SusunW
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July music
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The story is today about the first published composition by Arnold Schönberg which I was blessed to hear. Listen, and perhaps read what Alma Mahler (to-be-Mahler at the time, to be precise, who was present at the first performance) said, and yes that was too much for the Main page ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting piece. Never heard of him or Alma. Thanks for helping me to learn something. All the blue flowers are gorgeous. Battening down the hatches. Early hurricane season taking off. We expect landfall perhaps on Friday. SusunW (talk) 14:45, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- You support what someone just said about readers not knowing the guy who invented 12-tone system. Alma had a cute limerick DYK (not by me), and was topic of a Rheingau Musik Festival concert last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Today's story is about a Bach cantata premiered 300 years ago OTD. - A meeting of two women - the occasion of the cantata - is pictured in our local church. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Lovely, lovely. SusunW (talk) 17:19, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you - such an unusual piece, treating Gregorian chant just like the chorales. - 3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021 which was about a woman ;) - It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. Proud to have had 2 women in green in June, and the third nom is in progress. - Yesterday, I found an abundance of chanterelles in our forest, enough to select some day by day, - never seen anything like it here in decades, - pics to come. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Me, I'm not on much right now. Beryl's trajectory is changing daily. First report was it would hit south of Campeche. Yesterday, closer to Mérida. Today between the two. Trying to prepare for the worst, and hoping for the best. Friends in Barbados say it was really, really bad. A few more things to prepare today and then just wait it out. Friday will tell the tale. SusunW (talk) 14:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hoping with you! - Beryl was a topic in a German quiz meeting yesterday, DYK? (heard on the phone by someone who attended) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Still hoping! Libuše Domanínská, the subject of yesterday's story, would have turned 100 today, but I missed that ;) - Overnight, Tamara Milashkina became GA and Lando Bartolini went to the Main page. I made my story about his almost unbelievable career, from Luigi in Il tabarro in Philadelphia in 1968 (with a nod to Liberty) up to Calaf in Turandot in Beijing in 1999 ;) - 4 July is also the birthday of Brian Boulton who and who was a pioneer of a concise infobox in 2013. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- How was it? - Pictured on the Main page: Brian's Mozart family grand tour, my story today, and Mozart related to all three items of music on my talk: our 2023 concert, an opera in a theatre where a Mozart premiere took place, and those remembered, Martti Wallén, a bass, and Liana Isakadze, a violinist from Georgia (whose article would be better with more details about her music-making - any reviews, perhaps?). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:42, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- After all the preparations and stress, it ended up being just a soft gentle rain here. We were very fortunate, as so much damage occurred in the Caribbean and is occurring in Texas. That said, while we didn't lose power or internet during the crisis, we lost internet from Sunday through Monday, so once again, I am very behind in my work. I'll try to read through your links. SusunW (talk) 15:18, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Relief! - Found a bit more. Today's story is about her, which is a sad story in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, sad at the end but she certainly had a full and interesting life. SusunW (talk) 14:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, sad that she died, but what I meant is that the lead ended at 1988, ignoring that she had five great years with her orchestra from 1990, but then had to leave the people and direct a new group from abroad. Did you listen to her playing? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for explaining. Yes, I listened. Interesting piece. SusunW (talk) 18:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. Another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Love the piece. Cannot imagine why it mentions Satan, as the music itself does not seem chaotic or sinister. Also the butterfly on the thistle and the little deer are lovely. SusunW (talk) 14:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Baroque language became perhaps more alien to our times than that of 200 years earlier, but seems to have inspired Bach as it was, while for the c. 40 other chorale cantatas the lyrics for the inner stanzas was "modernized". - The dancer is on the Main page now. My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Mozart to me usually sounds full of pomp and ceremony. This one makes me picture a grand hall full of lots of people doing some sort of ceremonial presentation. The Offenbach video is interesting. Don't understand the words, but the keyboard was reversed, i.e. white keys black and black keys white on the harpsichord? Nice tribute to Kondratyeva. SusunW (talk) 14:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- She's my story today. What would you suggest for a DYK? Don't miss video ;) - Interesting what you say about Mozart because for me, he's rather for and about the individual soul, listen to Dove sono. On harpsichords, the black&white arrangement is normal. