User:Gerda Arendt/2019#Deaths

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| name = User:Gerda Arendt

| image = Idsteiner Kantorei, soloists, Carsten Koch, Unionskirche Idstein.jpg

| image_upright = 1.3

| caption = Ecumenical Christmas Oratorio

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2009|08|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Idstein, Germany

| nationality =

| education = {{nowrap|Technische Hochschule Hannover}}

| occupation = {{plainlist|

• singen, singen
• singen, singen
• singen, singen
• or: This user is or was a proud
• amateur singer of church choirs
• Kantorei St. Johannis
• Rheingauer Kantorei
• Chor von St. Bonifatius
• Idsteiner Vokalisten
• The Master Singers of Westchester
• Reger-Chor
• Chor St. Martin, Idstein
• Idsteiner Kantorei
• Kammerchor Ehrenbach

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| known_for = {{plainlist|

• List of Bach cantatas
• Franz Kafka
• Max Reger
• Reformation
• rejoice, serve
• we give thanks
• vision

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| awards = {{hlist| Precious + Impact (given) | blushing }}

| module = {{nowrap|people, places, performances}}
quality article improvement

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Did you know ...

• ... that "Wir pflügen und wir streuen", with words by Matthias Claudius, began as a song of a fictional harvest festival, and is now a Protestant hymn for Erntedankfest?
• ... that John Rutter wrote the text and music for Angels' Carol, a choral piece for Christmas, using the Latin "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from the Christmas story as a refrain?
• ... that Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, the second part of Bach's Christmas Oratorio and written for the second day of Christmas, focuses on the annunciation to the shepherds?
• ... that the German carol "Kommet, ihr Hirten", derived by Carl Riedel from a Bohemian song in Czech, addresses shepherds, men, and women?
• ... that one of the versions of Vivaldi's Magnificat included five arias to be performed by girl soloists from the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage, who were named in the score?
• ... that soprano Irma Beilke appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio on 4 September 1945 in the first opera performance in Berlin after World {{nowrap|War II?}}
• ... that in his 1915 En blanc et noir for two pianos, Claude Debussy quoted Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg" and dedicated the work in part to Jacques Charlot, who fell in World War I?
• ... that the pianist Clara Schumann,15px who toured Europe for decades, taught 68 students at Dr. Hoch's in Frankfurt, including those from Britain and the U.S.?
• ... that Hungarian pianists Márta Kurtág and her husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection Játékok (Games) on an upright piano?
• ... that Dixit Maria, a motet in Latin by Hans Leo Hassler, sets to music the narrative of Mary's consent to the Annunciation?
• ... that Bernd Loebe, who began his career as a music journalist, received the 2018 International Opera Award in the category of Leadership in Opera?
• ... that in Der Ring in Minden, the orchestra played at the back of the stage, and the singers all turned towards it to listen to the music at the end?
• ... that Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, a film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play with the Berliner Ensemble, premiered on the author's birthday (opening night pictured){{-?}}
• ... that Kurdish civil engineer and politician Hevrin Khalaf, who worked for tolerance among Christians, Arabs, and Kurds, was killed in the 2019 Turkish offensive into Syria?
• ... that musicologist Uwe Wolf conducted X-ray research to distinguish J. S. Bach's handwriting in the score of his Mass in B minor from changes made by his son, Carl Philipp Emanuel?
• ... that Frank Philipp Schlößmann designed the stage for Wagner's Ring cycle in Bayreuth in 2006, and more recently created a large illuminated ring framing the stage for the same work in Minden?
• ... that when pianist Clara Wieck15px composed her Piano Concerto in A minor as a teenager, her future husband Robert Schumann helped with the orchestration?
• ... that tenor Thomas Mohr, who performed the roles of Loge, Siegmund, and Siegfried in Der Ring in Minden, hosts concerts in his cowshed?
• ... that in September 1610, Monteverdi dedicated to Pope Paul V his Vespro della Beata Vergine, a complex vespers composition which included the style of the emerging opera?
• ... that when directing Der Ring in Minden, Wagner's Ring Cycle at a municipal theatre, Gerd Heinz focused on the psychology in the interactions of the characters?
• ... that a prize for contemporary art of Styria is named after Viktor Fogarassy, the managing director of a department store?
• ... that Hans-Georg Münzberg continued to work on the development of the Snecma Atar engine in France despite being a professor at the Technical University of Berlin?
• ... that writer Brigitte Kronauer, who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
• ... that the Empress Elisabeth Bridge, a chain bridge over the Elbe that opened in 1855, was named in honor of the newly married Elisabeth of Austria?
• ... that in his opera Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens, Rolf Riehm included instruments such as archaic wood planks, a musical saw, an accordion, and a piano?
• ... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the Book of Job structures the first movement of Two Motets, Op. 74, by Johannes Brahms?
• ... that Hallo Ü-Wagen (Hello Radio Van) was a long-running weekly German radio talk show on wheels?
• ... that Damiano Michieletto, known for directing Rossini's operas, recently staged Schreker's Der ferne Klang at the Oper Frankfurt, where the world premiere had been performed in 1912?
• ... that during World War II, Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke safeguarded the paintings of her first husband, August Macke, who portrayed her more than 200 times?
• ... that Liselotte Hammes, a soprano with the Cologne Opera, appeared as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at the Glyndebourne Festival alongside Teresa Żylis-Gara in the title role and Montserrat Caballé as the Marschallin?
• ... that Christa Wolf's Der geteilte Himmel, published in East Germany in 1963, was called a "socialist bestseller"?
• ... that a clinic in Mali is named after Werner Bardenhewer, born 90 years ago today (30 January 2019), who was for decades priest of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, and then founded a charity group? RIP
• ... that architect Jörg Streli and his two colleagues, a team for 35 years, designed the Sankt-Margarethen-Kapelle in Tyrol, which rises like a tower on a circular floor?
• ... that Arvo Pärt composed the motet The Deer's Cry on a commission from Louth, Ireland, setting the conclusion of Saint Patrick's Breastplate, "Christ with me"?
• ... that Bach set the phrase "Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks" from Psalm 75 in German to begin a cantata, and in Latin in his Mass in B minor?
• ... that in 1990, hornist, conductor, and composer Siegfried Geißler opened the inaugural session of the first Parliament of Thuringia?
• ... that Wilhelm Kempf, Bishop of Limburg from 1949 to 1981, took part in the Second Vatican Council and introduced its innovations in his diocese, including spiritual discourse and open dialogue?
• ... that Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben (Fall with thanks, fall with praise), Part IV of Bach's Christmas Oratorio for New Year's Day 1735, celebrates the naming of Jesus?
• ... that after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize, contributing author Raymond Arritt said, "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now"?

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