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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Karina Kuo
• A folk tale from the town of Hamelin in Germany.
• Famous versions of the legend the Brothers Grimm
Robert Browning
About Hamelin
The earliest mention of the story
a stained glass window placed in the Church of Hamelin c. 1300.
About the story......
Date back to 1284.....
Origins
14th century Decan Lude chorus book
15th century Lueneburg manuscript
In the year of 1284, on the day of Saints John and Paul on 26 June 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced By a piper, dressed in all kinds of colors, and lost at the place of execution near the koppen.
Origins
16th and 17th century sources “Concerning the Wonders of his Times” (1556 ) by Jobus Fi
ncelius “Restitution of Decayed Intelligence” (1605) Richard Rowla
nd Verstegan The earliest English account immediate source of Robert Browning
Origins
19th century versions
The Brothers Grimm “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
Robert Browning
the poem “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”(1842 )
The poem “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” Verse 13
“When, lo, as they reached the mountain's side,
A wondrous portal opened wide,
As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed;
And the Piper advanced and the children followed,
And when all were in to the very last,
The door in the mountain-side shut fast.”
Effect in Linguistics
Pied-piping
part of the phenomenon called Wh-movement
ex:
For whom are the pictures? English phrase "pay the piper“ Pied Piper effect
Effect in Music
"Lose Yourself"
8 Mile Soundtrack (2002) Eminem "The Piper"
Super Trouper (1980) ABBA "My Fairy King"
Queen(2003) Queen
There are still more?!
Literary Theater: opera, musical, ballet...... Cartoon TV episode
Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper http://www.hameln.com/ http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~jonas/piedpiper.
html http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/pied_piper.html http://tw.music.yahoo.com/hot/album/
Thank you for your listening~