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Thank you for collecting so detailed info about the legendary Melos Ensemble! Please have a look at the name question raised on its discussion page. I'm working on a German page and found your info the most helpful input so far, - only few references in German. One says that Janet Baker appeared on the 1966 US-tournee.?--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the recording. I've never heard it. But let me tell you that I have a professional client (I help people find employment) whose father was a student of Spivakovsky in Moscow. They turn up in the oddest places, even Down Under. :) -- JackofOz (talk) 19:11, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I know how you feel. This user had been very helpful sometimes, but unfortunately, the problem was far greater than sockpuppetry. See here. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 12:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry I'm so late in replying (got caught up with yet another prima donna. Anyhow, thanks for your kind words about Madame Tadolini. I had wonderful fun writing that one, fascinating lady. And, re Signore Soccopuppetto, I didn't find your original message to him provocative at all. It was simply kind and heartfelt. In many respects I share the sentiments you expressed. It was certainly an unusual case. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 19:51, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Here is one more member of the Melos Ensemble - you are invited to look at Neill Sanders. Surprise: kind of an inventor and festival founder. Could that show in a category? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:24, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice, - I found surprisingly few sources - just one, more or less. I kind of wanted to keep "it all" but now shortened. Please have a look again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, especially the last edit clarifying that the album, not he, won the Grammies (4 of them!), smile. Do you think linking the orchestra twice is ok? I doubled Melos as well, then. Would you say he played "with the Melos Ensemble" or "in the M.E."? The former would sound to me like someone playing who is not a member himself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your good ideas, I rearranged refs a bit. google "with Neill Sanders" retrieves some students and horn workshops - well, I think "too small" to be mentioned, - so many uncohesive bits anyway. What do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Neill Sanders and the Melos, did you know? Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:48, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Great article! I added a portrait of the chap. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 08:01, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Please feel invited to preview User:Gerda_Arendt/Adrian_Beers as the last founding member of the Melos Ensemble - and look again at that - ever-changing. Interesting ref of Wardour 1964 1965 - I didn't even go into details yet. Different topic: what do you think of Grancino, a question raised here? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for finding the above. As to Andor Foldes: I "englished" a bit, found no help for the destiny sentence (Bartok), think the article is way too long (how about more summary on top, mentioning Bartok and Szigeti?), don't have time for more right now, have to fix Weihnachtsoratorium, better before Christmas, smile. I faced the citation question on Siegfried Palm, discussed again de/en - I like that. The Foldes book was part of my piano instruction. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
One more question: as he is internationally known as Andor Foldes, shouldn't that be the article name? (To avoid "Darmstädter Ferienkurse")? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Weihnachtsoratorium being done: I wonder about the term "grand concerts". More bits, perhaps useful: some excellent Bartók performances from 1950, Andor Foldes: Seventy Years on Music’s Magic Carpet, the kiss, Andor Foldes Prize, "One can only hope that when musical histories are written they will give the enormous contribution of the great Beethoven interpreter Andor Foldes its proper place." Thanks for your contribution! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:24, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
One more: The obituary says "Keys to the Keyboard" - do you think this is a title of a (published?) translation (sounds like it) or just a different way to put it? btw why is the obituary listed twice under refs? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Sorry to read about Foldes on hold, but understand. Perhaps it would be better to write a new article based on the obituary, - that's exactly what I thought after translating Siegfried Palm, I will not translate again - besides my own, smile. Good news: Weihnachtsoratorium was not only done but successful. Enjoy musical Christmas! We will sing Bach, bona voluntas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
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Do I have to translate this? - Thanks for your note, Venarius should at least get a fair warning - but seems not to be active. Once en:Andor Foldes (as I still suggest to call it - like Schoenberg vs. Schönberg) is established I will put a warning on the German article's talk page. Next year, as Maguire. Happy to make you laugh - I hope you found my Christmas words on JK's page? - will try that again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your observation. No merge neccessary, the items all appeared in the correct list as well - don't ask me why. Thanks for this present! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Hope you are well and that you have a jolly fine festive season. Very best wishes for 2010, Angus McLellan (Talk) 19:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
No, I missed seeing this. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying - pleasing me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Happy new year to you with the invitation to preview and improve a great WO-Bass singer User:Gerda_Arendt/Klaus_Mertens - in German as of very early this morning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you please insert the name found on the Hummel recording in the Melos article or at least its talk page as one more puzzle piece to the name question. Perhaps the record company had a reason to stress "of London"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Your perfect solution of "simply" quoting ("190 in all") probably convinced a DYK-checker - approved, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Poor Maguire still has to wait, I was busy on a different Spielstätte, please feel invited. Actually I am still searching for one composer and would like to add works to their list ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Bollocks, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bollocks. Thank you.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Tcp-ip (talk) 20:29, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
