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The stone, showing just two complete words written in the Square Hebrew alphabet, [2] [3] was carved above a wide depression cut into the inner face of the stone. [4] The first word is translated as "to the place" and the second word "of trumpeting" or "of blasting" or "of blowing", giving the phrase "To the Trumpeting Place". The subsequent ...
Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1939, for Decca Records.He also recorded it as a reading of the poem with a musical accompaniment on August 15, 1946. [2]Igor Stravinsky's first of his four 1941 arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner" led to an incident on January 15, 1944, with the Boston police, but "Boston Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan said there would be no action."
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
— The word padam, pronounced PAD-dahm, which comes from Kylie Minogue's summertime hit “Padam Padam,” which refers to the sound of a heartbeat. — Bharat, pronounced BUH-ruht, an ancient ...
Areíto or areyto was a Taíno language word adopted by the Spanish colonizers to describe a type of religious song and dance performed by the Taíno people of the Caribbean. The areíto was a ceremonial act that was believed to narrate and honor the heroic deeds of Taíno ancestors, chiefs, gods, and cemis. Areítos involved lyrics and ...
The Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation. [1] Commonly dated between the 1st and 2nd century AD, the inscription was found engraved on a pillar from the ancient Hellenistic town of Tralles (present-day Turkey) in 1883.
Emerson's "Concord Hymn" was written for the dedication of the memorial of the Battle of Concord. "Concord Hymn" (original title "Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836") [1] [2] is a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson written for the 1837 dedication of an obelisk monument in Concord, Massachusetts, commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord, a series of battles ...
The Fál (Irish:) or Lia Fáil (Irish: [ˌl̠ʲiə ˈfˠaːlʲ]; "Stone of Fál") is a stone at the Inauguration Mound (Irish: an Forrad) on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, which served as the coronation stone for the King of Tara and hence High King of Ireland. It is also known as the Stone of Destiny or Speaking Stone. [1]