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Women in Red March 2024
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March music
image for Cecil Aronowitz? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. (nice flowers!) Storye book (talk) 09:37, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Peter Graeme - Looking at Talk:Vivaldi, I have the impression (again) that my English is not sufficient. Any ideas? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * congrats to the dyk - seen yesterday but it was a travel day, back from Munich where I finally visited the Cuvilliés Theatre and saw Mozart on stage! They play mostly plays there, if anything. I felt so lucky! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Peter Graeme done. Will look at Talk Vivaldi. Storye book (talk) 16:59, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I had a look at the Vivaldi discussion about infoboxes. Those people are tiresome, and your English in that discussion is fine. I think that the main issue there is that it is a very popular and important article, and very popular and important articles attract a lot of editors who become defensive against change. It's up to you, but I usually avoid that sort of article myself, for that very reason. Anyway, there are plenty of obscure musician-subjects which need your expertise, so I suggest going where you are happiest. Storye book (talk) 17:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC).
 * Thank you for looking, and perhaps you can also help me understand, because while I like to hear that what wrote makes sense, I have the feeling that I don't understand others. We can discard three discussions about infoboxes, because they ended with a consensus to have one (again, after 2013 and 2017). I was tempted to add it, but also know my reputation as an infobox monster, so was happy that Nemov did it, 8 January, in the edit summary requesting that changes should be made per WP:BRD. On 24 February, SchroCat removed the link to his works, citing MOS:FORCELINK. That wasn't a new idea, it came up for Rossini, but had not gotten traction there (at least I thought).
 * What followed was a series of reverts, Nemov, Nikkimaria, I, SchroCat, I, SchroCat. I tried to give explanations in the edit summaries, SchroCat demanded in his last that I go to the talk page. (I could have told him that he had been bold and reverted, so he should have gone to the talk page, but I had my generous day and went.) There we are. Nemov started a clarification on MOS:Infoboxes soon, and two editors said FORCELINK doesn't apply to infoboxes, and SchroCat doesn't (want to) hear that. Yes, I write my articles on smaller composers, but this annoys me enough to keep watching. SchroCat's first edit to the article was 5 November 2023. Yes, he made some constructive edits. I think that if any guideline prohibits the link from a composer to their works, the guideline should be changed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree with all that you say, and I don't think there is any more to understand. These are people who just want to control. I think you can achieve far more by creating more obscure articles. Obscure does not mean lesser. I just means that fewer people appreciate them, and that is the philistines' loss, not ours. And we can put infoboxes on those more obscure articles. Vivaldi can look after himself. He has millions of supporters and researchers all over the world. Travelling musicians, for example,  have so few outsiders to appreciate them, yet some of them in the past achieved so much, and worked so hard, and probably struggled terribly to feed their families. Leave Vivaldi to the trolls, and let's support those heroes who are yet unsung by the general public, yet they are notable enough for an article. And you are already doing that, better than anyone. Just my opinion. Storye book (talk) 21:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - it's of course the smoother way. I "sang" about Kelsey Lauritano, and then forgot to nominate in time. What do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I gave Kiri Te Kanawa a ref on her birthday. May she live many more years - the article had many problems and is still far from good. The 1971 performance in London changed my life because two of my friends traveled to be there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the links. I enjoyed the Lauritano article, and I'm pleased that Obama gave her a scholarship. I can't imagine certain other recent US presidents awarding opera scholarships. I was fascinated by the te Kanawa article. I had not realised all that about her background. Respect. Storye book (talk) 09:29, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Françoise Garner? - I'm not leaving Vivaldi, because first they came for Rossini ... - Te Kanawa: I meant the referencing. - Did you see the DYK nom for Lauritano, on the talk? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Storye book (talk) 18:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Bless you, you are brave for trying to protect the Vivaldi page. Meanwhile, I have a story for you (British humour alert). Recently I went to a large restaurant, which is will-known here. It has a resident pianist. He is the William McGonagall of palm court music, in that he has no inkling of rhythm, metre, beat, or anything in that department. On the contrary, he specialises in 1940s romantic film music and recent popular music, with much unexpected variation of speed, dynamic, tonality, key and tune. He works hard for his pay, and is very enthusiastic. British humour means that he gets a big smile and a tip. Bless. Storye book (talk) 18:20, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Saw the Lauritano. Yes, that needs dealing with. Will look later. Storye book (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Have you completed all your current QPQ reviews? Just asking. ;-) Storye book (talk) 11:15, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I offered more than I had to to, but several are waiting for responses from their authors, - they should be accepted before conclusion though. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I was referring to Hibiscus Rising? Storye book (talk) 16:48, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

