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3 unusual facts about The Internationale


Charles H. Kerr

Kerr was noted for his translation from the French of the radical workers' anthem, "The Internationale;" his version became the English words sung in the United States (although a different, anonymous English translation is sung in Britain and Ireland).

Elizabeth Janeway

Never a supporter of the Communist Party or even a socialist, she did breathe the progressive air of 1930s New York City; she always laughed as she described how she and a Barnard friend met their physical education requirement by improvising a tap-dance version of The Internationale.

Hymn of the Nations

Toscanini added a bridge passage to include arrangements of The Star Spangled Banner for the United States and The Internationale for the Soviet Union and the Italian partisans.


Haker ili iskušavanje Đavola

The whole album consists of various machine buzzes and computer generated noises accompanied by a large amount of sampled voices originating from English translations of speeches by Josip Broz Tito, operas in Serbian, children's educational records, Orthodox chanting, the opening speech from a concert entitled "Trumpets of Peace" held in Sarajevo 1977, "The Internationale" sung in Serbian, various commercials, old Yugoslav movies, SpongeBob dubbed in Serbian etc.


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