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 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6427 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 11 05 December 2010 at 8:35am | IP Logged |
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Now I'm listening to the German carols yet again.. It just reminds me of how much time has passed since I started this journey. :)
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5838 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 11 05 December 2010 at 8:49am | IP Logged |
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We will have a Christmas guitar meeting today, where we three people will play the following 7 German Christmas carols on the guitar and sing:
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht - Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen - Am Weihnachstbaum die Lichter brennen - Kling Glöckchen klingelingeling - Ihr Kinderlein kommet - Leise rieselt der Schnee - Süßer die Glocken nie klingen Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hobbema Senior Member United States Joined 5732 days ago 541 posts - 575 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese, French, Dutch | Message 11 of 11 05 December 2010 at 10:36am | IP Logged |
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"Stille Nacht" is performed and sung in German here in the United States with some regularity. I don't know the history but I think that the original version was written in Austria or Germany many years ago. This is an instance where nolstagic thoughts of Christmas prompts people to want to sing in the language in which it was composed.
The funny thing is, in this largely monolingual country (except for Spanish, of course), that it is a carol that everyone knows, and when schoolchildren sing it in German, they already know the meaning when they sing the German words. It makes you wonder about the use of music to teach language in early childhood education. To my knowledge, it's not done much, but maybe it should be! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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