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The Coro di Zingari (Italian for "Gypsy chorus"), [1] known in English as the "Anvil Chorus", is a chorus from act 2, scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera Il trovatore.It depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and Gypsy women.
By the 1950s, the chorus of the song (with revised lyrics) had become popular in Irish and Scottish communities as being part of "The Celtic Song", sung by the fans of Glasgow Celtic in Scotland and later other teams. Glen Daly recorded an "official version" of "The Celtic Song" that is commonly played at Celtic Park prior to matches. [12]
Singing translations are not intended to be word-for-word translations of the original. They are generally written with the goal of preserving the general meaning of the original, but tempered by the additional needs to fit syllables into the right rhythm and have verse which is generally attractive.
" Va, pensiero" (Italian: [ˈva penˈsjɛːro]), also known as the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves", is a chorus from the opera Nabucco (1842) by Giuseppe Verdi. It recollects the period of Babylonian captivity after the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC.
T. Tehillim for Anne; Tenebrae Responsories (Victoria) The Testament of Freedom; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell) Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin
Soldiers' Chorus from Faust by Gounod; O Tender Moon (O nuit d'amour) from Faust by Gounod; Silver Threads Among the Gold by Hart Pease Danks; Killarney by Michael William Balfe; Mary of Argyle by Sidney Nelson; Robin Adair by Charles Coffey; Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn; Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore by ...
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The hero of his later novel The Anvil Chorus, a Paris police inspector, is an Alsatian Jew apparently related to Alfred Dreyfus. Stevens also wrote two crime novels under the pseudonym J.W. Rider: Jersey Tomatoes (Arbor 1986) and Hot Tickets (Arbor 1987). The protagonist is Ryder Malone in both novels. The setting is New Jersey. [4]