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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. --Friedrich Schiller

October music

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You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

today Rohan de Saram - unbelievable story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Today is the birthday of Tabea Zimmermann, and you can listen to the exact concert I mentioned last year ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Not intentionally ignoring you, Gerda. Just busy and stressed and even more fuzzy-headed than usual, and haven't had anything to say. I don't understand why I'm old enough to get the senior discount at Dunkin Donuts (I refuse it, out of pride, but these young 20-something weasels at the counter keep offering), but not old enough to see retirement on the horizon. Had a night shift last night, and now my whole body rhythm is going to be thrown off for a solid 3-4 days, and it's taking me hours to become sentient. I hate working for a living. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Lol, I got impatient for the archiving bot, and then it archived another section 30 seconds after I manually archived your september music. patience, floq, patience.... it's been that kind of day week month year. Floquenbeam (talk) 18:48, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

but iii'll be there for youuuu Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:57, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Lol. That must have been in my subconscious, it wasn't an intentional callback. What an embarrassing thing to have in the subconscious. For both of us, now that I think about it.... --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:52, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

(ec) patience - I think I mentioned that word more than once on my user talk every years (2 - 6 - 9 - 9 ... going backwards). - Did you get a chance to look at De Saram? I was so thrilled that I wrote about the piece he inspired and only then found out that it was one of the key compositions of this century, - some good luck. It seems unfair. For more luck: that piece was approved for DYK within two days - which hasn't happened in ages. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:01, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

I've just read it. Really interesting life, thanks for sharing it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:52, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

matching that I'm just in the process of expanding the German article ;) - look (small world) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

small world, indeed. cool. --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:57, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

today I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

today brought a timely promotion of Helmut Bauer to the Main page on the day when pieces from Mozart's Requiem were performed for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:12, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

timely promotion indeed; that was close to being archived! Floquenbeam (talk) 21:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I woke up (that day) thinking what I might do if not, - what desperate cries for help would be permissible without getting blocked. But PFHLai had come for the rescue already, and Stephen today for Amaury du Closel, a remarkable person (see story). Now just Leif Segerstam is waiting for a comment or three, but a few days to go. Actually: posting to the RD set seems no big deal, and you could do it if the others who trust me enough to post without a single "support" are not around ;) - I haven't seen any other other procedure that simple: for giving the credits, you just click on "credit"! - I just managed, - I had forgotten that de Closel had just been created. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:52, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

I go to bed, last day for Segerstam tomorrow. Listen to the music in my story: I put it on DYK 10 years ago (mentioning Ukraine) and heard it today for the first time. That violinist/violist was incredible! Last month someone added to her article that she died, - a year ago OTD - which is also the wedding anniversary of two people who heard her play when they were children, - so I love that she plays viola d'amore in that music ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

I made him my big story today. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:08, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Went to Johannisberg with new American guests, who gave me a new song ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:36, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:40, 20 October 2024 (UTC)