"This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others. There are many contradictory theories about the Pied Piper. Some suggest he was a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin, which had been attacked by plague; he drove the rats from Hamelin, saving the people from the epidemic. The earliest known record of this story is from the town of Hamelin itself, depicted in a stained glass window created for the church of Hamelin, which dates to around 1300. Although the"
"Pied Piper (novel) Pied Piper is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 1942. The title is a reference to the traditional German folk tale, ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"". The story concerns a 70-year-old Englishman, John Sidney Howard, who goes on a fishing holiday in Jura, France partly to recover from grief at the loss of his son during the Battle of the Heligoland Bight. Although the Second World War has begun, he does not expect the speed with which the Nazi German forces invade France. His urgent desire to return home is delayed by a request made"
"Hamelin Hamelin (; ) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 56,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Hamelin started with a monastery, which was founded as early as 851 AD. A village grew in the neighbourhood and had become a town by the 12th century. The incident with the ""Pied Piper"" (see below) is said to have happened in 1284 and may be based on a true event, although somewhat different from the"
"Dramatic Lyrics Dramatic Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning, first published in 1842 as the third volume in a series of self-published books entitled ""Bells and Pomegranates"". It is most famous as the first appearance of Browning's poem ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"", but also contains several of the poet's other best-known pieces, including ""My Last Duchess"", ""Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"", ""Porphyria's Lover"", and ""Johannes Agricola in Meditation"". Many of the original titles given by Browning to the poems in this collection, as with its ""follow-up"" collection ""Dramatic Romances and Lyrics"", are different from the"
"ones he later gave them in various editions of his collected works. Since this book was originally self-published in a very small edition, these poems are now always referred to by their later titles. Dramatic Lyrics Dramatic Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning, first published in 1842 as the third volume in a series of self-published books entitled ""Bells and Pomegranates"". It is most famous as the first appearance of Browning's poem ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"", but also contains several of the poet's other best-known pieces, including ""My Last Duchess"", ""Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"","
"The Rats of Hamelin The Rats of Hamelin: A Piper's Tale (Moody Publishers, 2005) is a historical fantasy/fairy tale fantasy novel by Adam McCune and Keith McCune. Gachi-Changjo Publishing Company published a Korean translation entitled ""6월 26일, 하멜른"" (""June 26, Hamelin"") in 2007. Set in medieval Germany, the story is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. In this version, however, the Pied Piper is not an expert in magic piping, but an eighteen-year-old apprentice named Hannes (Johannes) who is supposed to kill the rats as his final exam before becoming a Master Piper. Everything seems to"
"Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin (, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the titular character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored (""pied"") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats."
"old fashioned. The 13th-century tale is about Hunold Singuf, the ""pied piper"", who rids the town of Hamelin of its rats. Hunold is not suitably rewarded by the townspeople, and they pay a terrible price when he lures all the children away and they disappear. Der Rattenfänger von Hameln Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (""The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin"" or ""The Piper of Hamelin"") is a grand opera (""Große Oper"") in five acts by Viktor Nessler. The German libretto by is based on a romantic poem by Julius Wolff. The opera was first performed at the Neues Stadttheater in Leipzig, on 19"
"Pied Piper's House The Pied Piper's House or Rattenfängerhaus (""Rat Catcher's House"") is a half-timbered building in Hamelin. It is named after an inscription on its side which purports to be an eyewitness account of the events of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, describing the departure of the Hamelin children on 26 June 1284. An English translation given on a plaque reads: Although the stone façade dates from 1602, the building itself is much older. The façade was built for Mayor Hermann Arendes by the architects Johann Hundertossen and/or Eberhard Wilkening in the style of the Renaissance. The older"
"by Peter O'Toole in the 1990 film. Pied Piper (novel) Pied Piper is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 1942. The title is a reference to the traditional German folk tale, ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"". The story concerns a 70-year-old Englishman, John Sidney Howard, who goes on a fishing holiday in Jura, France partly to recover from grief at the loss of his son during the Battle of the Heligoland Bight. Although the Second World War has begun, he does not expect the speed with which the Nazi German forces invade France. His urgent desire to return"
"tours have taken him as far as Tokyo, Shanghai, Helsinki, Vienna, and Nottingham. He appeared at the 50th Steuben Parade in New York City in 2007. At the 725th Anniversary of the tale ""Pied Piper Day"" he led the children to the mountain that historians tie to the tale. Michael Boyer Michael Boyer (January, 1960) is an American actor who plays the role of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in performances in Hamelin, Germany. He lives in the town with his wife and son. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., Boyer sang in school choirs, acted, was school mascot, and MC’d"