I have greatly enjoyed your erudite defence of the "bollocks" article. Assuming that there is a consensus to keep it I was thinking about making the effort to improve it a bit. Are you up for applying some of your insight to the task too? Cheers. Bluewave (talk) 20:08, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I think we can move him to main space, what do you think? - sorry I was so busy with Bach that I almost forgot him. We got Bach's passions moved to decent names, halleluja! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Finally, dear friend of Maguire, believe it or not, I collected - finding just bits and pieces, no "official" website, no agent ... - it's in my sandbox, please take a look. I started Christian Gerhaher today - so much easier ... rather the opposite problem of concentrating. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Eebahgum and thanks for the message. Yes, I've been trying to do some work on the Bollocks article but have got a bit sidetracked by the Murder of Meredith Kercher where there is a constant battle with people who want to use it to soapbox the opinions of the family of one of the people convicted of the crime. But I would probably be more useful writing bollocks! I haven't really touched the intro section, on the basis that it should be the last thing to be written (your suggestion, I seem to remember), but if you feel like making improvements, go right ahead! I have tried to be ruthless about removing stuff that is nothing to do with the subject and I have been looking for stuff that might usefully be added (though I'm not sure it is in the right place and I think the whole thing could be structured better when we see what we've got). I was particularly looking for stuff that is relevant to an encyclopedia, rather than a dictionary and, for that reason, added a section on "Bollocks in literature" but I'm undecided whether this is of any value. The "Delete Expletives!" paper is about the only source on comparative severity that I can find. I agree that perceptions have changed in the 10 years since it was written and people are probably much more tolerant to the word (and swearing in general) than they were in 2000, though there are still people who write letters of outrage, every time they hear a swearword on the telly (and most of them probably come from Thunderbridge Wells). The point about singular or plural is an interesting one and probably deserves some serious discussion in the article (maybe by someone who understands more about English grammar than me!) There's "drop a bollock", "an old bollocks", "make a bollocks", "load of bollocks" etc. I also came across a James Joyce quote, where a character claims that ballocks is the only dual number in the English language. Anyway, please add your Lewis quote wherever looks best. Any other contributions to the article would be much appreciated too. Cheers. Bluewave (talk) 10:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist (talk) 05:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Just so you know I'm the geezer who put in the matrix numbers for Elwes' HMV records Jolyon50 (talk) 20:30, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
As you can see Gervase had six goes at this piece on three different dates; the info is from Twelve Inch Wax Process Recordings made by William Conrad Gaisberg et al (1903 to 1919) Compiled by Alan Kelly October, 1994 - this is a CDrom although a lot of the information has been transcribed onto the CHARM site http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/search/disco_search.html although if you want the primary source you can buy them from Alan Kelly http://www.normanfield.com/kelly.htm
I have my own web page at http://www.jolyon.com which has a number of links to discography stuff.
The 02379X may not appear on the stamper - I think I have a copy of the d-sided disc but as my records, 20,000 of them, are for the most part in boxes I'm unlikely to see it again for a few years!
ac5268f 29-7-11 So we’ll go no more a-roaming (M V White)
ac5269f 29-7-11 do
ac5270f 29-7-11 do
ac5577f 17-10-11 02379 So we’ll go no more a-roving (White)
ac5578f 17-10-11 do
z6936f 27-12-12 02379X So we’ll go no more a-roving (M V White) C459
Dear Eebahgum Copy, paste, link, quote, alter to your hearts content - I have absolutly no objection to anybody using any information whatsoever. I do not know of any unpublished takes having been kept, I do know that the existing shells in the EMI collection are being catalogued but I believe most of the material on black and plum labels was destroyed many years ago. The only hope is that some rejected takes are still in the ownership of Elwes decendants - I see that in the first dicography of Elwes in The Record Collector vol xvii notes that the double sided issue of C459 had a different matrix but at that period collectors were pretty unsure of the system used and it may not have been apparent in the early 1960s that a different take was used. If you need any other clarifications on matrixs etc I would be happy to help you out if I can If its OK with you I might update the Columbia section of recordings as I have the issue numbers, take numbers etc. But I must update my own site first as I have been a bit dilettante about it --Jolyon50 (talk) 09:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
