Olympic Hymn ---- Olympische Hymne

Olympische Hymne (Olympic Hymn) is a composition for orchestra and mixed chorus by Richard Strauss.
Robert Lubahn's Text for the Olympische Hymne: Völker! Seid des Volkes Gäste, kommt durch's offne Tor herein! Friede sei dem Völkerfeste! Ehre soll der Kampfspruch sein. Junge Kraft will Mut beweisen, heißes Spiel Olympia! deinen Glanz in Taten preisen, reines Ziel: Olympia. Vieler Länder Stolz und Blüte kam zum Kampfesfest herbei; alles Feuer das da glühte, schlägt zusammen hoch und frei. Kraft und Geist naht sich mit Zagen. Opfergang Olympia! Wer darf deinen Lorbeer tragen, Ruhmesklang: Olympia? Wie nun alle Herzenschlagen in erhobenem Verein, soll in Taten und in Sagen Eidestreu das Höchste sein. Freudvoll sollen Meistersiegen, Siegesfest Olympia! Freude sei noch im Erliegen, Friedensfest: Olympia. Freudvoll sollen Meistersiegen, Siegesfest Olympia! Olympia! Olympia! Olympia!

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[8177000]

is this the olympic hymn as in the original?

[zzahier]

Yes it is.

[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.

[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.

[storm1086]

@ikarus366 Richard not Johann

[Altoclarinets]

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

[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".

[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.

[Lo72578]

wrong: comissioned by the IOC

[Lo72578]

@singspieler wrong: comissioned by the IOC

[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.

[trojton23]

@ikarus366  Richard Strauß, not Johann Strauß!

[Beneto007]

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