"Der Rattenfänger von Hameln Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (""The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin"" or ""The Piper of Hamelin"") is a grand opera (""Große Oper"") in five acts by Viktor Nessler. The German libretto by is based on a romantic poem by Julius Wolff. The opera was first performed at the Neues Stadttheater in Leipzig, on 19 March 1879. The first performance in the U.S. was at the Thalia Theatre, New York City, on 28 April 1886 under John Lund. The premiere in Vienna was given in 1897, which the critic Eduard Hanslick attended. He regarded the opera as overly long and"
"their human inhabitants. ""The Stainless Steel Rat"" is nickname of the (human) protagonist of a series of humorous science fiction novels written by Harry Harrison. One of the oldest and most historic stories about rats is ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"", in which a rat-catcher leads away an infestation with enchanted music. The piper is later refused payment, so he in turn leads away the town's children. This tale, traced to Germany around the late 13th century, has inspired adaptations in film, theatre, literature, and even opera. The subject of much research, some theories have intertwined the tale with events"
"by the Old Woman of Aerzen. Though there is no reason to think that the Old Woman has magical powers, she nonetheless foretells a curse that eventually takes place. The Rats of Hamelin The Rats of Hamelin: A Piper's Tale (Moody Publishers, 2005) is a historical fantasy/fairy tale fantasy novel by Adam McCune and Keith McCune. Gachi-Changjo Publishing Company published a Korean translation entitled ""6월 26일, 하멜른"" (""June 26, Hamelin"") in 2007. Set in medieval Germany, the story is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. In this version, however, the Pied Piper is not an expert"
"on Rat Catcher's Day has failed to catch on and is marked on July 22. Pied Piper of Hamelin The Pied Piper of Hamelin (, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the titular character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored (""pied"") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using"
"The Pied Piper (song) ""The Pied Piper"" is a pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded it in 1965 as The Changin' Times. Their version reached #87 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. British pop singer Crispian St. Peters scored a major hit with his single during the summer of 1966 when it went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom, and #1 in Canada. The song's title came from The Pied Piper of Hamelin. An advertisement for the first-generation Toyota Echo in Australia and New Zealand. An episode"
"you can hear the rats march in and out, hear the townsfolk react and even hear the children being spirited away by the piper's golden tones."" He continued, ""But it's not clear that Corigliano's theatrical bonbon, a concert entertainment written for James Galway and based on Browning's poem, is the most interesting music on offer here."" Pied Piper Fantasy The Pied Piper Fantasy is a concerto for flute and orchestra by the American composer John Corigliano. The work was commissioned by the flutist James Galway and it is based on the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The piece"
"movement: the floorcleaners ferret out a house's hidden things, they scrub a fire into the door... What do they flush out? Coziness, warmth, tidiness, order... Smells: incense, piety. Bygones. Yesterday... The growing force of their threat is far stronger than the climax."" The poem which Tsvetaeva describes as ""liricheskaia satira"", ""The Rat-Catcher"", is loosely based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The Rat-Catcher, which is also known as The Pied Piper, is considered by some to be the finest of Tsvetaeva's work. It was also partially an act of ""homage"" to Heinrich Heine's poem ""Die Wanderratten"". The"
"known as the ""after hours"" museum in Hamelin. Woodcarvings, pictures, maps, large canvasses in oil, and much more can be seen in the rooms of the restaurant. Pied Piper's House The Pied Piper's House or Rattenfängerhaus (""Rat Catcher's House"") is a half-timbered building in Hamelin. It is named after an inscription on its side which purports to be an eyewitness account of the events of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, describing the departure of the Hamelin children on 26 June 1284. An English translation given on a plaque reads: Although the stone façade dates from 1602, the building itself"
"phrase ""pay the piper"", although the phrase is actually a contraction of the English proverb ""he who pays the piper calls the tune"" which simply means that the person paying for something is the one who gets to say how it should be done. The present-day City of Hamelin continues to maintain information about the Pied Piper legend and possible origins of the story on its website. Interest in the city's connection to the story remains so strong that in 2009, Hamelin held a tourist festival to mark the 725th anniversary of the disappearance of the town's earlier children. The"
"butler is compared to Nestor of ""The Adventures of Tintin""; a character describes Monday's Noon as exactly how she imagined Jane Austen's Mr Darcy; the Piper is a re-creation of the legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin, who with his music led a population of rats from a city, later to do the same to the town's children, whose parents had refused to pay him the promised fee. The Mariner is likely a reference to the title character of the ballad ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Both the mariner of the book and the one of"
"""Peter the Wild Man"" is preserved at Berkhamsted School. Peter the Wild Boy Peter the Wild Boy (born ""c."" 1713; died 22 February 1785) was a boy from Hanover in northern Germany who was found in 1725 living wild in the woods near Hamelin (Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg), the town of Pied Piper legend. The boy, of unknown parentage, had been living an entirely feral existence for an unknown length of time, surviving by eating forest flora; he walked on all fours, exhibited uncivilized behaviour and could not be taught to speak a language. He is now believed to have suffered"
