User talk:Urve

Caterina Valente,
who performed 1,500 songs in 13 languages
as one of few world stars
from a German-speaking country,
knew that she wanted to become a singer
when she heard jazz singer Billie Holiday
at age five.
watch with Count Basie

18 September 2024

(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

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The article Boychick (novel) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Boychick (novel) for comments about the article, and Talk:Boychick (novel)/GA1 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 Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 18:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Gerda, for the kind words and stopping by! Love the flowers. Picture you chose for Pollini in your story actually looks quite similar to some of Skir's self-portraits !

It's not a particularly interesting book (as I said before it's written quite poorly), but I think it's quite emblematic of all sorts of things of the 60's gay and beat movements, when Skir was writing. One wouldn't be surprised at his fairly close friendship (well, as close as Skir's friendships go) with Allen Ginsberg after reading our article on the book ;). Always good to hear from you and read the links you provide Urve (talk) 01:53, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

plum tree blossom for Kalevi Kiviniemi in the snow - see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

today a sad task - memory of Andrew Davis - turned into entertainment (yt at the bottom of his article, actually both) -- the latest pictures capture extreme weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear (DYK) and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old (OTD). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Gerda. Urve (talk) 15:14, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

last offer in May: photos of the river Rhine, and the adjacent Eltville rose garden, - high water and interesting weather --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- (forgot to sign)

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) 21:50, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Urve Hi! I wanted to let you know that the article Little Danes experiment is a current candidate to be chosen for the meta:Translation of the week project, meaning if it succeeds it could be translated into several other languages in the span of a week. If you want to see how the process is going and vote yourself, you can check it at meta:Translation of the week/Translation candidates#en:Little Danes experiment. Have a nice day! -- Brunnaiz (talk) 19:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]