The National Anthem, Four Resources:
Wake Up Romania (the current National Anthem, which was instituted in 1990 after the fall of Ceausescu)In Romanian (with lyrics printed in Romanian):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTwgwEHiWm0
The same song, but with printed lyrics translated into English (so that you can follow along!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnaImNLuDiI
An alternative English Translation to Wake Up Romania
Awaken thee, Romanian, shake off the deadly slumber
the scourge of inauspicious barbarian tyrannies
And now or never to a bright horizon clamber
That shall to shame put all your nocuous enemies
the scourge of inauspicious barbarian tyrannies
And now or never to a bright horizon clamber
That shall to shame put all your nocuous enemies
It’s now or never to the world we readily proclaim
In our veins throbs the ancestry of Rome
And in our hearts forever we glorify a name
Resounding of battle, the name of gallant Trajan
In our veins throbs the ancestry of Rome
And in our hearts forever we glorify a name
Resounding of battle, the name of gallant Trajan
Do look imperial shadows, Michael, Stephen, Corvinus
At the Romanian nation, your mighty progeny
With arms like steel and hearts of fire impetuous
It’s either free or dead, that’s what they all decree
Three Colors (former Romanian National Anthem, 1977-1990: in place at the beginning of the play)At the Romanian nation, your mighty progeny
With arms like steel and hearts of fire impetuous
It’s either free or dead, that’s what they all decree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8G5uK4Ax4
Note: Romania has had five national anthems, changing with each new form of Government
Partidul, Ceausescu, Romania! a hymn glorifying Ceausescu as great leader of Romania.
Orchestral "The Madrigal Choir", Bucharest (the script mentions that the original production used
a “hymn to Ceausescu” at the end of the wedding.)
Orchestral "The Madrigal Choir", Bucharest (the script mentions that the original production used
a “hymn to Ceausescu” at the end of the wedding.)
http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_media/pcr.html
The play also calls for “stirring” Romanian music: the following is a Nationalistic Song about Transylvania on traditional instruments (also betraying a Roma influence), “Tu Ardeal”
The play also calls for “stirring” Romanian music: the following is a Nationalistic Song about Transylvania on traditional instruments (also betraying a Roma influence), “Tu Ardeal”
Euro-Pop: A list of top Euro-pop hits of 1990: http://www.discogs.com/explore?style=Europop&decade=1990&decade=1999&year=1990
One interesting example: “Keep On Running” by “The Real Voices of Milli Vanilli” off of their album “Not For Sale” (an ironic tie-in with the themes of the play?)
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