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Paul Lincke (November 7, 1866 - September 4, 1946), German composer. Operetta Berliner Luft apparently his most well known piece. The march Berliner Luft is the hymn of Berlin. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...



The march Berliner Luft comes from Lincke's 1899 operetta "Frau Luna" about a trip to the moon in a hot air balloon where an adventurous party of prominent Berliners meet Frau Luna and her court. Other Lincke operettas include "Reich des Indra" and "Lysistrata." The latter includes the song Glubwurmchen, translated and arranged in the 1940s by Johnny Mercer as Glow Little Glow Worm and performed by the Mills Brothers among others.


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Het is mogelijk, dat iemand je naar een lied van Paul Lincke vraagt en je er geen enkel kent en verder is het mogelijk dat iemand "Isola Bella" of "Berliner Luft" zingt en niet weet dat het van Paul Lincke is. Het is echter onmogelijk, dat iemand "Berliner Luft" en niemand begint mee te fluiten.
Paul Lincke is dus NIET in Berlijn geboren, waar hij in de Kreuzberger Oranienstrasse verbleef.
Paul Lincke, die zelf in "Frau Luna" zo verleidelijk om een beetje liefde smeken kon, stierf in het eerste jaar na de oorlog in Goslar-Hahnenklee, ver weg van de liefde, ver weg van wat eens "zijn" Berlijn was...
Paul Lincke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (139 words)
Paul Lincke (November 7, 1866 - September 4, 1946) was a German composer.
The march Berliner Luft comes from Lincke's 1899 operetta "Frau Luna" about a trip to the moon in a hot air balloon where an adventurous party of prominent Berliners meet Frau Luna and her court.
Other Lincke operettas include "Reich des Indra" and "Lysistrata." The latter includes the song "Glubwurmchen," translated and arranged in the 1940s by Johnny Mercer as "Glow Little Glow Worm" and performed by the Mills Brothers among others.
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