Ode to Joy, from Beethoven's 9th Symphony was written by Schiller in 1785
as "An die Freude".
Bianca
On Mar 10, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Gary Davis <ashglen_at_rogers.com> wrote:
> In the 1970s my work took me to a town near Schilleršs birthplace, which
> was then a pub, as I recall. My hosts took me there. It was interesting
> to me partly because my late grandmother, who was from Radautz and that
> neighbourhood, often quoted Schiller, even though she was just a teenager
> when she and her family moved to Staten Island. (That is my connection to
> the Goldschlagers of Czernowitz, although I am not yet sure exactly what
> that connection was.
>
> Apparently Beethoven also quoted him, but I would not know about that
> (ha!).
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> On 2014-03-10, 7:49 PM, "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>> Friedrich Schiller never visited Czernowitz,
>> but he was revered by all who had read his poetry.
>> (Obligatory in Czernowitz schools during the Austro Hungarian Empire.)
>> Friedrich Schiller would not have made fun of Hutzuls.
>> In one of his poems he wrote:
>> Warum verfolgst du meine Herde?
>> Raum genug fur alle hat diese Erde.
>>
>> Why do you pursue my herd?
>> Enough room for all has this earth.
>>
>> Mimi
>>
>> On Mar 10, 2014, at 12:04 PM, HARDY BREIER wrote:
>>
>>> Art Publication by the name of Schiller.
>>> Friedrich Schiller was never in Czernowitz as far as I know.
>>> Hardy
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