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• Regarding 1725 entry:

  my wording: J. S. Bach led his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

  was changed to: J. S. Bach first performed his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

  issues in the order of importance:

  1. "first" is misleading: this congratulatory work was meant to be performed only that one time (which is why Bach reused the music for his Easter Oratorio a few weeks later - the same way as he reused several other such works for his Christmas Oratorio - which to mention would be nice but I didn't see how while still keeping it short). I have no solution, sorry.
  2. Shepherd Cantata, the common name (and much shorter than the long German first line for a title) is a title and needs italics, imo.
  3. I added Tafel-Music, the type actually on the printed booklet of the text, to indicate in a short way that is was a scenic performance in costumes, which I found interesting. Again, I have no short other solution how to indicate that. Bedtime where I am. Good luck. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Gerda Arendt: I based my changes partly on the article itself – the lead uses the words "first performed" and "Shepherd Cantata" is not in italics – although I would agree that the name should probably be italicized here, and we can probably get rid of the word "first" in the blurb. On the other hand, I wouldn't include "Tafel-Music" in the blurb: this is useful but non-essential contextual information, and OTD blurbs are usually kept as short and concise as needed to convey the gist of the event being profiled. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 22:42, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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