My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

Steinberg obviously has concluded that it is the lyric element which must dominate in this score, and he manages at times to create the effect of the whole orchestra bursting into song.

Certainly not in Orchestra Hall where he has played countless recitals, and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing the Brahms Concerto with his own slashing, demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high, pale, pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music, or forever finds it closed.

The Polish song and dance company called Mazowsze, after the region of Poland, where it has its headquarters, opened a three-week engagement at the City Center last night.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

* Barbara Younger has written a children's book about the writing of the song: Purple Mountain Majesties: The Story of Katharine Lee Bates and " America the Beautiful ".

* Brian Eno's album Before and After Science includes a song entitled " King's Lead Hat ", an anagram of " Talking Heads ", a band Eno has worked with.

William Walker ( composer ) | William Walker, the composer who first joined John Newton's verses to " New Britain ", to create the song that has become " Amazing Grace "

Author James Basker states that the song has been employed by African Americans as the " paradigmatic Negro spiritual " because it expresses the joy felt at being delivered from slavery and worldly miseries.

Collins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, claimed that the song was able to " pull her through " to recovery.

The U. S. Library of Congress has a collection of 3, 000 versions of and songs inspired by " Amazing Grace ", some of which were first-time recordings by folklorists Alan and John Lomax, a father and son team who in 1932 traveled thousands of miles across the South to capture the different regional styles of the song.

The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

It has become a song that inspires hope in the wake of tragedy, becoming a sort of " spiritual national anthem " according to authors Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey.

She has referenced this independence from major labels in song more than once, including " The Million You Never Made " ( Not A Pretty Girl ), which discusses the act of turning down a lucrative contract, " The Next Big Thing " ( Not So Soft ), which describes an imagined meeting with a label head-hunter who evaluates the singer based on her looks, and " Napoleon " ( Dilate ), which sympathizes sarcastically with an unnamed friend who did sign with a label.

It has become a definitive anti-war song.

*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

Other notable acts include Ali B ( who has been featured on other artists ' tracks, most significantly with Marco Borsato on the song " Wat zou je doen?

At several points, Sondheim has multiple performers each sing a different song simultaneously.

In analyzing the text of the song, Max Cryer wrote that it " is not intended to be sung by the young in love, but by a mature performer who has seen it all before.

" There Won't Be Trumpets ," a song cut during previews, has become a favorite of cabaret performers.

Benny Andersson has written music to several films for screen and television ; the first attempt in the early 1970s for the obscure Swedish movie The Seduction Of Inga: the film flopped, but the ' Björn & Benny ' single " She's My Kind Of Girl " surprised the composers by being released in Japan and becoming a Top 10 hit ( the song renamed in Japan as " The Little Girl Of The Cold Wind ").

Kusumi Koharu performed a song and dance titled " Balalaika " which has also been flawlessly mirrored in the Hatsune Miku phenomenon.

* In the movie Wag the Dog, the fictitious unit 303 Special Forces has a song created titled " The Men of the 303 " that is played to a deliberately similar but original tune written by Huey Lewis for the film.

The incident has been commemorated by Irish band, U2, in their 1983 protest song " Sunday Bloody Sunday ".

The distinction between " authentic " folk and national and popular song in general has always been loose, particularly in America and Germany-for example popular songwriters such as Stephen Foster could be termed " folk " in America.

As examples of the distinction, " Amazing Grace " is a hymn ( no refrain ), but " How Great Thou Art " is a gospel song.

The complicated terminology distinguishing between ` the song, the name of the song, and what the name of the song is called ' entails the use – mention distinction.

This distinction is given to the song tallying the most feature US broadcast performances during the eligibility period.

He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including " Poor Little Fool ", which holds the distinction of being the first # 1 song on Billboard magazine's then newly created Hot 100 chart.

However, he also provided this quotation: " Gospel hymnody has the distinction of being America's most typical contribution to Christian song.

The 8-track tape version of this album has the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that is arranged exactly like the album, with no song breaks.

This distinction follows from his view of a canticle as an unaccompanied vocal song, and of a psalm as an accompanied vocal song.

When her song hit number one, Loeb earned the distinction of being the only artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to any record label.

One such song, which holds a unique distinction, was for the 1993 movie Muddina Maava, wherein he provided playback to the legendary singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who acted in the movie.

The " showstopper " in that work was " The Lambeth Walk " which has the distinction of being the only popular song to be the subject of a leader in The Times.

It can be interpreted as a conventional symmetrical scene and yet it seems to be a hybrid parabasis / song without any clear distinction between the sung and declaimed sections.

But in terms of the pure gift of interpretation of taking virtually any song and making it a country song of class and distinction, Smith is it.

He was with the band when they recorded " Rock Around the Clock " in 1954, and Williamson had the distinction of being the only Comet allowed to record lead vocal tracks during Haley's tenure at Decca Records ( such as the song " Hide and Seek " on their 1956 album, Rock and Roll Stage Show.

Winbush and former partner Rene Moore also shared the distinction for being one of the first R & B acts to prominently feature a rap act in a R & B song sharing that distinction with Jody Watley, Chaka Khan and funk band Cameo.

The first song ever to hold the distinction of being banned from the radio was " How Could Red Riding Hood ( Have Been So Very Good )" written by A. P.

Moore and former partner Winbush also shared the distinction for being one of the first R & B acts to prominently feature a rap act in a R & B song, sharing that distinction with Jody Watley, Chaka Khan and funk band Cameo.

It also had the distinction of giving two firsts to Hindi cinema – a title song (" Barsaat Mein Humse Mile ") and a cabaret (" Patli Kamar Hai ").