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"Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss ( Leontopodium nivale ), a white flower found high in the Alps. The song was created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music , as a song for the character Captain Georg von Trapp .
It was an edelweiss, One little edelweiss, Holla-hidi hollala, Hollahi diho. So lonesome and abandoned, as this small flower stood, so we stand in life, until heart to heart finds one another. A life full of love With luck and sunshine, was brought to us by the lonely little flower. It was an edelweiss, One little edelweiss, Holla-hidi hollala ...
"Bring Me Edelweiss" is a song by Austrian band Edelweiss, first released in late 1988 as a stand-alone single, then later included on their debut album Wonderful World of Edelweiss. The song was a hit in Europe and New Zealand, reaching the number-one position in six countries and peaking within the top five on several other music charts ...
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Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater.With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-known American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music.
Edelweiss were an Austrian electronic dance music group consisting of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Matthias Schweger and Walter Werzowa. The group is best known for their 1988 worldwide hit " Bring Me Edelweiss ", and their European hit "Starship Edelweiss".
Leontopodium nivale, the edelweiss, has been regarded as a national symbol of Austria, worn as a cap emblem by Austrian troops and displayed on Austrian coins. [10] A song about the plant , written by Oscar Hammerstein , was featured in the musical production The Sound of Music .
Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth.Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie band Montezumas.