mearns Savery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that George Mearns Savery was a pioneer of women's education in England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nancy Broadfield Parkinson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, George Mearns Savery), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:04, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

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DYK for Nancy Broadfield Parkinson

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August music

story · music · places

Fritz Lobinger pic? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

OK, will look later. Storye book (talk) 09:06, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Lobinger done. Storye book (talk) 11:05, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Great smile, thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:11, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Antonio Oteiza pic? - I listened to the B minor! ... with Tenebrae!! - Less uplifting: Template:Did you know nominations/Canto General (Theodorakis) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Oteiza done. Thanks for the links - I'm busy today, but will listen later. Storye book (talk) 09:11, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Some day I'd like to know if you see (in the nom) what I see: that someone generously permits someone else to review after striking all ALTs except someone's own? I wish I had a properly sarcastic reply. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

The last three stories were Bach's Mass in B minor (because I heard it, as you know), and two women! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:14, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, and I'm surprised that no-one else has called out that base behaviour. It has become tedious. They are obviously obsessed with your noms because they always dash to comment first. I always think that there is something amiss when people are obsessed, but in a negative way. It's not healthy. Thanks for the links, I'll look later. Storye book (talk) 09:02, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, and I understand the hesitance to deal with the behaviour because whoever did would be subjected to the same style. How about you just suggest an ALT? There are so many possibilities of saying something positive, like the tens of thousands in Greece, or the work in progress, instead of highlighting the coup. The whole problem was solved if someone just ignored my hooks. I wonder if - instead of talking about the collaboration of Bach and Picander, or Mozart and da Ponte, or Strauss and Hofmannsthal, we'd talk about some delay by some brutal force, - and we are on that level of importance. - What you also could do is strike ALT1b as almost hilariously unfit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing soul into the discussion!!! - Can't believe that I didn't ask for a pic for Harry Kupfer when he died, - I probably didn't know then about your magic gift. He'd be 90 today! I saw the performance mentioned in the 2018 DYK (and loved that), same for the one mentioned with Kateryna Kasper. Soul! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:41, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Glad to be of help, though I have not looked at the nom template today, yet. Kupfer done. Storye book (talk) 09:36, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

In the Canto nom, a hook I wrote just got approved (don't believe in miracles, rely on them ...). - Nice Kupfer image, thank you! - Salvador Chuliá Hernández pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Salvador Chulia Hernandez done. Storye book (talk) 07:15, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - Wolfgang Meyer pic? - Also: we have now File:AOteiza2019.jpg, and I think it would be better if the pic on the right was cropped away, and perhaps a bit less space on the left - unless that's another one that can't be changed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Meyer and Oteiza done. For Oteiza, see: his Commons category. Storye book (talk) 10:04, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, both lovely! - There's a discussion on the Meyer talk, in case of interest, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Today's story mentions four singers which I all heard, soprano (whose birthday would have been today) and tenor were soloists with my choir in Hannover, and alto and tenor (married, singers of NDR Chor) were the soloists in the Verdi Requiem of my choir in Idstein, in 2010. Enjoy listening to soprano in a Telemann aria, and also pics of a hike on a hot day above Lorch. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Today a great singer, pictured on my talk twice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Today's story has another singer who was a soloist in one of my concerts, DYK 10 years ago OTD, and I found today a youtube of an aria she sang with us, that same year. (Could we get a pic from the video, perhaps, or does she have to die first?) There's a story around it: Mela Tenenbaum was concert master, and wanted it fast; in the Saturday concert she played the soprano's tempo, and on Sunday she ran away, soprano following ;) - Our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sang Dona nobis pacem (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. - Pics of festive days lead to a concert with Barenboim we experienced, - special memories. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for that. Sorry I can't do a non-free WP pic of a living person. However it is certainly possible to get a still from a YouTube video - you would have to get someone to do that for you outside WP, though. Storye book (talk) 11:42, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Aino Pervik pic? - sources have some --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:00, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Pervik done. Storye book (talk) 11:24, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - I nominated BWV 137 for GA and tried alt texts, but am sure that you could do it better, especially the person's face ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I would normally be happy to crop an article ID picture to show just the face and hair, but in that case I think it's really important that the bands stand out, because they identify him as a Protestant (Lutheran?) priest, who were all very influential at that time.. Also, those old drawings of faces tend to be rather minimal regarding expression, so I'm not sure that it's worth the bother of making the face clearer. I would suggest that the bands tell us more about him than the face does.

I think the article text is fine, but I am confused about the word "intimate", because it could mean so many different things. I am guessing that it means that that section of the music is arranged so that it would work in an intimate setting, i.e. a tiny group of musicians could perform it in a tiny room, for a tiny audience. But is that what it really means? Maybe the meaning could be clarified? Storye book (talk) 10:32, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for a lot! (... while I only asked for better alt texts ...) - No crop intended. I think that "intimate" was a word used in a source but am not sure (Mincham probably). Is there a better one? Intended meaning: here comes the opening chorus about the King of Glory, three trumpets and timpani, and the closing has the same with independent parts on top of the voices, quite unheard of in a cantata for a simple Sunday, but the most important message comes in the centre, with just two voices and two oboes, about "künstlich und fein dich bereitet ("who artfully and finely made you") (as in the B minor the center is for Et incarnatus est and Crucifixus). So I think, intimate may be right after all. "subtle"? or what? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Ah, I see. But the word "intimate" is still not clear on its own, for either musicians or the great unwashed. I agree it could well be a good adjective for the way that the piece is designed at that point, but it still needs all that explanation. You could perhaps repeat your above explanation, saying that [name of writer] has used the word, "intimate", to describe that middle section. Then the reader can get the meaning, and maybe understand why Bach did that? Storye book (talk) 12:34, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, some day. 3 days with guests, then concert, then a friend's birthday, all pleasant! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

You are doing better than me - several weeks of intermittent broadband, and I have much work to do on WP. I get a lot of time to make cups of tea ... Storye book (talk) 13:25, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Kai Bumann? - He once had a pic but it was deleted. - My story today has another detail from Jahrhundertring. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:34, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Bumann done. Storye book (talk) 11:23, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! - On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:00, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

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