英樂博客
學習英語，欣賞音樂。
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雪絨花
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Edelweiss (song)
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"Edelweiss" is a Rodgers and Hammerstein song from musical and film The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alpine hills. In The Sound of Music, the song is used as a double metaphor: it is first sung by lonely Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, a widower, as he rediscovers music and a love for his children, in a rebirth similar to the flower's rebirth after the snows of winter recede; second, it is sung as a defiant statement of Austrian patriotism by the von Trapp family in the face of the pressure put upon Captain von Trapp to join the navy of Nazi Germany.
The great popularity of the song has led many of its audience to believe that it is an Austrian folk song or even the official national anthem.[1] In actuality, Austria's official anthem is Land der Berge, Land am Strome, and the anthem used before the Anschluss was Sei gesegnet ohne Ende. The edelweiss is a popular flower in Austria, and was featured on the old 1 Schilling coin. It can also now be seen on the 2 cent Euro coin. The edelweiss is also worn as a cap device by certain Austrian Army mountain units. However, the edelweiss is in fact the national flower of Switzerland.
The music was written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and was the final song that the great duo wrote together — Hammerstein would die nine months after the premiere of the musical.
雪絨花
維基百科，自由的百科全書
《雪絨花》（Edelweiss）是美國電影和音樂劇《音樂之聲》中的著名歌曲，理查·羅傑斯作曲，奧斯卡·漢默斯坦二世作詞。
該曲得名於阿爾卑斯山間常見的一種小花高山火絨草，自隨《音樂之聲》上演以來迅速流行。許多人甚至將其稱為奧地利的非正式國歌。一些衛理公會團體還將其重新填詞後，作為讚美詩演唱，這導致該曲的版權持有者威脅要將這些團體告上法庭.