3 lizards and 3 camelias - Hans Krieger? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Krieger done. But please would you check that this is the correct person? I could only find one picture, so I was not able to confirm identity. Storye book (talk) 09:57, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Will have to ask. Never met him in person, - yes I was at a concert when a work by him was premiered but he wasn't asked to come on stage. - File:Guy Touvron 9001.JPG - I think it's overly long without information; I'm also not sure if it pictures him in 2014 although that's the date on commons. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Krieger image confirmed! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Storye book (talk) 22:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Today, my story is a piece dear to my heart, still in memory. When I sang it first, a friend was in the audience with her husband who knew he was to die soon. She played a tape from the performance for his funeral. I may have told you before. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I uploaded vacation pics (from back home), at least the first day, - and remember Aribert Reimann. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Your story of your friend in the audience was very moving. She was lucky to have that music. And Reimann - he must have been a great man. I can't imagine what a modern version of lieder would sound like. I am used to the 19th-century version. You have to be able to hear the story very clearly - or at least you need to know the story beforehand. Singing 19th-century lieder is is an edifying experience. You go home and learn this rather plain song in a simple key, but when you sing it with your singing teacher, her accompaniment makes harmonies that change it into something extremely subtle and wonderful - other-worldly, almost. I don't know how you would create that effect with modern music. Storye book (talk) 20:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * You say that so well - and compare what the obituary writer from Gramophone said (and quoted) about Reimann getting singers to find new sounds for 19th-century songs by his playing. - I went to Medea in Berlin, and there he was during intermission, looking like his pic on Wikipedia. - The last three who died had a pic already, the soprano even two good ones! Wish I knew Russian. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:41, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't speak a word of Russian, although I know a few song names. But the Soviet musicians that I studied had a mindset that said any foreigner should be able to understand the songs in the same way that they understand instrumental music. They sang with great discipline, and their emotional expression did not depend on the words at all. Maybe they still do that, I don't know. The ones that I studied are all dead now, but their recordings are classics. Storye book (talk) 20:50, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for sharing, - interesting. - I was looking for someone to add to her bio, but gave up when I realised that the English text is taken word for word from the cited ref. Let's just keep quiet ... - Next day, around Porto da Cruz, on Bach's birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Wolfgang Fortner image? - If you go over WT:DYK you find two instances where I'd like help. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Fortner done. Storye book (talk) 09:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked at WT:DYK today, but could not find those instances by searching for your username on the page. Storye book (talk) 09:12, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the pic! - I'm sorry, it was too late, I meant WP:DYKN. The director is more important for me than the musicologist who had his time on RD. I don't have the language for saying that an opera productions is something unique and outstanding, not people doing their job. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining, and I understand it ... Any help with a different hook or using the source better in the article welcome, - I'm out for the day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Günther Leib pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:40, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Storye book (talk) 09:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you, like it! - a few new pics, and two people for DYK --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ... and still a few more pics, a calf in the mist and chocolate cake, and a story of collaboration - with thanks for yours! