Aj lučka, lučka široká explained

"Aj lučka, lučka široká" (English: "Oh the wide, wide field"[1]) is a Czech folk song.[2] A Slovak equivalent, "Horela lipka, horela" (English: "The lime tree burned, it burned") has the same melody.

The song has been used as a marching song,[3] including by the Czechoslovak Army in the Russian Civil War.[4] It notably achieved popularity in Japan under the name "Omakiba wa midori" (English: "Oh, the pasture is green").[5] [6] [7] In 1961, it was the first national song broadcast by the Japanese music television show Minna no Uta.[8] The song was brought to the United States by Czech immigrants, where Japanese pastor and church musician Nakata Ugo came across it and wrote Japanese lyrics.[9]

"Aj lučka, lučka široká" is the traditional opening song in Yale Whiffenpoofs concerts.[10] [11] In 2005, United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sang the song to Czech journalists on the steps of The Pentagon.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tancuj, tancuj . The Library of Congress . 2023-09-22 . 2024-08-10 . With (reverse side): Aj, lucka lucka siroka (Oh the wide, wide field).
  2. Zavodny . Melanie . 2020-12-28 . Czech Folk Song Collection . 2024-08-10 . Věstník. 2.
  3. Web site: Alford . Henry . Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper . The New York Times . 2013-01-12 . 2024-08-10.
  4. Book: Barton, F. . Novak . J.K. . Leary . J.P. . Czech Songs in Texas . University of Oklahoma Press . American Popular Music Series . 2021 . 978-0-8061-7849-3 . 2024-08-10 . 51.
  5. Web site: „Horela lipka, horela je originálna slovenská pieseň," vraví japonská profesorka . Michal . Frank . korzar.sme.sk . 2001-11-08 . sk . 2024-08-10.
  6. Web site: 【ピアノソロ JAZZアレンジで弾く 世界のうた 2 】 . ピアノソロ JAZZアレンジで弾く 世界のうた 2 - 楽譜 ピアノ . ja . 2024-08-10 . おお牧場はみどり Ej Lucka Lucka Zelena.
  7. Freedman . Alisa . Sesame Street's place in Japan: marketing multicultural New York in cosmopolitan Tokyo . Japan Forum . 26 . 2 . 2014-04-03 . 0955-5803 . 10.1080/09555803.2014.902397 . 144–163.
  8. Web site: みんなのうた　おお牧場はみどり｜番組｜NHKアーカイブス . NHK . 2024-04-14 . ja . 2024-08-10.
  9. Web site: 「Ｎコンの秋」特集｜番組｜NHKアーカイブス . NHK . ja . 2024-08-10.
  10. Web site: WHIFFENPOOFS SING OF THEIR CENTENNIAL . Hartford Courant . 2009-01-29 . 2024-08-10.
  11. Web site: Stern . Scott . More Than Just the Music . Yale Daily News . 2011-12-07 . 2024-08-10.
  12. Web site: Světnička . Lubomír . Vzpomínka na Rumsfelda, když zpíval česky na schodech Pentagonu . iDNES.cz . 2021-07-02 . cs . 2024-08-10.

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