"Pied Piper Fantasy The Pied Piper Fantasy is a concerto for flute and orchestra by the American composer John Corigliano. The work was commissioned by the flutist James Galway and it is based on the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The piece was given its world premiere by Galway and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the conductor Myung-whun Chung at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on February 4, 1982. In 1993, the critic Mark Swed of the ""Los Angeles Times"" described it as ""one of the best known of modern American concertos."" The flutist James Galway first approached John"
"where they all live happily ever after. The Pied Piper (1933 film) The Pied Piper is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film based on the story of the ""Pied Piper of Hamelin"". The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies series. In the city of Hamelin, there is a large population of rats that keeps growing and eating all the food in sight. The mayor offers to pay a bag of gold to whoever can get rid of the rats. At that"
"The Pied Piper (1986 film) The Pied Piper is a 1986 Czechoslovak animated fantasy film directed by Jiří Barta. Its original Czech title is Krysař, which means ""The rat catcher"". The story is an adaptation of the ""Pied Piper of Hamelin"", a fairy tale originated in medieval Germany. The film was one of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language. The art design was heavily inspired by German Expressionism and medieval art. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the"
"Corigliano about writing a flute concerto for him in 1978. The composer was initially apprehensive about writing another concerto for a woodwind instrument, having recently completed his Oboe Concerto in 1975 and his Clarinet Concerto in 1977. Corigliano postponed committing himself to the project, but kept it in mind. In the mean time, Corigliano studied Galway's performance techniques and began studying legends surrounding flutes and tin whistles. This led him to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and to the idea of casting Galway as the Piper in his own flute concerto. The composer recalled in the program"
"Jobus Fincelius Job (Jobus, Iobus) Fincelius (died 1582) was a 16th-century humanist and physician. Born Hiob Fincel (or Finzel), he studied at Erfurt, Jena, and Wittenberg before becoming a master of philosophy at Wittenberg (1549). In 1562, he was professor and assistant of medicine at Weimar. In 1568, he was a physician at Zwickau. His ""De miraculis sui temporis"" (1556) (Latin ""Concerning the Wonders of his Times""; in German ""Warhafftige beschreybung und gründlich verzeichnuß schröcklicher Wunderzeichen und Geschichten"") contains the oldest printed tale of the Hameln Pied Piper. It was printed in Frankfurt in 1556. Fincelius identified the Pied Piper"
"Ratcatcher's Day Ratcatcher's Day, Rat-catcher's Day or Rat Catcher's Day is celebrated on 26 June or 22 July, commemorating the myth of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The town of Hamelin in Germany uses the June date and the term ""Pied Piper Day"". The confusion of dates is because the Brothers Grimm cite 26 June 1284 as the date the Pied Piper led the children out of the town, while the poem by Robert Browning gives it as 22 July 1376. It is a holiday remembering rat-catchers, similar to Secretary's Day and Presidents Day. Famous Ratcatcher's in literature include Serafina,"
"Peter Piper ""Peter Piper"" is an English-language nursery rhyme and well-known alliteration tongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1945. Common modern versions include: The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in ""Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation"" by John Harris (1756–1846) in London in 1813, which includes a one name tongue-twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style. However, the rhyme was apparently known at least a generation earlier. Some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre, an eighteenthcentury French horticulturalist and government administrator"
"of form and content: the meter is Hopkins's own sprung rhythm, and the packing-in of various alliterative syllables serves as an aural example of the visual variety Hopkins describes. Pied Beauty ""Pied Beauty"" is a curtal sonnet by the English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written in 1877, but not published until 1918, when it was included as part of the collection ""Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"". In the poem, the narrator praises God for the variety of ""dappled things"" in nature, such as piebald cattle, trout and finches. He also describes how falling chestnuts resemble coals bursting"
"The Pied Piper (1933 film) The Pied Piper is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film based on the story of the ""Pied Piper of Hamelin"". The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies series. In the city of Hamelin, there is a large population of rats that keeps growing and eating all the food in sight. The mayor offers to pay a bag of gold to whoever can get rid of the rats. At that moment, the Pied Piper shows up and"
"to read which I tried"". The fact that pied-piping varies so much across languages is a major challenge facing theories of syntax. Pied-piping In linguistics, pied-piping is a phenomenon of syntax whereby a given focused expression takes an entire encompassing phrase with it when it is ""moved"". The term itself is due to John Robert Ross; it is a reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the figure of fairy tales who lured rats (and children) by playing his flute. Pied-piping is an aspect of discontinuities in syntax, having to do with the constituents that can and cannot be discontinuous."
"television series ""Happy Days"" and ""The Brady Bunch"". He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Pete King (composer) Pete King (August 8, 1914 in Ohio – September 21, 1982) was an American music composer and arranger of easy listening music and film soundtracks. He studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the University of Michigan. He was elected president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1967. King conducted orchestras for a variety of Hollywood films including adapting the works of Edvard Grieg for ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"" and two"