User:Gerda Arendt | |
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Born | Idstein, Germany |
August 2, 2009
Other names | User:Gerda the Notorious Infoboxen wikiCriminal[1] |
Education | Technische Hochschule Hannover |
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Criminal penalty | Arbcom sanctions on parole until 30 November |
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people, places, performances no foul, play on quality article improvement |
Did you know ...
- ... that the representation of waves and water in Bach 's cantata Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88, was termed a barcarolle?
- ... that a church's 1510 spiral of justice declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle"?
- ... that in Handel's Messiah
, Part II contains the famous Hallelujah Chorus and the oratorio's longest movement, the air for alto He was despised?
- ... that the hymn "Jesu, meine Freude" (Jesus, my joy) by Johann Franck and Johann Crüger mentions singing in defiance of the "old dragon", death, and fear?
- ... that "Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud", written by Paul Gerhardt after the Thirty Years War, was translated as "Go Forth, My Heart, and Seek Delight"?
- ... that in the structure of Bach's St John Passion
(first page pictured), the centre of symmetry is "Durch dein Gefängnis ...", expressing: "By your prison ... came our freedom"?
- ... that rehearsing Dvořák's Eighth Symphony, a conductor said: "Gentlemen, in Bohemia the trumpets never call to battle – they always call to the dance!"?
- ... that Karl Jenkins conducted the premiere of his Te Deum, "a joyous, theatrical piece", in the European Capital of Culture of 2008, Liverpool?
- ... that Johann Sebastian Bach reworked music from more than three decades earlier for the central piece Crucifixus in the symmetrical structure of his Mass in B minor
?
- ... that celebrating his fiftieth birthday, Graham Waterhouse played the cello in his compositions for string quartet, some with a solo instrument?
- ... that Bach has a trumpet tell God's glory in cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76,
but oboe d'amore and viola da gamba express "brotherly devotion"?
- ... that Bishop Franz Kamphaus opposed the pope, "convinced that our way of counselling women would save the lives of many more children"?
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- ... 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?
- ... that Bach used music of thanks from his cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29
, for his final Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace)?
Remember
Every editor is a human being,
and we need to consider regularly whether our view/approach to an issue brings out the best of humanity or not. (Geometry guy 28 February 2012)
Made my day
User:Gerda Arendt has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, Rlevse 02:50, 3 August 2010 (UTC) |
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Did you know ... that in 1968, the German artist Bazon Brock created a sign in the style of a high voltage warning saying "der Tod muß abgeschafft werden ..."?
- death must be abolished,
- this damned mess must stop.
- He who speaks a word of
- consolation is a traitor
- (History 13 February 2012, translation: PumpkinSky)
2015
For others
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Move
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- kept: 2 Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her · Schloss Weimar
- moved: 1 Horn (instrument) to French horn: new article on the former
Merge
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Care
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- ill · German Culture · May 2015
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