... and perhaps the most important quote of them all: "This is a community, not a crazy den of pigs." Indeed. It was said a fair while back but is still referred to from time to time.
Today's story comes from a DYK about a concert that fascinated me, and you can listen! For my taste, the hook has too little music - I miss the unusual scoring and the specific dedication - but it comes instead with a name good for viewcount. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241206172300","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241206172300-December_music","replies":[]}}-->
Listen today to Beethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the 2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with Antônio Meneses, because he was on my sad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241216161900","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241216161900-December_music","replies":[]}}-->
Working on a cantata with trumpets (!) for hopefully a DYK on New Year's Day (!!), I'd like to suggest an image of trumpets. Which one would you suggest? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218183500","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241218183500-December_music","replies":["c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218213700-Gerda_Arendt-20241218183500","c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100-Gerda_Arendt-20241218183500"]}}-->
Oh interesting Q! Sorry about the slow reply – ill at home and somewhat hors de combat.
Are you thinking of a painterly contemporary representation (which often ends up with Reiche) or of a photo of instrument(s) that exist now/again? Cheers DBaK (talk) 21:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218213700","author":"DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218213700-Gerda_Arendt-20241218183500","replies":[],"displayName":"DBaK"}}-->
Reiche would work with 1725 and Leipzig too. But it's only a suggestion and you may feel he gets wheeled out too often … ??? DBaK (talk) 21:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218214100","author":"DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100-Gerda_Arendt-20241218183500","replies":["c-Gerda_Arendt-20241218220300-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100","c-Gerda_Arendt-20241218220800-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100","c-Gerda_Arendt-20241220160700-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100"],"displayName":"DBaK"}}-->
Ill at home! - Don't get bitter, but better ;) - I had a bad cold myself, almost not going to the Gardiner concert, which will tell you how bad. I went anyway and coughed only once, when it was noisy anyway (three trumpets ...). While violin and soprano had been on their softest for the "gedämpften und schachen Stimmen" (and the conductor took an empty seat in the orchestra and enjoyed it). Reiche might be a good idea, - I had only thought of instruments. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:03, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218220300","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241218220300-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100","replies":[]}}-->
I looked at the famous Reiche portrait again. Would you agree that it's probably not an instrument he'd have played at church? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218220800","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241218220800-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100","replies":[]}}-->
Today is a woman poet's centenary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241220160700","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-20241220160700-DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered-20241218214100","replies":[]}}-->
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