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I would suggest DYK be avoided. Honestly I am no good at coming up with hooks. I miss Yoninah. The video was lovely. She indeed floats. Listened to Dove sono, still seems like it is a grand production. Perhaps because opera is also theatrical? SusunW (talk) 13:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- I do DYK for the subjects (again, after having avoided it last year). - Yesterday I listened in concert to Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, with Sabine Meyer: a delight, and very intimate (yt with same people). - Today's story is about Ruth Hesse, with a pic in the article only, sadly. I found it difficult to point at a YouTube sample, because yes, her signature roles - the Nurse and Brangäne - exist in great full-length operas with great casts, but hard to find her. - Talking of YouTube: today I was pointed at Elijah by a friend who performed in the concert of the Dessoff Choirs in their centenary year, and I'm quite impressed by samples (beginning and No. 32 where I linked it) - enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- I would suggest DYK be avoided. Honestly I am no good at coming up with hooks. I miss Yoninah. The video was lovely. She indeed floats. Listened to Dove sono, still seems like it is a grand production. Perhaps because opera is also theatrical? SusunW (talk) 13:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- She's my story today. What would you suggest for a DYK? Don't miss video ;) - Interesting what you say about Mozart because for me, he's rather for and about the individual soul, listen to Dove sono. On harpsichords, the black&white arrangement is normal. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Mozart to me usually sounds full of pomp and ceremony. This one makes me picture a grand hall full of lots of people doing some sort of ceremonial presentation. The Offenbach video is interesting. Don't understand the words, but the keyboard was reversed, i.e. white keys black and black keys white on the harpsichord? Nice tribute to Kondratyeva. SusunW (talk) 14:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Baroque language became perhaps more alien to our times than that of 200 years earlier, but seems to have inspired Bach as it was, while for the c. 40 other chorale cantatas the lyrics for the inner stanzas was "modernized". - The dancer is on the Main page now. My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart again if you click on "music" ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Love the piece. Cannot imagine why it mentions Satan, as the music itself does not seem chaotic or sinister. Also the butterfly on the thistle and the little deer are lovely. SusunW (talk) 14:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
- I remember today Bach's 1724 cantata for this Sunday which is unusual in many respects. Another woman needs attention for RD, Marina Kondratyeva. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for explaining. Yes, I listened. Interesting piece. SusunW (talk) 18:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, sad that she died, but what I meant is that the lead ended at 1988, ignoring that she had five great years with her orchestra from 1990, but then had to leave the people and direct a new group from abroad. Did you listen to her playing? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, sad at the end but she certainly had a full and interesting life. SusunW (talk) 14:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Relief! - Found a bit more. Today's story is about her, which is a sad story in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- After all the preparations and stress, it ended up being just a soft gentle rain here. We were very fortunate, as so much damage occurred in the Caribbean and is occurring in Texas. That said, while we didn't lose power or internet during the crisis, we lost internet from Sunday through Monday, so once again, I am very behind in my work. I'll try to read through your links. SusunW (talk) 15:18, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Me, I'm not on much right now. Beryl's trajectory is changing daily. First report was it would hit south of Campeche. Yesterday, closer to Mérida. Today between the two. Trying to prepare for the worst, and hoping for the best. Friends in Barbados say it was really, really bad. A few more things to prepare today and then just wait it out. Friday will tell the tale. SusunW (talk) 14:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you - such an unusual piece, treating Gregorian chant just like the chorales. - 3 July is the birthday of Leoš Janáček, and I'm happy I had a meaningful DYK in 2021 which was about a woman ;) - It's also the birthday of Franz Kafka, and I uploaded pics from his family's album seen in Berlin. Proud to have had 2 women in green in June, and the third nom is in progress. - Yesterday, I found an abundance of chanterelles in our forest, enough to select some day by day, - never seen anything like it here in decades, - pics to come. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Lovely, lovely. SusunW (talk) 17:19, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Love his work! Actually I prefer black and white photos to color. They are far more interesting IMO. Yesterday I wrote about a woman who retired as a librarian, then bought and the ran a marina and wrote books for another 20 years. Today, if I can find the sources, I'm going to start to write her grandmother's story. SusunW (talk) 14:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! - Just a look at music (on my talk) shows remembrance of three people who died, and creating an article or improving one is all I can do. Three are on the Main page today, and three others planned ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Another look at music: three women there, - a sad record. The Main page also has a Mozart symphony I love, and my story is a 2016 hook. It was connected not only to Max Reger's death in 1916, remembered then, but also the death of a friend who - and we around him - knew he was dying when he listened to the concert which was his last time leaving home, and music from Reger's Requiem was played for his funeral three months later. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Reger's piece is lovely even though it is mournful. Sorry you lost your friend, but glad you got to share the concert. I just don't get Mozart. I listened but as always, it just seems so very "formal" for lack of a better term. To me, his is not the kind of music that makes one enjoy the free expression and excitement of the music itself, but always seems as if one should be sitting with correct posture in a proper concert hall. I am happy that you love him and that the world is full of unique people who can enjoy and appreciate different things. SusunW (talk) 20:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for understanding! I didn't say I love Mozart ;) - I love that piece (which he never heard played well during his lifetime) and some others, especially operas. - Our conductor, born the same day as Mozart, doesn't like him much, but made two exceptions for our programs: the Great Mass and the Requiem. And we sang the Sparrow Mass for services. Ave verum Corpus? Once a soprano from the choir died, and someone said that she loved the piece and we should sing it for the funeral, and the conductor said: "Well, if you think you can do it ... - I can, I don't have to sing." We couldn't - it was a mix of singing and sobbing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b had a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, improved much over the last days, could still grow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- The cantata was lovely and the other articles interesting. We had success last night! He was foraging in the garden and we actually managed 2 pictures. Introducing you to Opie! SusunW (talk) 14:33, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reger's piece is lovely even though it is mournful. Sorry you lost your friend, but glad you got to share the concert. I just don't get Mozart. I listened but as always, it just seems so very "formal" for lack of a better term. To me, his is not the kind of music that makes one enjoy the free expression and excitement of the music itself, but always seems as if one should be sitting with correct posture in a proper concert hall. I am happy that you love him and that the world is full of unique people who can enjoy and appreciate different things. SusunW (talk) 20:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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Opie, view 1
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Opie, view 2
- How lovely! Thank you. - Wolfgang Rihm, - a giant died, and the article grew, but could still use more eyes. I began one of his operas which was also given at Santa Fe. Can't read the NYT ... - August flowers to come, promised! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:39, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Phyllis Reeve pictures
editI'm only 98% sure this is the Phyllis Reeve you're writing about as "a woman who retired as a librarian", because you don't write anything about the peace doves the video is about, but the odds of there being two circa 90 year old Phyllises Reeve on Gabriola Island seem slim.
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Canadian historian and activist Phyllis Reeve in 2024
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Canadian historian and activist Phyllis Reeve in 2024
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Canadian historian and activist Phyllis Reeve in 2024
- Pick your favorite. (Or you can go to the YouTube video these are from and see if you can find even a better point to capture.) --GRuban (talk) 21:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- OMG! Thank you GRuban! Definitely think it is her. See this. I am about to finish her grandmother's article and was going to ask you about both of them. I have one photo of Richenda that was (last column) published in Australia in 1948. The guide says "Photographs (published or unpublished) taken before 1 January 1955 are in the public domain", but I don't know how that works with the 1996 US date. I also found a 1922 image of a multigraph machine. (No clue if it is the same type she had) If you don't think either of these will work, I thought you might be willing to ask Phyllis. SusunW (talk) 21:42, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Women's International Democratic Federation
editThe article Women's International Democratic Federation you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Women's International Democratic Federation for comments about the article, and Talk:Women's International Democratic Federation/GA2 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kimikel -- Kimikel (talk) 15:06, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
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August music
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Finally as promised! Today I have two "musicians" on the Main page, one is also the topic of my story, watch and listen, - I like today's especially because you see him at work, hear him talk about his work and the result of his work - rare! - I left a request to help with sources on WT:WIR, did you see? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Wow! That organ is gorgeous. Haven't seen your query, had very little time on-line today and that will probably hold through Friday. Real life stuff is interfering. SusunW (talk) 21:28, 7 August 2024 (UTC)