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The work never mentions Finland and Russia directly, but the song was interpreted to replace Athens with Finland and Persia with Russia. [2] The work was the one of three published under the title 3 songs for chorus, Op. 31. Each song, however, has a different purpose and instrumentation. [1] [2]
Paul had encountered conflict as a result of his preaching in Thessalonica and Berea in northern Greece and had been carried to Athens as a place of safety. According to the Acts of the Apostles , while he was waiting for his companions Silas and Timothy to arrive, Paul was distressed to see Athens full of idols.
Fragments of both hymns in the Delphi Archaeological Museum. The Delphic Hymns are two musical compositions from Ancient Greece, which survive in substantial fragments.They were long regarded as being dated c. 138 BC and 128 BC, respectively, but recent scholarship has shown it likely they were both written for performance at the Athenian Pythaids in 128 BC. [1]
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
"Light One Candle" is a song by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The trio performed the song in concerts starting in 1982, before recording it for their 1986 studio album No Easy Walk to Freedom. A popular Hanukkah song, "Light One Candle" features lyrics commemorating the war of national liberation fought by the Maccabees against the ...
The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) wrote over 550 original works during his eight-decade artistic career. [1] This began around 1875 with a short miniature for violin and cello called Water Droplets (Vattendroppar), [2] and ended a few months before his death at age 91 with the orchestration of two earlier songs, "Kom nu hit, död" ("Come Away, Death") and "Kullervon valitus ...
"Ballerina" is a popular song, sometimes known as "Dance, Ballerina, Dance". [1] The song was written by Carl Sigman with lyrics by Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell. [2] Published in 1947, the tune is listed as ASCAP Title Code 320012517.
"A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Originally recorded for Simon's 1965 UK-only debut, The Paul Simon Songbook , it was recorded soon after by Simon and his partner, Art Garfunkel , for the duo's third album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme .