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Wagner’s Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser

The full name of this piece is “Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen”, which means something like,“Fortunate am I, oh my homeland, now to behold thee again” in English.  My friend, A. S. Haley (The Anglican Curmudgeon), wrote

The pilgrims are returning from their pilgrimage to Rome, and they are expressing their gratitude at being safely back in their own country again. Tannhäuser, however (who is not among them, but comes later), is “beglückt” only in a completely different sense from what he imagines. His great love, Elisabeth, on failing to see him among the pilgrims returning from Rome, concludes that he has not obtained forgiveness there, and perishes on the spot, thereby (with her purity) earning him the redemption that he sought. (Well, it is Wagner, after all.)

You can find out more about the opera in Wikipedia.  Heinrich Tannhäuser is a young singer who breaks the spell of Venus with the words, “My salvation rests in Mary, the mother of God.” Don’t miss the “Alleluias” near the end. Tannhäuser was written 100 years before I was born.

The building in the video somehow reminds me of where things seem to be headed in the Episcopal Church. I can imagine a choir of angels looking down on what’s happened.  (A friend tells me the building is actually the old Detroit train depot, but doesn’t it look like a huge church?)

NOTE:  Use the button under the “You” in “YouTube” to get the full-screen view.  It is awesome.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/19 at 01:59 PM

  1. So wonderful.  Don’t you think it needs to be viewed full screen—I too thought the juxtaposition of a pilgrim hymn against the vast ruined building spoke of human error and pride.  The verse it brought to mind was “here we have no continuing city, but we seek for one which is to come.”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  09/19  at  06:54 PM

  2. Thanks, Linda.  Wow! You’re right. It’s awesome in full screen. The detail is amazing, although its hard to tell features from graffiti. Do you know what building it is?  Surely, it couldn’t be Wartburg.  It looks like a bombed-out ruin from WWII.  Through the windows you can see what looks like more wreckage behind the building, But where would someone get a video of that time that is so masterfully done?

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