"A Nation Once Again" is a song, written in the early to mid-1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845). Davis was a founder of Young Ireland, an Irish movement whose aim was the independence of Ireland.
Davis believed that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people. He wrote that "a song is worth a thousand harangues". He felt that music could have a particularly strong influence on Irish people at that time. He wrote: "Music is the first faculty of the Irish... we will endeavour to teach the people to sing the songs of their country that they may keep alive in their minds the love of the fatherland."
"A Nation Once Again" was first published in The Nation on 13 July 1844 and quickly became a rallying call for the growing Irish nationalist movement at that time.
The song is a prime example of the "Irish rebel music" subgenre. The song's narrator dreams of a time when Ireland... (continuer)
[1913]
Parole di Stoddard King (1889–1933), autore e cantautore
Musica di Alonzo "Zo" Elliott (1891-1964), compositore e cantautore
L’interpretazione più nota è quella del grande tenore irlandese John McCormack, nel 1917.
June Tabor ne ha offerta una propria versione – intitolata “The Long, Long Trail” - nel disco collettivo “We Died in Hell—They Called it Passchendaele” (1993)
La canzone fu pubblicata negli USA nel 1914, poco prima dello scoppio della guerra in Europa e divenne immediatamente popolarissima tra i soldati americani lì spediti a combattere a partire dall’aprile del 1917. Veniva usata spesso per chiudere i concerti per le truppe e l’esecuzione era sempre seguita da un lungo, commosso e significativo silenzio.
Chanson de langue anglaise (USA) – There's a Long, Long Trail – Stoddard King – 1913
Paroles de Stoddard King (1889-1933), auteur et compositeur
Musique d’Alonzo “Zo” Elliott (1891-1964), compositeur et auteur de chansons
L’interprétation la plus connue est celle du grand ténor irlandais John McCormack, en 1917.
La chanson a été publiée aux États-Unis en 1914, peu avant le déclenchement de la guerre en Europe et est immédiatement devenue très populaire parmi les soldats américains envoyés là-bas pour combattre à partir d’avril 1917. Elle était souvent utilisée pour clôturer les concerts des troupes et la représentation était toujours suivie d’un long silence émouvant et significatif.
Il serait intéressant de faire la liaison avec It's a long way to Tipperary (1912) et sa version antérieure, jamais interprétée, It’s a long way to connemara (1909), toutes deux œuvres de Jack Judge et Harry... (continuer)
"A Nation Once Again" is a song, written in the early to mid-1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845). Davis was a founder of Young Ireland, an Irish movement whose aim was the independence of Ireland.
Davis believed that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people. He wrote that "a song is worth a thousand harangues". He felt that music could have a particularly strong influence on Irish people at that time. He wrote: "Music is the first faculty of the Irish... we will endeavour to teach the people to sing the songs of their country that they may keep alive in their minds the love of the fatherland."
"A Nation Once Again" was first published in The Nation on 13 July 1844 and quickly became a rallying call for the growing Irish nationalist movement at that time.
The song is a prime example of the "Irish rebel music" subgenre. The song's narrator dreams of a time when Ireland... (continuer)