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Contents 1 Ktož jsú boží bojovníci 2 Drdla 3 Ludvík Čelanský - DYK (also for you) 4 František Škroup 5 Thanks and... 6 Hana Hegerová 7 DYK for František Mrázek 8 Drobnosti a Romantické kusy 9 Janáček review 10 Traditional Folk Music in Moravia 11 Lukas Foss 12 DYK for Moravian traditional music 13 I forgot... 14 Moravian Duets 15 DYK for Moravian Duets 16 Heinrich XXIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 17 John McEwen 18 Alan Shulman 19 Ernest Walker 20 re:Zdeňka Smetanová 21 Copy-and-paste move 22 Darius Milhaud 23 Your recent edits to the articles I created 24 Rapsódia na záhorácke motívy 25 Violeta Dinescu

[edit] Ktož jsú boží bojovníci

Yes, I know this war-song since my childhood. The proper variant in old Czech language is Ktož jsú boží bojovníci. Kdo jsou boží bojovníci or Kdož jsou boží bojovníci are the modern versions, rather strange in my opinion. The version in the Smetana´s symphonic poem Tábor was wrong, I´ve fixed it. --Vejvančický (talk) 12:41, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

To Čelanský: I found the issue of Harmonie 9/2007, all the photos are there with proper titles, except one - exactly the one, which may be his portrait!! I´ll try to write them and ask. --Vejvančický (talk) 12:41, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Drdla

Huh, thank you for noticing me. I still have some gaps in my written English. Unfortunately, my source says only: Drdla toured throughout Europe (1899-1905) and the United States (1923-1925). No more informations about his other activities. No specific concerts. My source is trustworthy, but also very laconic. The error is in my translation. A similar situation is with your second objection. Czech original says: "Obdržel titul profesora od rakouského prezidenta (1927)". Anything more. Sorry for my heavy-footed translation, feel free to "undo" it. Btw, Československý hudební slovník is the most detailed source on Czech music till 1960, it's very useful in my opinion. Thank you. --Vejvančický (talk) 09:58, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ludvík Čelanský - DYK (also for you)

On 11 November 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ludvík Čelanský, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks --Vejvančický (talk) 18:19, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] František Škroup

Hi Hrdinský. The Czech titles are O.K. Czech language in 19th century was quite different from current version. It was influenced by German language. E.g. the piano reduction of the first Czech opera Dráteník (I own the version publ. in 1926) bears the title: Drátenjk. Zpěwohra we dwau děgstwích od Josefa Chmelenského. They often used a instead of o, j instead of i, g instead of j etc. etc. I´m not linguistic expert, but Czech sources today often use the modern versions - Dobrou noc, Dráteník. I know, it´s a bit confused - we write Ktož jsú boží bojovníci almost always in the archaic shape, but it´s a household title. I think, it´s better to use the modern version in this instance.

Drahomíra was a Bohemian duchess, and it´s also ancient Slavic woman´s name (occasionally used up to now, at least in the Czech Republic). I hate to admit it, but it´s impossible for me to translate it into English. It´s not easy to decode even the Czech version! (I think, it´s connection of the words precious and peace). Try en.wiktionary.org. Thanks for your notice. Have a nice day. Vejvančický (talk) 13:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and...

Hello Hrdinský. Thank you for nice patriotic barnstar. I have a medal now, like old soldiers :))) (I'm just joking) I really appreciate it, thanks again. I have something new in my sandbox, and I would like to ask for your opinion, since you are my best collaborator here. The topic is somewhat different... I have to admit, it's unpleasant, almost disgusting and very controversial theme, but I haven't found on Internet any English information about it - excluding short notice on the page of Security Information Service of Czech Republic. However, I consider that theme very important for recent Czech history, and I hope, that it may be informative also for non-Czech readers. There's a lot of informations in Czech press, many speculations, it's hard to choose and compile accurate and good info... I've created something, it's just a concept, sketch. (Probably full of my usual stupid "Czenglish" mistakes). Feel free to edit and fix it, and please, let me know, what do you think about that. It's possible, that I'll delete it, but previously I would like to hear some opinions. If you don't want to read it, or to deal with it, I understand. It's not music or culture and I myself don't intend to create similar articles in future. I just think, this is important... Have a nice day --Vejvančický (talk) 15:22, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. Thank you for your patience, interest and help. It's invaluable for me.

• 1. I've replaced "speculated", but I still think, that's the right word. It's quite common in Czech language, although a bit pejorative. But you are probably right, "dealings" will be more intelligible for English readers. Mrázek himself stated: "I was a speculator" - it's in the first part of Kmotr Mrázek.

• 2. Rewritten, is it better now? He tried - together with partners - to take the opportunity offered by chaotic situation in starting Czech economic transformation, and "to launder the dirty money" from previous times.

• 3. Uff, it's not easy... the value is now more than 40 millions in US dollars (I think), but the situation was different ten or fifteen years ago...

• 4. It was really big robbery - billions stolen without any trace. I've found also other cases called similarly (in Czech: Podvod století), but it's not so important for the article. It's just the cliché in the newspaper, I think. (Btw, isn't "robbery" better word??)

