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Illustration of the weeping by the rivers of Babylon from Chludov Psalter (9th century). The song is based on the Biblical Psalm 137:1–4, a hymn expressing the lamentations of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC: [1] Previously the Kingdom of Israel, after being united under Kings David and Solomon, had been split in two, with the Kingdom of ...
An English setting ("By the Rivers of Babylon") by David Amram (b. 1930), for solo soprano and SSAA choir (1969). [63] [64] [65] [relevant?] "Rivers of Babylon", in part based on the opening verses of the Psalm, is a Rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970.
"Rivers of Babylon" (arranged and released by The Jamaicans, Boney M arrangement became a world hit) "Rock-of-my Soul" "Rock of Ises" "Roll River Jordan" "Run Come Rally" "Satta Massagana" "Send One Mighty Ingel" "So Long Rastafari" (arranged by Bob Marley in 1978; arranged and released by Dennis Brown in 1979-also check out SO LONG-Count Ossie ...
Arguably the most popular version of the song, Boney M.'s recording was originally the B-side to the group's number-one hit single "Rivers of Babylon" (1978).In July 1978, following ten weeks in UK Top Ten, five of them at number one, "Rivers of Babylon" slipped to number 18 and then to 20, when radio stations flipped the single.
"An Wasserflüssen Babylon" (By the rivers of Babylon) is a Lutheran hymn by Wolfgang Dachstein, which was first published in Strasbourg in 1525. The text of the hymn is a paraphrase of Psalm 137 . Its singing tune, which is the best known part of the hymn and Dachstein's best known melody, was popularised as the chorale tune of Paul Gerhardt ...
The "Rivers of Babylon" section has been changed to showcase a person attending the dentist. The crescendo "aaah" sound in "Rivers of Babylon" remains in the song, but is changed to sound like the patient is opening their mouth wider and wider for the dentist to see more into it, with each pause in-between having the dentist saying "Open wider ...
The Rastafarian song "Rivers of Babylon" (recorded 1970 by The Melodians) includes a reference to the Amidah through verse 14 of Psalm 19 in English together with a reference to Psalm 137 that was written in memory of the first destruction of Zion by the Babylonians in 586 BC (the city and the Second Temple were destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans).
Some scholars have thought that the chorus was intended to be an anthem for Italian patriots, who were seeking to unify their country and free it from foreign control in the years up to 1861 (the chorus's theme of exiles singing about their homeland, and its lines like O mia patria, si bella e perduta / "O my country, so beautiful, and lost" was thought to have resonated with many Italians). [3]