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I listen to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The St Matthew. Lovely. Perfect for today! I went to a "high church" Anglican church a few days ago, to photograph some sculpture. They had veiled the Madonna in purple for Lent, just like the Roman Catholic churches. Storye book (talk) 20:26, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Not Matthew, no, John, the earlier, bolder, more dramatic one. Am in my second listening (see link to my talk), with RIAS Kammerchor (YouTube). Did you see the latest images, with purple veils in the church and for the Jesus carried in procession. These wind band (saxophones!) and drums were quite impressive in the streets. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry, my bad. It has been a long day, today. The procession must have been lovely. Tomorrow there will be sunshine here in the morning, so I will see if I can photograph a local war memorial which has carvings on it. Then in the afternoon is the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. It is usually fun, but this year they must be careful, because the Thames is polluted with e-coli. Sad. Usually they throw the coxswain in the river afterwards, to celebrate, but this year they cannot - too dangerous. Storye book (talk) 21:00, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * How was the race? - Two days later in time, a different music, - Happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:16, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The race was both fun and sad. The winners (Cambridge) were fine athletes, both the male and the female crews. I wondered at first whether the Oxford male crew was ill-prepared, but after the race they revealed that some had been ill with (guess what?) e-coli, although tests at that point did not yet permit them to blame the privatised water company Thames Water, which (as I understand it) has for a long time been responsible for putting human sewage in the water. The water companies here are all privatised, and they need profit, so they are saving money any way they can, and are now charging householders a huge amount for water. We currently have a Tory government, and they don't like nationalising companies. So in my opinion, that situation is at least part of the problem. But on boat race day, that problem became much more visible. Now we wait and see what happens next. Probably not much. Storye book (talk) 08:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Euan Duthie, Lord Duthie
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The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024
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Reqphoto for Rikkyo School
Hi! I found that photos had been posted for the Rikkyo School main entrance. I was wondering if I could request specific images with the signage displayed more clearly, like in this view of Google Maps (maybe someone could use a wide angle lens). There are pics, but I'd like to see some with more quality.

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 * Thank you for your interest. I am not going there at the moment, but I may be able to organise it. It may take a while, and I cannot promise. Storye book (talk) 09:04, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2024
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Postcardcatfinder
Hello Storye_book, I see you are sorting the postcard in the Category:Postcards. Maybe you find my tool Postcardcatfinder useful. Many tanks for your help on this many postcards. And also for your uploads. --sk (talk) 16:31, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the link, Stefan. I'm not really sorting the postcards per se. I am just noticing that a lot of "my" uploaded postcards have been categorised "postcard", so I am just making those edits more precise. I shall make a note of your tool, and have a go with it in the future. Old postcards are fun, aren't they. They contain a lot of very useful information for the articles that I write for en.Wikipedia. Thank you for all the wonderful work that you do on Commons. Power to you. Storye book (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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April music
Kurt Equiluz pic? - better late than never, someone found a new ref. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Done. Storye book (talk) 16:24, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - Enjoying the womens' wit winning - as you suggested ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:32, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I like to see Appalachian Spring on the Main page today (not by me, just interested and reviewed), and I also made it my story. - How do you like the statue (look up places) - I was undecided so show three versions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Wow. That Appalachian Spring article is a serious bit of kit. Well done those editors. (I could not find a statue?) Storye book (talk) 18:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I said "look up places", no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Send me a link? Storye book (talk) 18:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I thought I come with my images long enough to abbreviate, that "places" means the link called "places" below the image, where I normally update but in this case - new month - it's new. Should I explain that "story" means the daily story, and "music" the three items on my talk that also change practically every day? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry, thank you, I have found it now. The pictures at the bottom of your page are not showing, though. The broadband in my village is too slow in the evenings, when everyone is using it. I will look again tomorrow morning. Storye book (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Should I perhaps break up more perhaps, by month? Or make the vacation times blocks with a new header?
 * Here is No. 2, and the others just have 1 and 3 instead of the 2. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * pic Gerhard Lohfink? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Gerhard Lohfink done. And that is a beautiful photo of the Hildegard statue. Thank you for the link. Storye book (talk) 07:19, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! - Today I see Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Excellent! Storye book (talk) 16:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! - Andrea Ihle pic? - news of her death just came around, happened in June last year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:37, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Andrea Ihle pic done. Sadly, there were only two photos out there (that I could find). One was old and fuzzy, and one was OK but very small. I chose the small one. I hope that's OK until a better pic is found. Storye book (talk) 08:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - where would I see the other? - You remember that a certain user said he looks at my noms only because they linger and need his mercy? I nominated yesterday, and he asked a specific other user to review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The other pic is here. Its from this webpage. Looking at it again, maybe the black and white one is the better image? What do you think? Storye book (talk) 08:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think it's better because more the age of what the article deals with, singing all these girls. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, the image is now replaced. I have marked the previous image for deletion. You're right, the younger-looking photo does work better. Storye book (talk) 09:40, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Whenever you have time, Dieter Rexroth is next ;) - but before perhaps take a look at the latest attempt to have short simple hooks - and for whom? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:45, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Rexroth done. I couldn't find the simple hooks attempt. Do you have a link? Storye book (talk) 10:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for Rexroth, - I just found one useful ref! - Sure I have a link, I just don't like to be accused of canvassing - the hook for Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, link to nom on the talk, and don't review ;) - perhaps also suggest a hook or two. Open noms are also listed on my user page, - not many, it's really at the moment even less enjoyable than infobox discussions ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * N's hook ALT2 looks fine to me. He is making an effort to accept the existence of real music. I'd say give him encouragement with ALT2 this time? Storye book (talk) 11:32, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes. it's fine, but as I said I want to use that for the violinist. I said that the fantastic woman would add interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Haha. Good luck with that. I suppose there will always be power-hungry reviewers on DYK, but the only skills they can offer are those of denigration and destruction. Storye book (talk) 14:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It was just great: you go to a youth orchestra, to do something for charity, and there's the first woman ever to have conducted at the Bayreuth festival! - Michael Boder pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:48, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Will try to do the Boder pic in a little while. My village broadband is excrutiatingly slow right now - exacerbated by a crappy google chrome browser update, which now makes it take about a minute for a page to update. I am hoping this might settle down soon, but it's been like this all day, in spite of restarts. Storye book (talk) 15:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Broadband back, and Boder done. Storye book (talk) 17:47, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

thank you, and nominated for RD - plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:10, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

My story today is about a piece composed for the Second Sunday after Easter 300 years ago, and I just returned from a (long) opera about the same age, with soprano Pretty Yende --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:21, 14 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Wow. Yende is a very fine singer. You were lucky to hear her sing live. Storye book (talk) 07:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I felt that! Her article is not great, and that of her emperor on stage is a mess (and I improved already), sigh. The best singer in the performance was Bianca Andrew. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting! I shall try to listen to her soon. Currently trying to catch up with WP tasks, but I think I've taken on too much at the moment. (I don't mind uploading your occasional ID pictures - that job is quick, and fun). Storye book (talk) 08:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Robert Winterberg? on the Main page now, so most helpful if soon --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Done; free image this time. I'm having real difficulty finding images at the moment, having had a series of major software crashes in the past few days. I am currently unable to access Google search (which is a useful tool) and I'm having to use Bing (which is rubbish). So, in the near future, if you want an image for an article, please send me a link to a page with the correct picture in it, so that I can use that. