Olympic Hymn (Leonard Bernstein version)
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Annotation
Bernstein wrote his Olympic Hymn for the 1981 International Olympic Congress in Baden-Baden, in what was then West Germany. Bernstein used the music of the song "Proud" from his failed 1976 musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to compose a work for chorus and orchestra of “great nobility and expressive power.”
The lyrics, written by German author Günter Kunert, pay tribute to values embodied in the Olympics: "Give an example that applies to all: Fight as friends, not as foes."
Annotation last modified on 2012-05-15 13:47 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Günter Kunert |
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| composer: | Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| Olympic Hymn | Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams | 5:22 | ||