I have had a look at the Decca matrix numbers and I conclude that it is Julian Clifford that conducts Sea Drift. the recording was made on 29 May 1929, the matrix numbers being MA191, MA192, MA193, MA195, MA196, MA197 Matrix MB 194 [note that MA =12" and MB =10" in one number sequence] was a recording of Elgar's arrangement of God save the King and MA 190 that was recorded on the 28 May was of Clifford conducting The Light Orchestra in Mock Morris by Grainger (this was unpublished). More importantly Cameron was conducting the first of a series of Concerts at Harrogate from the Thurs. 23 May 1929 so I can't see how he would have got back to London to record the Delius. Searching through the information I have to hand Cameron made no other recordings for Decca between 29 April and 7 June 1929. Info from Michael Smith The Decca Record Company Limited Decca 78rpm Records 1929-1954, 1999 & The Musical Times July 1929 kind regardsJolyon50 (talk) 12:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC) The problem has arisen from the likelihood of several people being invited to the recording session. The Vaughan Williams recording of the London symphony was rehearsed by Constant Lambert I think and I am sure other such collaborations happened for 'new' work. Too many cooks I fear were at the studio on the day and that Clifford conducted may have been there to beat time while everyone else put their penny's worth in Jolyon50 (talk) 16:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your kind words on my talk page. I see you too deal with some of the lesser-known figures in English music; if I can ever be of assistance with any of them - particularly in digging out information from obscure places, please don't hesitate to enlist me. - Tim riley (talk) 16:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for adding to Maguire, a broader perspective. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Thankyou and welldone for creating the Charles Kennedy Scott Page, its really good. He was My Great Grandfather and I only just noticed that the link to him on the C.W.A. Scott page that I created had become live!! very impressed. I am soon going to visit my cousin who has lots of old letters, photos and Cuttings concerning Charles Kennedy Scott and C.W.A. Scott so I will let you know if I find anyhting that might be of use to add to the page. Jimmy3d0 (talk) 02:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
I put this up for a Good Article nomination under the impression you were no longer around. Really this was as part of the British Museum/Wikipedia initiative. Would you be willing to participate, or at least keep an eye out? Things move fairly slowly there usually. Johnbod (talk) 01:06, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Sutton Hoo has been nominated to be listed as a Good Article. A review has started and is now on hold while the reviewer does more background reading on the topic. In the meantime a few points have been listed for improvement or discussion here. You have been a contributor to the article, and any extra assistance is always appreciated during a GA review. SilkTork *YES! 10:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your kind words on my talk page. I see you too deal with some of the lesser-known figures in English music; if I can ever be of assistance with any of them - particularly in digging out information from obscure places, please don't hesitate to enlist me. - Tim riley (talk) 16:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for adding to Maguire, a broader perspective. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Thankyou and welldone for creating the Charles Kennedy Scott Page, its really good. He was My Great Grandfather and I only just noticed that the link to him on the C.W.A. Scott page that I created had become live!! very impressed. I am soon going to visit my cousin who has lots of old letters, photos and Cuttings concerning Charles Kennedy Scott and C.W.A. Scott so I will let you know if I find anyhting that might be of use to add to the page. Jimmy3d0 (talk) 02:14, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
I put this up for a Good Article nomination under the impression you were no longer around. Really this was as part of the British Museum/Wikipedia initiative. Would you be willing to participate, or at least keep an eye out? Things move fairly slowly there usually. Johnbod (talk) 01:06, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Sutton Hoo has been nominated to be listed as a Good Article. A review has started and is now on hold while the reviewer does more background reading on the topic. In the meantime a few points have been listed for improvement or discussion here. You have been a contributor to the article, and any extra assistance is always appreciated during a GA review. SilkTork *YES! 10:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
I am the editor of the magazine of the Finnish Wagner Society. I was looking for information about some early Wagner singers such as Johanna Wagner and Josef Tichatschek. I noticed that you have written a lot about these singers in Wikipedia. Could you please contact me? You can send me an e-mail at my user page.
Roope (talk) 13:08, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Roope, I have replied to your talk page.Eebahgum (talk) 23:06, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. You don't have email enabled, so I'm leaving this message here. You can email me if you'd like more details. User account names can be changed - see Wikipedia:Changing username. Regards SilkTork *YES! 08:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Steven, As for that article, you must do what you like to it and abide what others think. I've had my say.
I don't want to change my username - I did that about 3 years ago for precisely the reasons this present thing has raised again, and I'm happy with my new one. I stopped using the old because I decided to draw a line under what I had written about Early Med stuff on wikipedia (apart from a few tweaks) and didn't particularly like the way I was coming across. The figleaf of pretended anonymity (at least at the point of delivery) is something I have been grateful for, and has enabled me to keep editing in quiet fields of music etc. Like many others (probably you will understand) I have posted things I'm not too proud of but cannot erase. So, if the combibulation of too much poisonous Suffolk ale has not so rotted your self-respect that you are insensible to a plea for discretion (and that's certainly the effect that Suffolk ale had on me over the years) then please allow me to preserve my illusory peace of mind. Otherwise I shall have to take my finger out of my ear, break off that old ditty, catch a wherry to Rochester and biff you with a sackful of dried hops, you beer-weasened old gasbag. I'm sure you won't mind the vernacular!
Icelandic Wagner magazine? Hmm Eebahgum (talk) 09:17, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Eebahgum, I am currently revamping an article you worked on few years ago - Ecgric of East Anglia - to see if I can make it into a GA. My version is at User:Amitchell125/ecgric. I'm still waiting to get a couple more of the sources listed in the article so I can do more references, but it's nearly done. Most of your work is still intact. Comments/advice on my changes are most welcome. Amitchell125 (talk) 15:29, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
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