Carl XII:s marsch vid Narva (Narvan marssi) - Vocaloid Choir

My first Vocaloid upload in Swedish (also first-appearance of Len and Luka in my vids). Mind you, I would have made the Finnish version but, because of copyright issues, I had to make the Swedish version. (Only the Swedish lyrics are old enough to be published.)

Vocaloid Choir:
Soprano: Miku
Alto: Luka
Tenor: Len
Bass: Mikuo

Song info:

Name: Carl XII:s marsch vid Narva
Finnish: Narvan marssi
English: Narva March

Composer: Unknown, probably of Irish origin

Arrangement: Johann Christian Haeffner

Lyrics: Erik Gustaf Geier

You can find the full poem here:
http://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Viken,_tidens_flyktiga_minnen

Finnish translation: Alpo Noponen

English translation by me. Please, feel free to give me suggestions to improve my translation!

Info: ( Wikipedia (in Finnish): http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvan_marssi ) As far as is known, this march was played during the battle of Narva, (Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700) ) in which Carl XII, the king of Sweden, utterly defeated the considerably larger Russian army. There was a heavy snowfall that day, so the Swedish troops marched to this slow march. In 1818, Erik Gustaf Geier wrote lyrics for the march to honor the 100th anniversary of king Carl XII:s death. In Finland, this march is always played during military funerals. It has been played in civilian funerals, as well, such as the funeral of president Kekkonen.

Development history: I started working on the song on the 3rd of July and roughly managed to finish the notes and lyrics. I wanted to try out my new Vocaloids (Rin, Len and Luka), so Rin would have naturally been the soprano. Well, I tried using her at first, but she sounded too nasal and fuzzy compared to good ol' trusty Miku, so I switched her. (Don't worry, Rin! I'll let you sing a song, one day.) :D I started fine-tuning on July the 5th, which took me a lot of time. Actually, it was the first time I really used the clearness and brightness parameters of Vocaloid, but I think it turned out quite nice. :) After the Vocaloid work, I edited the sound with Audacity (compression and reverb). Making the video took most of the time, again. I used Lipsync, but I had to manually fine-tune the mouth movements to make it look good. I made the background with GIMP (I drew Mikuo by modifying Miku). Finally, I combined the video and music with Windows Movie Maker.

NOTE (18.8.2009): I think I made Miku sing too passionately at the end of the song. She is too loud and her vibrato's so over the top that it gets annoying. Well, at least now I know where to improve. :)

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• 巡音ルカ
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• tekstitykset
• svenska
• swedish
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• haeffner
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• yt:quality=high

[MRsverigeswe]

lol I did not understand a shit (and I'm from Sweden) until I turned on the subtitles

then I heard what they were singing XD

[E5rael]

@MRsverigeswe That's why even the Japanese Vocaloid videos usually have subtitles. ;)

[SergeantJK]

I hate anime.

[E5rael]

@SergeantJK I used to hate anime, too. I don't hate it anymore, but I don't watch it either (except Vocaloid-related stuff).

[mikisct]

Isnt King Carl XII the Swedish king that lost against the Russians and fled to his friend the Turkish sultan & convinced him to wage a war vs. the Russians in witch the ottomans won?

[E5rael]

@mikisct Yes, the very same! Initially Sweden was doing very well in the war (with the battle of Narva being a part of Sweden's successful campaign) but then Carl XII was defeated in the battle of Poltava, which can be considered the turning point of the Great Northern War in favour of the anti-Swedish alliance.

[Piirikaitse]

Honor to Estonian, Swedish and Finnish soldiers who bravely stood against asiatic Russian hordes now 310 years ago!

You may add Estonian titles also (Narva marss).

[hagst27]

Viken, tidens flyktiga minnen,

Stundens fröjder, bleknen, försvinnen,

Natten nedsteg på våra sinnen,

och för skuggorna är vår sång.

Hågkomst av de framfarna dagar,

som oss eldar och oss anklagar,

Gråa gäst, som ej tid försvagar,

följe ditt allvar vår dunkla gång.

(Erik Gustaf Geijer, 1818)

[komata19780714]

Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)

[underbjorn]

varför är det mangakaraktärer i videon wtf

[Icestorm115]

Det alla glömmer bort när man talar om Karl XII är tiden i Polen, då han trots allt åstakom ett maktskifte. Titta på en fälttågskarta och se på den kampanjen. Det är det som är kriget efter Narva som han uppehöll stormakten. Allt där efter blev minst sagt fiasko rakt igenom med Poltava och exilen i det Ottomanska riket till mindre revancher och till slut fälttåget i Norge...

[drfeeelgoood]

this is the music i listen to today!

6 juni.

[Kudiz]

@E5rael stupidly enough he chased after them into ukraine, should've never done that. supply lines etc getting cut. should've settled at narva, rebuild army, secure borders, make pact with poland, attack mocow from st petersburg and narva simultaneously.. but oh well, the poles mentions us in their national anthem so, kinda cool :D

[hagst27]

Viken, tidens flyktiga minnen,

Stundens fröjder, bleknen, försvinnen,

Natten nedsteg på våra sinnen,

och för skuggorna är vår sång.

Hågkomst av de framfarna dagar,

som oss eldar och oss anklagar,

Gråa gäst, som ej tid försvagar,

följe ditt allvar vår dunkla gång.