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In 1492 Christopher Columbus is arguing with the king of Spain whether the world is round or flat. Columbus suggests that the Earth is round like an apple or a human head. King Ferdinand insists the Earth is flat like a pancake (and Columbus' head, after flattening it with his scepter). Eventually the king kicks Columbus out of his palace.
Christoph Kolumbus, America (1492). Ein Mann, der sich Kolumbus nannt ("A man who called himself Columbus") is the title of a folk or children's song. It first became the melody of Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart in the Scherzliederbuch (book of humorous songs) Der Pott in 1936. The song tells of the "discovery of America" by Christopher Columbus.
1492 (song) C. Christopher Columbus (A1 song) Columbus (Mrs. Green Apple song) Conquest of Paradise (song) D. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (song) E. Ein Mann, der sich ...
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many ... whose Monastery was the venue in June 1492 for the decisive meeting between the Catholic Monarchs and Columbus to ...
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 music score to the film of the same name by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film , a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus , was directed by Ridley Scott , for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner , in 1982.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 (originally observed on October 12) to commemorate the landing of explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...
Christopher Columbus might have sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but he will no longer have a holiday in his name in Minneapolis. "The Minneapolis City Council voted to, as some would say, set the ...
Freberg satirizes episodes of the history of the United States from 1492 until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. The album combined dialogue and song in a musical theater format. Billy May orchestrated and conducted the music, with the Jud Conlon Singers providing background vocals.