"The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 film) The Pied Piper of Hamelin is an American ninety-minute musical film in color, originally made as a television special and first shown by NBC on Tuesday, November 26, 1957, as one of their Thanksgiving Week offerings for that year. It preempted that evening's telecasts of ""The Nat King Cole Show"" and ""The Eddie Fisher Show"". Based on the famous poem of the same name by Robert Browning and using the music of Edvard Grieg arranged by Pete King with special lyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor, it starred Van Johnson, Claude Rains"
"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"","
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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."
"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"
"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"
"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"
"The Bronze Horseman (poem) The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale ( ""Mednyy vsadnik: Peterburgskaya povest""', literally: ""The Copper Horseman"") is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833 about the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824. While the poem was written in 1833, it was not published, in its entirety, until after his death as his work was under censorship due to the political nature of his other writings. Widely considered to be Pushkin's most successful narrative poem, ""The Bronze Horseman"" has had a lasting impact on Russian literature. It"
"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"
"Flanders Fields"" by Canadian John McCrae. Though never fully written out in ""Rilla of Ingleside"", ""The Piper"" is implied to mimic ""In Flanders Fields"" in content and form. L.M. Montgomery eventually wrote a poem called ""The Piper""; it was the last poem she completed. Submitted to the Canadian magazine ""Saturday Night"" in April, 1942, ""The Piper"" ran on May 2, 1942, less than two weeks after Montgomery's death. The piece included a brief explanatory note from Montgomery, stating that people had been asking for copies of the poem for years (""Rilla of Ingleside"", in which the poem was discussed, was"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"The Sweepers (poem) ""The Sweepers"" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1917, as the fourth of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title ""The Fringes of the Fleet"". Like the others in the cycle, it is intended for four baritone voices: a solo and chorus. It was originally written with orchestral accompaniment, but was later published to be sung with piano accompaniment. The poem was called by Kipling """"Mine Sweepers"""", and is about the British ships called minesweepers which"
"originally published in 1921), but that the poem did not exist at the time the book was published. Instead, the poem was written many years later about another war: World War II. Although the general tenor of the actual published poem is similar to what is described in ""Rilla of Ingleside"", this version of '""The Piper"" differs in some respects from Montgomery's earlier description of Walter's poem. Notably, Montgomery's version has two stanzas, not three, and makes no mention of ""keeping faith"" as was said to be a central portion of Walter's poem. Montgomery included the poem as a sort"
"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"
"""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"
"of the HBO series Silicon Valley (TV series). 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"
"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"
"been created by historian Hans Dobbertin. It features the colorful figure of the Pied Piper and several figures of children dressed in white. This window is generally considered to have been created in memory of a tragic historical event for the town. Also, Hamelin town records start with this event. The earliest written record is from the town chronicles in an entry from 1384 which states: ""It is 100 years since our children left."" Although research has been conducted for centuries, no explanation for the historical event is universally accepted as true. In any case, the rats were first added"
"London periodical ""Polar Star"". Death of the Poet ""Death of the Poet"" () is an 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in reaction to the death of Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel on January 27, 1837, and died on the 29th. Lermontov began his first formulation of the poem (ending with the phrase ""...his lips forever sealed"") as soon as he heard of the event, and within a short time copies of the poem began to be circulated in St. Petersburg. Within days the doctor Nikolai Arendt visited Lermontov (who was ill) and told him the"
"been attributed to Sempill. The ""Tressoun"" describes Lord Fleming's failed ambush of the English commander William Drury at Dumbarton Castle. See ""Chronicle of Scottish Poetry"" (ed. James Sibbald, Edinburgh, 1802); and ""Essays on the Poets of Renfrewshire"" by William Motherwell, in ""The Harp of Renfrewshire"" (Paisley, 1819; reprinted 1872). Modern editions of Sempill are: ""Sege of the Castel of Edinburgh"", a facsimile reprint with introduction by David Constable (1813); ""The Sempill Ballates"" (T. G. Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1872) containing all the poems; ""Satirical poems of the Reformation"" (ed. James Cranstoun, Scottish Text Soc., 2 vols, 1889-1893) with a memoir of Sempill"
"Death of the Poet ""Death of the Poet"" () is an 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in reaction to the death of Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel on January 27, 1837, and died on the 29th. Lermontov began his first formulation of the poem (ending with the phrase ""...his lips forever sealed"") as soon as he heard of the event, and within a short time copies of the poem began to be circulated in St. Petersburg. Within days the doctor Nikolai Arendt visited Lermontov (who was ill) and told him the details of the death"
"Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green ""Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green"" is the title of an English song, composed by the London music hall and broadside songwriter Harry Clifton (1832–1872), and first published in 1864. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 430. It was originally published with the title ""Polly Perkins of Paddington Green"". It was almost universally known in England until around the mid-1950s, and was commonly taught to school children. The title refers to the district of Paddington in London. The song gained a place in the canonical ""Oxford Book of Comic Verse"", and"