多久沒看馬戲團表演了?
5、10、20、30年? 還是….50年?
對於現代的年輕人，『馬戲團』是一個既熟悉又陌生的名詞；但對我這一代的許多人，卻是兒時美好回憶。 Continue reading
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Category Archives: 音樂世界
Where the Boys Are
Where the Boys Are is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and first recorded by Connie Francis.Premise
When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed Connie Francis for a major starring rôle in the motion picture Where the Boys Are (based on the novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout), Francis solicited the services of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, who had written hit songs for her previously (e. g. “Stupid Cupid”), to write original material for her to perform on the film’s soundtrack including a Where the Boys Are title song. Continue reading
O Holy Night聖善夜
“O Holy Night” (“Cantique de Noël”) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight’s Journal of Music, created a singing edition based on Cappeau’s French text in 1855. In both the French original and in the two familiar English versions of the carol, the text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of mankind’s redemption. Continue reading
Silent Night平安夜
聖誕詩歌很多，但有二首是每年必唱的，否則缺少喜樂、和平、恬靜的氣氛。這二首歌就是「平安夜」與「普世歡騰」(Joy to the World)。
莫爾（Joseph Mohr, 1792-1848）出生奧地利薩爾斯堡，童年時是一個活潑的兒童合唱團的團員，1815年受封為羅馬天主教神父。
1818年聖誕節前夕，在奧地利的阿爾卑斯山谷中，有一座新建的小教堂。新到任的莫爾獨坐在教堂內，想到聖誕節來臨，教堂的風琴卻壞了，不能在午夜彌撒時， Continue reading
The First Noel
he First Nowell (also written The First Noël) is a traditional classical English carol, most likely from the 18th century, although possibly earlier. The word Noel comes from the French word Noël meaning Christmas, from the Latin word natalis which translates as birthday”. Continue reading