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 08:56, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, will use the great pic for Portal:Germany then. - No danger today, - the composer who died has an image, and other one lives ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Winterberg article not by me, hook change from specific (Austrian Hungarian operetta composer whose work was adopted to Broadway! The Lady in Red the pretty title, - Woman in Red speaking) to something general about "a composer" performing for some queen which would not appeal to me, - I had no time to look up who did that but have my suspects. No time to argue, also they don't like my name, - dear company is better! - Cesare, they just coupled excerpt from 4 pieces with mixed pictures (so matching the music only briefly), Andrew is Sesto, the short-haired boy left at the beginning, and the duet with the contralto is the middle number (Cesare first, then Cleopatra, and the final), its end matching the situation pictured first. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday I went to a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. - For pics, I thought about Henny Wolff, but found no page with an image yet. No rush, bday in February. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Wolff done. Storye book (talk) 07:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - your gift for these finds is amazing! - Today's story is a birthday of a living one, and I was in the performance mentioned on DYK (see trailer), - in 2018, such things were possible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * another birthday to listen in (see my talk) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I hope to look at your links later. I am overwhelmed with work at the mo. Storye book (talk) 09:44, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * When you get back perhaps Helga Pilarczyk, no rush, died 2011, I just notice that she has no pic (needs refs also, will do some day). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Helga Pilarczyk done. I find it therapeutic and fun to do these pictures, and it's a quick job, usually. Enjoy! Storye book (talk) 20:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you - now images of a flock of sheep that I met by chance on the 300th birthday of cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Victor Bruns? - pics on his homepage --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Bruns done. Storye book (talk) 11:16, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Siegfried Rapp? - didn't find much besides
 * Rapp done. Storye book (talk) 10:03, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Impressive, thank you! Marga Höffgen? BCW for a start (probably not #3) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Marga Höffgen done. Storye book (talk) 11:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Wow, you added that faster than I could add a YT, to the Reger - I chose the end instead of the one line at the beginning, after minutes of instrumental, with the Bach chorale quote first in the orchestra, then in the choir, - always makes me cry. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Ferry Gruber? - - looks like a better hook for Prokofiev than Rapp. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Gruber done. I'm rather enjoying doing the alts. Its an interesting challenge. If you can't see anything at all, what exactly would you want to know about a photographic portrait? Storye book (talk) 08:48, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I admire your skill in the descriptions! The way to look is hard to describe (and impossible for me - just lacking words), and the hair-do the same. I must confess that in the end, I didn't take any of the two for my story, because instead of celebrating Prokofiev's birthday, we still have Messiaen's day of death, and I learned that Prokofiev celebrated a different day ... - The pics will serve all who read the articles, though. OTD is an area where you could work miracles if you'd like: checking the sets, and swap, away from battles to culture. Ideally, not one should remain the same, and round anniversaries preferred among those eligible. The last time someone cared was 7 April. Since, we run the same as the previous year, sigh. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I think those alts are really designed by sighted people, maybe for partially-sighted people. I grew up with severe myopia, so I learned to recognise people from the way they moved, the sound of their voices, their smell if they were close relatives, and colours (favourite coat, hair colour, etc.) My sight is mostly repaired now, but it still takes several meetings before I can recognise someone by sight only. So a description of a photo would not help with those things. That is why I am puzzled about what registered blind people require. I am guessing that some of them would quite like those things we are not allowed to write, such as "big nose" or "fat face".Storye book (talk) 10:03, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Perhaps ask Graham87? - I have a rather sad story on the Main page, - yesterday's double bass story was more fun. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't really like thinking about alt text much, honestly. It's caused too much division and unnecessary work in the community over the years. Any is better than none (especially when there's no caption!), but ... I'm recovering from really bad computer problems and am not at all in a space to deal with this. Graham87 (talk) 03:06, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Graham, and I think what you wrote is already liberating, - no need for more. My breath stopped when I read "really bad" - relief that it wasn't health. Best wishes for the computer problem. A friend's mother died, and friend and I sing of Ascension. Her father died three days before a performance, and we sang "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:24, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Leeds Wikipedia meetup on Saturday 4th May
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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

 * Done. Storye book (talk) 16:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted
Hi Storye book, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:


 * Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
 * If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