• 5. Rewritten, splitted.

• 6. You are right. I've added some substantive facts. The circumstances of his death are unclear... At least for me...

• 7. I've expanded it. The title may be Post-death. (Or Further investigation??)

Díky a mějte se fajn. --Vejvančický (talk) 13:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I make still the same mistakes... I think, that the basic information is included in it, and I can put it to the mainspace... DYK? Any suggestions? --Vejvančický (talk) 17:36, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Two years ago, when Mrázek was still alive, it was very dangerous to publish any informations about him. He was watchful and tried to intimidate also journalists. I´m not paranoiac :)) However, many people close to Mrázek died, and his influence is still apparent in Czech politics. We aren´t on the Wild West (or East) here, but we have also another mafia boss - Radovan Krejčíř. Still alive, a fugitive from justice (justice?). He is really interesting and well-known person in Czech republic, his life reminds me of Sandokan or other exotic heroes from my childhood. He kept sharks at home (one, called "Radovan" is today an attraction in one of the restaurants in Prague), and when Czech police came to arrest him, he escaped through the window on toilet :)) No kidding. His father was killed, and speculations exist, that he was murdered by people close to Mrázek... Interesting topic, I guess. Here is the article on Czech wikipedia. Vejvančický (talk) 08:40, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hana Hegerová

Hello Hrdinský. This is really impressive and perfectly translated article. I added something and I'll try to find more interesting informations - the official page is very laconic. I love If a Thousand Clarinets - the film is stupid, but the music... Many fantastic jazz players and singers - Karel Krautgartner, Jiří Jelínek, Karel Vlach, Waldemar Matuška... - it's encyclopedia of Czech "pop-jazz". I also intend to create the article for Jiří Šlitr, a genius of Czech jazz. A lot of work. Btw, I think, it's better not to title people in articles on wikipedia with a given names. Thanks. Have a nice day. --Vejvančický (talk) 09:58, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for František Mrázek

On 30 November 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article František Mrázek, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Drobnosti a Romantické kusy

Hello Hrdinský. Thanks for your help and important notes. I think, the second Dvořák's trio hasn't stable title. All titles, which I've used, are in my sources - in the score, in the study on Dvořák's chamber works by Šourek, and in the sleeve notes of CDs. All my sources reffer of course to Miniatures, Op. 75a, the translation was maybe confusing. It's possible to unite it, and make that thing more clear. You are right with the key signatures - it was my oversight, the trio and the version for violin and piano are almost identical, and the key signature is of course B flat major in both cases. I'll check and fix it. It's also possible to replace "Trio" with "Terzetto", Terzetto seems to me more Italian than English. I was inspired by the good recording of first two movements of Romantic Pieces here on wikipedia. I like more the version for trio... Thanks for your time and cooperation, it's great, as usually. --Vejvančický (talk) 21:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, your hook is better, and we have the reference for that fact, so it's possible to change it. --Vejvančický (talk) 21:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Janáček review

Hello Hrdinský. The article Leoš Janáček was recently reviewed by a member of Composers project, you can look here. I would appreciate your involvement, since you seems familiar with that topic. Thanks --Vejvančický (talk) 18:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Traditional Folk Music in Moravia

Hello Hrdinský. I´m currently working on this, would you mind to look there and fix some of my English? It´s a broad ethnographical and musicological topic, non-existent on Wikipedia... It isn´t the classical music, again. Ask whatever you wish, I´ll try to explain it. Thank you, have a nice day. --Vejvančický (talk) 16:58, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

That´s great! I´ll upload a good map of Moravian ethnographical regions soon, and I´m trying to get also some recordings from Jiří Plocek - an expert on folk music. (I´ve got some recordings - I´ve played in a cimbalom band few years - but the sound quality isn´t sufficient for Wikipedia) I can´t believe, that you know Hrbáč! I think, that´s the best and maybe the most representative music of Moravia. My collection of CDs with the folk music of my homeland is big, but I don´t know any Okinawan music, unfortunately... Thanks for your time and help. I ´ll continue... --Vejvančický (talk) 07:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

My explanations are in my sandbox. Thank you. --Vejvančický (talk) 09:19, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The arrangement is good, the correctness of facts is more important. The table is also well arranged. Thank you for improvements of my clumsy style. Good work. --Vejvančický (talk) 08:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lukas Foss

Thanks for the excellent addition. I forked the content off into its own full article. See List of compositions by Lukas Foss. DavidRF (talk) 17:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for Moravian traditional music

On February 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moravian traditional music, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I forgot...

