Olympic Hymn ---- Olympische Hymne

[benbrenyefski]

tnx for listening!

[international153]

Original version is better

[KostFill1991]

Diese Hymne ist nicht das Original, aber die Griechen. Dies ist nur ein Cover!

[kingsott]

Found at last and I'm overjoyed. What a glorious sound! I'm almost sorry Hitler lost the War. And, before anyone gets hysterical, I lived in Bomb Alley from 1939 to 1945. We staved off the Nazi invasion only to be systematically cheated of our birthright by the EU. And - mark my words - in the onset of WW3, the EU will be even more inept than the League of Nations & the UN before it, But, as I fast approach 73, I can sit back & take a dispassionate view of the whole sordid business.

[jslasher1]

A good performance. Strauss' work has been recorded only twice: in 1936 by the Berlin State Opera Orchestra and, most recently, by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Munich Motet Choir in 1999. There is also an orchestration for brass recorded for Chandos Records by the Locke Brass.

[kazpmk]

It's not the current olympic hymn!

[mick149]

is it an anthem or a hymn

[KiaraAntillaw43]

nunbrauche dringend beschäftigung bin so einsam! Jemand lust zu chatn

[muzikatzi]

@pookerville and the others: how stupid are you?? THIS IS THE OLYMPIC HYMN! nazi crap?? just cause it's in german, it's nazi crap, or what? idiot! ipmoic is totally right

[9221BOKU]

この曲は名曲だ。

歴史や思想と切り離して音楽を楽しむべき！

[ipmoic]

If you look at the German posting of this hymn on YouTube, there are just as many stupid German comments as there are English ones here!!

Strauss wrote this on commission. He hated sports and thought very little of this work. You could look it up--but no-- people just make dumb comments without knowing anything.

[Lo72578]

@ipmoic

exactly!

here is what he wrote as a direct citation from one of his letters:

"Ich vertreibe mir die Adventslangeweile damit, eine Olympiahymne für die Proleten zu componieren, ich der ausgesprochene Feind und Verächter des Sports. Ja: Müßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang."

and it is true he wrote it - as one of germanys most famous composers of that time - on commission of the IOC. It has nothing to do with politics, as it wasnt ordered by the NS-regime.



[pookerville]

Absolutely, positively NOT the Olympic hymn! No way! This is just Nazi crap!

[Cephalopopo]

what a stupid guy

[bnbalenda]

Cool.

[realIBeliX]

atleast non political shit, where all people are argiung unlike in other anthem videos.

[iaswnath]

This is not the Olympic Anthem

[maggytec]

of course the one from 1936

[MaestroFire]

i dont think so.

[MarkoKassenaar]

Although it is a sensitive subject, from a historic and music-historic point of view it is still a gem, this post. Thank you very much!

[nofxgr]

WTF is that??????

Definately NOT the Olympic Hymn!!!!!!!!

[singspieler]

this was a richard strauss composition commissioned by the nazi party for the berlin 1936 olympics. this was a one time thing, there is nothing official about it. the original greek composition written by spiros samaras for the athens 1896, is the only hymn or anthem that is truly olympic.

[maggytec]

thats wrong because strauss got the order to compose the piece in 1932 1 year before hitler became führer of germany.

[Lo72578]

@singspieler wrong: comissioned by the IOC

[Lo72578]

wrong: comissioned by the IOC

[dineloh86]

Can anyone tell me, wich colours are standing for wich continents?

I only remember, that black was Africa.

[Kythos]

Just by staring on the flag, I just would love to get hold on those rings and wear them. LOL

[RoadRunner6677]

i like olympic fanfare  better but this is good

[8177000]

is this the olympic hymn as in the original?

[zzahier]

Yes it is.

[8177000]

as in the greek one?

[SamHawkens]

No, this is the Olympic Hymn which was composed by Richard Strauss for the Olympic Games in Germany 1936.

The text is, of course, also German. It doesn't have anything to do with Greece.

[singspieler]

this is absolutely not the original! where are you coming up with that??

[Beneto007]

@zzahier No it is not the newest. this is the hymn from 1936 at Berlin. (hitlers hymn)

[EvanC0912]

luv it

[hgklrrkdlfr]

Das ist die erste Olympia-Hymne, die es gibt.

[3wonka]

wats the song where they always play when someone is striving for something

and the other song when they play in movies when its the olympics the morning song

[gaypanda]

It may usually be Fanfare for the Common Man.

[Willhelm007]

The first notes sound like O Canada :p

[YoYoSmileALot]

lol I thought that too :P

[vc210790]

@Willhelm007 also like A Portuguesa

[JINMEI99]

not too bad! i like it!

[Freeportfarmer]

This is the Olympic Hymn composed by Richard Strauss for the '36 Olympics---Johann Strauss Jr had been dead for at least 36 years when this piece was written.

[zzahier]

Thanks for the video response. theme45

[ikarus366]

You must correct this vid. The audio is not the Olympic Anthem, but the Olympic Hymn composed by Johann Strauss for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin (better know as the Nazi Olympics)

[zzahier]

done thanks

[Great2C]

But the description for the video is still wrong.

[zzahier]

regrets i thought i changed both I hope now it is ok.

[DutchP]

what do you think are the olympics in china now?

In my opinion now everything in china is propaganda too !

China's politicians don't care about human rights and the civilians are suffering...

[auricalco]

Is there a way of not doing politics? Well HR are so fashionable, however I think most people haven't read them. Just because a small gang of Hippies in late 40's claimed that anything that give People pleasure is a natual born right don't make this true. I have never seen food or peace in nature, how can they be a NBR? According to HR each one can move from one country to another and choose the nationality they want but being safety is also a right. Please, this is childish.

[meinerHeld]

@ikarus366 umm right. Not Johann, Richard!

[trojton23]

@ikarus366  Richard Strauß, not Johann Strauß!

[lucion128]

@ikarus366 This is not composed by Johann Strauss, but by Richard Strauss. 36 was maybe a Nazi Olympics game organisation, but the hymne is not a Nazi music . Richard Strauss was the greater german composer in 36, saty in Germany but never take the Nazi card and never adopted the Nazi idea and was victim of nazism in is own family.

[jslasher1]

@ikarus366 Please do not make a fool of yourself by confusing the Strauss's. Johann Strauss composed waltzes. Richard Strauss, no relation, composed "Olympische Hymne".

[Altoclarinets]

@jslasher1 And Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Till Eulenspiegel's, and... need I continue?

[storm1086]

@ikarus366 Richard not Johann