 * If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Hey man im josh (talk) 16:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, . Storye book (talk) 07:27, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red May 2024
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May music
Hans Stadlmair? Wilhelm Killmayer? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Stadlmair and Killmayer done. I really like both of those pictures. We are lucky to get the use of those. Storye book (talk) 09:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree! Thank you. - We just remembered Stadlmair last weekend. My brother auditioned for the orchestra, and had to sightread something. He asked if he should play the repeat. Stadlmair answered: "You may repeat as often as you like until you are satisfied." Brother played the repeat as the composer had prescribed.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Haha. Or, oh dear. It depends ... Storye book (talk) 10:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * In the end it was good, I think, - he would not have matched the then Bavarian orchestra, and was happy where he landed instead. - Viktor Fogarassy? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Fogarassy done. Sorry I could find no actual photo of him. If you happen to find one, and if you prefer it, I would be happy to change it, and get this one deleted. Actually I like it myself - it shows the character of the man. Storye book (talk) 19:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much. It's great, and shows at a glance that he has to do with contemporary art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:20, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Excellent, that is a good point. Storye book (talk) 08:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Can you deal with the image q for Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg? If it's true that it shows Marie, her sister, it should be moved to her article, and hopefully a different one found, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done, both articles and both image files. A swap like that can be a bit muddly, so please would you kindly take a quick glance at both articles and both image files, in case there are any obvious errors? I think it's all OK, but a fresh eye would be a good idea. Thanks. Storye book (talk) 12:28, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Looked and liked! Tatiana at the time I met her, Marie as on the book right below. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:46, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Storye book (talk) 16:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * On the bicentenary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, I remember our recent uplifting choral concert in pictures, on my user page and in my concerts (leading to the two at the church's article). The closest was in the paper. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think we'll all be listening to that today. And that's a great photo in the paper. Storye book (talk) 07:36, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree with both! Pic shows making music happily together, "to joy". (We were in the opening movement of BWV 104.) Maria didn't stand next to me this time, she offers the most attentive look at the conductor, her husband. Two of her daughters performed, one the alto soloist (as in the Misatango, remember?) and one in the alto section. The tenor soloist was seen singing with the choir also. He came all the way from Iceland, and his singing was such an inspiration. I didn't get a chance for a photo as the soloists never rehearsed with us, and I entertained guests while they rehearsed. I put a 2021 Bach yt in his article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh yes! I just had a quick listen on YouTube, to Benedikt Kristjánsson singing Love in her Eyes, out of Acis and Galatea (Handel). Dee-lish! Weak on the low notes, but who cares. The middle and top tones are just gorgeous. Thank you for the article link. Storye book (talk) 10:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I linked to the article on 29 March ;) - his 2020 lone St John Passion (singing almost everything) at Bach's grave is still on his website. - Hin Bredendieck? - if we may have a non-free portrait instead of a chair. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Image may be free of copyright in Germany - ask a German copyright expert? Storye book (talk) 11:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Nice! - Today is the Feast of the Ascension for which Bach composed his oratorio, - perhaps watch a bit how the closing movement was performed in Bach's church. David Erler, their alto soloist, was ours in the Mass in B minor in 2013, - small world. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I watched it. Lovely1 Storye book (talk) 08:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Magdalena Hinterdobler is on the Main page today, together with an opera that reviewers deemed not interesting and too obscure for our general readers. The soprano thought differently, - listen and see. - Also on the Main page: a TFA by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Well done, re the Magdalena Hinterdobler nom. Sorry to hear we've lost another editor. Storye book (talk) 11:33, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The death of Vami was the shock of the year (so far), and we have another TFA by him today. At a more mature age died Gerhard Müller (Lutheran theologian) - - pic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Müller done. Storye book (talk) 16:19, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, - I almost knew you'd take that one ;) - today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I heard lovely chamber music today, and the DYK mentions "profoundly human" singing (that you can watch), connected to a place where we'll sing in September --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Wow. That is truly fabulous singing. Thank you for that link. I wonder if he sings lieder? That would work. Storye book (talk) 08:19, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, he sings lieder a lot, but I never had a chance to hear him live - yet. When I was introduced to Bach's Passions, his dad and Theo Altmeyer were the Evangelists. