 Jey
Male, 18-29, Europe
 13 Posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:57:36 AM
One of the worst german christmas-songs... hate it, to sing this jesus-crap in school... |
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koolartyst
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 8:49:31 PM
OMG! That's at the Koln Cathedral in Germany. I sang at that very spot they are standing. The song in English IS Lo' How a Rose'er blooming. It is a great honor to sing where they are in the church. The general public usually is not allowed near the altar. |
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 QueenZira
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1762 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 11:14:35 AM
Huh, I guess we're lucky this is Austrian then- even though the difference between those two is like the difference between British English and American English.
Robo+Ollie, I'm gonna have to agree with you this time, my dad, who speaks a little German, always says that even the most innocuous little phrase spoken in German like "I love you" still sounds like you're sending someone to the gas chambers. *makes a face @decay* |
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 danagamer
Male, 30-39, Western US
444 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 9:44:29 AM
There is nothing more beautiful sounding than a young girl's voice. |
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 Ikchen
Female, 18-29, Europe
26 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 4:24:29 AM
One of my all time favourite Christmas songs. Amazing voices and harmonies! |
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 mcmals
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
147 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 2:02:54 AM
This song is called Lo' How a Rose 'er blooming
As for the whole German being ugly, it's the language that most classical music and operas are written in.....I think it can be very beautiful |
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 decayberlin
Male, 30-39, Europe
3 Posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011 1:47:01 AM
nur weil sarah chalke bei scrubs immer klingt wie eine defekte kaffeemaschine wenn sie "deutsch" sprechen soll ist deutsch keine hässliche sprache.
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 alpensepp
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
1084 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:42:55 PM
typical carinthian choir. they have tons of singers like that. |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8721 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:45:01 PM
Nice voices, but German is still one hell of an ugly sounding language. On a scale of 1-10 it is somewhere just above Welsh.
...which would make it about a 6.5 when you compare it to Chinese.
Best language for vocals is definitely Italian, followed by Spanish. |
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Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9537 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:18:23 PM
[quote">Nice voices, but German is still one hell of an ugly sounding language. On a scale of 1-10 it is somewhere just above Welsh.
Sorry, Germans.[/quote">
Eh, what?
German is the language used for some outstanding songs. Try listening to Diana Damrau. Here's a clip from an opera. Singing starts at ~02:15
Queen of the Night
Or how about Ode an die Freude? (Ode to Joy in English). |
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 SlothOfDoom
Male, 30-39, Canada
2041 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:20:42 PM
Nice voices, but German is still one hell of an ugly sounding language. On a scale of 1-10 it is somewhere just above Welsh.
Sorry, Germans. |
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 ShroomGypsy
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
64 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:31:35 PM
This is gorgeous. I can't imagine how much time they must spend in rehearsal, just refining and tuning each line. (Actually I can because it's what I do for a living. xD) |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:03:43 PM
Sounds like something Hitler would listen to during Christmas whilst roasting Jews over an open fire. |
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 freebee
Female, 30-39, Southern US
74 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:55:55 PM
It IS a traditional German Christmas carol. Here is the words in German and in English.
DEUTSCH
Musik: Köln, 1599
Text: Unbekannt/Anonymous
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Aus einer Wurzel zart.
Wie uns die Alten sungen,
Aus Jesse kam die Art
Und hat ein Blümlein bracht,
Mitten im kalten Winter,
Wohl zu der halben Nacht.
Das Röslein das ich meine,
Davon Jesaias sagt:
Maria ist's, die Reine,
Die uns das Blümlein bracht:
Aus Gottes ewigem Rat
Hat sie ein Kindlein g'boren
Bleibend ein reine Magd.
ENGLISH
Music: Cologne, 1599
English (1894): Theodore Baker
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flow'ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half-spent was the night.
Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The rose I have in mind, < |
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 MrLogic
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
106 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:52:02 PM
The reverb of the room really adds to the sound. Very magical indeed. |
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catsrule313
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
393 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:21:11 PM
LOL steve jobs isnt dead. he just ran off to germany. |
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mahe4
Male, 18-29, Europe
57 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:23:22 PM
@whapitoot
everyone in germany can sing like that O_O
probably they came off the street O_O xD |
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 Britta99
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
28 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:17:27 PM
Its not specifically a Christmas song. Its called "Lo How a Rose E're Blooming." Its a 15th century German chamber piece (i.e. voices only. no instruments). |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:03:25 PM
awwww |
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 Ani187
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
3809 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:17:13 PM
Beautiful, indeed. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 12:53:02 PM
Beautiful  |
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 whapitoot
Male, 18-29, Europe
81 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 12:28:07 PM
I love how they look like they've just come off the street. None of that matching robes crap... |
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 penguinazul
Female, 18-29, Southern US
472 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:36:58 AM
I wish the men's section of my university choir would sound like that. *sigh* |
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 Robert1980
Male, 30-39, Europe
4 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:27:36 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen
That is about the song. |
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 goofyllama
Female, 18-29, Western US
20 Posts
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:25:33 AM
I know it as "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" it is one of my favorites |
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