On 5 December 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Romantic Pieces (Dvořák), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...and I owe you also this... Sorry. Keep up the good work. --Vejvančický (talk) 15:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Moravian Duets

Hello Hrdinský! I'm working again. Would you mind to check it? It's not the 40K article today :)) I'll finish it during this weekend, I hope. I guess, that you know that cycle, but if not, you can listen here. Thanks ...and ask whatever, as always. --Vejvančický (talk) 11:57, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

First of all I have to thank you again :)) Your help was great, as always. As for old English, the titles are official English translations, added from the score. I´m not able to translate perfectly, you know. The rest was my translation and compilation, and that wasn´t so "poetic" :) I´m not entirely satisfied with the numeration of individual songs. It has changed many times in the past, and it is confusing even in the score! However, I´m sure, that I´ve integrated all songs with all possible titles and Nos. in the correct order. Have a nice day, Hrdinský! --Vejvančický (talk) 16:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for Moravian Duets

On March 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moravian Duets, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 04:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem Hrdinský, you've done a lot of work there... I've noted your copyediting of my latest additions to Mrázek's case - great, thanks. You can also check the photo of Čelanský, which I finally found. Another interesting facts on Čelanský are described also here. I'm currently working on Leoš Janáček again, together with good editor User:Haploidavey, and we're looking for another editor and an independent view. Would you mind to provide us your opinion on that article? Our discussion related to the problems of that article is concentrated here and here. If you don't want to deal with it, no problem, I understand, you have your own work here. I just want to ask. I'm able to clarify the factual part, we have some problems with the style and readability of that article. Any suggestions or thoughts are always welcome. Have a good day. --Vejvančický (talk) 11:19, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Heinrich XXIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz

Hello Hrdinský. Your translation seems to be correct. I've compared both versions (with my very poor knowledge of German language), and I can't see any confusion. It is surely possible to use that photo, since we don't have any other portrait of Heinrich XXIV, but I'm not sure with the license. We can either try to obtain a permission from www.coinarchives.com, or upload the image as {{Non-free currency}}, as in 30px|this case. The latter way may be problematic, though. Some editors at the WP Composers are very strongly opposing use of coins in music articles, here is the guideline. The photo is relevant and useful in this case, and I can help you to ask for permission and upload it on commons. --Vejvančický (talk) 11:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

At your request, I've had a look over it, and it didn't need much except for some very light tinkering. Good work, Hrdinský. I maintain a list of works that were once famous but have fallen by the wayside, and composers who were once highly regarded but have fallen into obscurity. I'll certainly be adding Heinrich XXIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz‎ and his String Sextet No. 2 in B minor to the list. Cheers. -- JackofOz (talk) 03:08, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] John McEwen

Done. We now have John McEwen (disambiguation), with links to that page on all the articles you identified.

I took the opportunity to do a little light tinkering with the composer's page, which meant doing some reading about him. He sounds well worth getting to know, so I'll keep an ear out. Thanks. -- JackofOz (talk) 21:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Shulman

Thank you. :-) And thanks for the excellent contribution of a works list.Nrswanson (talk) 17:39, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ernest Walker

Hi, Hrdinský. I used that document as one of my sources for the article, but I used Grove V for the details of the works I mentioned. I think a list like yours is very useful. I'm away from home right now and can't check any of the details. I'll be back later today and will be able to do so then. In the meantime, I don't see a problem with adding your list to the article. Well done.

Did your interest in Ernest Walker come from reading the article I created, or were you aware of him previously? Me, I'd only very vaguely heard the name, but knew nothing about him. I wrote Works associated with Paul Wittgenstein last week, and he's on the list as someone who wrote 3 works for Wittgenstein, so I decided to do some research and discovered he was worth an article. -- JackofOz (talk) 21:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello JackofOz: I only know Ernest Walker because of his compositions for viola. I noticed his article had been written from my list of composers. I am very busy for the next few days, but want to review data/dates again and see if I can make a better product. I really enjoyed the article by the way. Good work! Hrdinský (talk) 15:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] re:Zdeňka Smetanová

The name of his second wife was Bettina (Barbora) Ferdinandiová (10 November 1840, Černé Budy na Sázavě - 14 December 1908, Luhačovice). Smetana married her on 10 July, 1860. She bore him two daughters: Zdeňka Smetanová (married Heydušková) (25 September, 1861 - 4 October 1936, Luhačovice), and Božena Smetanová (married Grafová) (19 February 1863 - 12 December 1941, Vienna). His second marriage seems to be happier. Thanks for your help, it is much clearer now. --Vejvančický (talk) 06:41, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Copy-and-paste move

Please don't move pages using copy-and-paste, as you did moving David Epstein to David Epstein (mathematician). It leads to the history of edits to the article being separate from the article content, violating our GFDL licensing requirements. I've fixed it this time, but in future, either use the move tab at the top of the page or (if for some reason a move is disallowed) ask an administrator for help. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:53, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Darius Milhaud

Thank you for finding opus 35 of Milhaud. Greetings, ceescamel writer of the Dutch version nl:Oeuvre van Darius Milhaud. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.51.42.86 (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits to the articles I created

Thank you very much for your edits on the music-related articles I started. I was surprised because you added places and dates of birth! I've started many articles (most of them bios) and I found difficult to find the dates of birth. Where did you find them? Please share your source ;) Again, thank you very much. --Karljoos (talk) 05:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Rapsódia na záhorácke motívy

Hello Hrdinský. I guess it could be Slovak region of Záhorie, (in Slovak: Záhorie, Záhorský región. One possible translation could be Rhapsody on Themes from Záhorie for viola and piano. --Vejvančický (talk) 00:07, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Violeta Dinescu

Thank you for your help with Violeta Dinescu! I will collect major works for the article in German. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)