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Having looked at Altmeyer's (sad) article: can you perhaps give a date/year to the image? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. His face is too wrinkly to be under 40, and too youthful to be over 60. He has black "hat hair", i.e. he is probably dyeing his hair which would be greying by age 50. His face is wrinkled in a way that some smokers have, so he is probably wrinkling early. He wants to look hip - he is wearing the "serious artist" uniform of black polo neck and smart suit jacket - a style that started with the beatniks and moved to the popular and formal music worlds in the 60s. Hope that helps. This is not a criticism - it was a popular look between the 60s and 80s.Storye book (talk) 09:18, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

I liked seeing Erschallet, ihr Lieder on the Main page today, 310 years after the first performance! We sang it in 2000. Today's program was easier but also spirited. I found a nice video of "I will sing with the spirit", with nature photography, - enjoy. - Alfred Dürr? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I couldn't find a picture of Alfred Dürr. Can you give me a link? I totally loved the Bach cantata. The drums really make it, don't they. Storye book (talk) 07:51, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, didn't sea a pic, just thought that the one who wrote the bible of the Bach cantatas should have one. - Yes for the drums, and I love the ping-pong of short phrases in the opening, and this growth on "seeeeeelige Zeiten" (times of bliss). Today's story is about the tenor who sang in our performance but couldn't find a yt of him singing of the souls' paradise, but of the desire to embrace. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, the crazy Nazis. Why did they even bother to ban Schonberg, when you need to be a mathematician to work out his 12-tone variations. Yes, I agree about the Verdi. Superb. But my favourite oratorio composer always has to to be Handel. Storye book (talk) 16:20, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I began Schönberg's Op. 1 which was sung - no math, pure 19th-century early expressionism, try the recordings with pianists Glenn Gould and Aribert Reimann, - the latter has the music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, superficially Schönberg can be pretty. But I am very conscious that there is always a mathematical or logical element in the score. With JS Bach, you can work out where he is going with the modulations and the developments in the fugues, and have a laugh when he teases you by making you wait, but with Schönberg there is an intellectual element in the score which is beyond me, when just listening. That's not a criticism of Schönberg - he found new ways to express himself, and in the lieder you can hear the song and the accompaniment transforming each other in new ways - very much musician's music, eh. Storye book (talk) 08:43, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes. - Willi Brokmeier ? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Brokmeier done. Storye book (talk) 11:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, a lovely pic! - Today's focus is Ethel Smyth (per the TPF), written by many, and I wonder if it could become GA if not FA even. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:10, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Rolf-Ernst Breuer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Rolf-Ernst Breuer done. Storye book (talk) 16:46, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I just read the Ethel Smyth article - yes, a marvellous character, though I think her strong personality would probably have terrified me if I had met her. Still she needed that strength of mind, though, didn't she. Storye book (talk) 17:00, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 29 May 1913: The Rite of Spring - today's story, actually something I saw at that place in a revival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have a Rite of Spring story for you. When I was a schoolkid, working in Woolworths, one day I was given the additional job of looking after the turntable and vinyl records, which provided musak for the shop. I could choose the records. So of course, the first one I chose was the wonderful Rite of Spring. There were many emphatic complaints from the customers to the supervisor, and I was roundly scolded; she said they were all walking around with their heads down, miserable. So I changed it to another of my favourites, Je t'aime... moi non plus, which had been published that year. The supervisor was much exercised by the fact that the customers were now going around all happy, smirking and grinning their heads off. For that, I was banned from the record player permanently. Ah, the good old days. Storye book (talk) 14:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You made me smile ;) - Hugues Gall? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hugues Gall done. There was a younger picture, but this one has such a pleasant expression. Storye book (talk) 16:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Today's story is about Samuel Kummer, one of five items on the Main page - more musing on my talk (DYK shortened too much, what's new?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:17, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. I agree about the shortened hook. But I loved the improv - he would have loved playing a Wurlitzer ;-D. But that is a beautiful organ, and a very pretty church. Storye book (talk) 08:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you! - last offer in May: photos of the river Rhine, and the adjacent Eltville rose garden (thinking of you), - high water and interesting weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Jörg Faerber? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Faerber done. Storye book (talk) 08:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)