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The new
Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel,
listing 420 compositions,
was introduced
at a festival
celebrating Abel's tercentenary
in Köthen.
(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)
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2024
I made two cards for the transition from 2023 to 2024:
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Bach composed
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht,
BWV 134a,
as a congratulatory cantata
for the court of Köthen,
first performed
on New Year's Day 1719.
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A German theologian wrote
"Vertraut den neuen Wegen"
(Trust the new ways)
to the melody of
Lob Gott getrost mit Singen
(Praise God confidently with singing)
to be sung at a wedding in Eisenach
shortly before the fall of the Wall.
A little child, a little lamb, on a backdrop of war and death: hoping for more peace in 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
These were my "stories" on 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2023. If you want to follow a daily sentence throughout the year, use {{User Gerda Arendt/Top}}, and for the calendar pictures and the music of the year, see User:Gerda Arendt/Images 2024. Let's stay inspired and connected. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
2024 · the anniversary of Bach's chorale cantatas
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![Die Fliege](https://web.archive.org/web/20240105135342im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Fly.gif)
2024 is the anniversary of the Achtliederbuch, the first Lutheran hymnal of 500 years ago, and - possibly related - Bach's cycle of Chorale cantatas 300 years ago. His works and the chorales on which they are based will be a focus for 2024. Ongoing are locations that played a role in my life, recent deaths, music heard and sung, composers, gardens. Watch my user page for articles, done in collaboration. Compare 2023 for the amazing number of users who began and expanded articles. Thanks also to reviewers, and I do plan to review more and write less, and in writing, focus more on quality than the little daily article.
2024 talk begins at #Have a happy New Year, Gerda!, 2024 calender pics and musical events begin here, and the 2024 diary of my own pictures of places, songs, food, flowers ... will come here, - just watch those lists if you are interested.
My talk goes like this: on top there's the "story" related to the day. Right here you see the image of the month with songs of the month, typically related to meetings with friends who gave them to me. Below are three boxes, often one for people remembered and two for musical experiences, performing or listening. In these boxes, topics related to the top story and topics featured on the Main page appear bold. I archive from time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
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From 2023
Women in Red January 2024
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--Lajmmoore (talk) 20:17, 28 December 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging
ITN recognition for Rebekka Habermas
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ITN recognition for Heike Matthiesen
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Unknown melody
Hi Gerda, do you know, what's that piece Jörg Widmann plays in the video on the piano? In the Maze: The Musician Jörg Widmann on YouTube Grimes2 (talk) 16:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think it's from a Mozart piano concerto, possibly one in a minor key (not many). That's all I have time for right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Have a happy New Year, Gerda!
The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1(The Garage) 23:54, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, and a good peaceful 2024 also to you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Belated seasons greetings; great contribution
Belated Christmas greetings and happy new year. I have not sent my usual greetings this season. Coordinator work, preparing a talk for January 2 and real life have me quite busy. I just took better notice of User:Gerda Arendt/Stories. As always, this is another great contribution to the project by you. Donner60 (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, Donner60, and all the best for 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year
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Happy New Year! | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:34, 31 December 2023 (UTC) |
- Thank you for coming over, Ealdgyth, - please take my card from below, in hope of enlightenment. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year 2024!
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Happy New Year! |
Hello Gerda Arendt: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. |
- Thank you again, Raju! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Gerda Arendt!
Abishe (talk) 20:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, Abishe, - my card is below. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
Dear Gerda, I apologize for not replying to your thoughtful messages. December is usually a busy month for me; this one has been even more so, much of it because of my own doing! But I wanted to let you know that I did read them and that it means very much to me that you took the trouble to think of me, despite my occasional irascibility. (Within me the patrimony of my hot-blooded Italian forebears are ever in conflict with the expressive austerity of my Basque ancestors!) Thank you for everything that you do on here. My sincerest wishes to you for good health and much joy in 2024! :) —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your personal expression, and have a good curry time in 2024 - brief, off to the village fireworks to come. I just finished my pics of 2023, and it was a good harvest, in the end of many Christmas trees, angels, high water and a flaming sky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Have a wonderful New Year, Gerda!
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A year filled with music and song, food and friends, hiking and nature! |
Hi Gerda Arendt, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, prosperity, health and happiness. |
Netherzone, thank you for a lovely start in the new year, - see my "response" (written before I went to bed).
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year! |
Happy New Year from Martha and I! Appalachian Spring was one of many articles you helped me with this year, and I am beyond grateful for the support and time you've given me in my first full year as an editor. Here's to a new year of composers, compositions, and singers! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 00:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC) |
- Thank you for the personal greeting, and it's all my pleasure, MyCatIsAChonk. Igor and I. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
My 31 December card
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A German theologian wrote
"Vertraut den neuen Wegen"
(Trust the new ways)
to the melody of
Lob Gott getrost mit Singen
(Praise God confidently with singing)
to be sung at a wedding in Eisenach
shortly before the fall of the Wall.
(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)
A little child, a little lamb, on a backdrop of war and death: hoping for more peace in 2024! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Stephen Gould (tenor)
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Mentoring FAC
Hello @Gerda Arendt I am looking to bring the article Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Featured article status. I was wondering if you could act as my mentor. The article is about a member of the British royal family who was sent to Germany to take a title in his youth and later became involved in the Nazi regime. I don't think royal or political history is what you usually work on but I thought as you are from Germany you might be more familiar with the subject than some of the other possible mentors. Thanks, Llewee (talk) 17:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'll happily look (but not immediately), but then probably will recommend a peer review also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Have a good year in 2024
Make the music and keep up the good work! Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 15:04, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Peter, for coming over! Same to you! - I try. What do you think of my question here? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
I bestow this award to you, Gerda, for being an untiring teacher. Along with creating so many new music articles that the world can enjoy, you also share with me (and others) interesting anecdotes about the music and your life. I really appreciate the learnings from the messages you leave, and as a token of my thanks, this barnstar is for you. Rosiestep (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC) |
- Thank you, Rosie, that's very original and touching! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel
On 5 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the new Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, listing 420 compositions, was introduced at a festival celebrating Abel's tercentenary in Köthen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel), 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.
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Hermann Baumann (musician)
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A thought
Johann Heinrich Walchs funeral march would make a page worth having. Moonraker (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Macht hoch die Tür
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