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    The Olympic Hymn (Greek: Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος, pronounced [oli(m)bi̯aˈkos ˈimnos]), also known as the Olympic Anthem, is a choral cantata by opera composer...
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    seventh and eighth since 1981. The "Olympic Hymn", officially known as the "Olympic Anthem", is played when the Olympic flag is raised. It was composed by...
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    150 choir singers performed an Olympic Hymn, composed by Spyridon Samaras and written by Kostis Palamas. The 1896 Olympics were regarded as a great success...
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    The Olympic Hymn is a 1981 composition by Leonard Bernstein to a text by Günter Kunert. It was written for the International Olympic Congress of 1981 in...
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    The "Hymn to Liberty", also known as the "Hymn to Freedom", is a Greek poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 and set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros...
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    nation was raised rather than the Olympic flag, and a gold medalist's national anthem was played rather than the Olympic Hymn. In team events, the EUN team...
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  • beginning of the ceremony, the Olympic hymn is sung first followed by the national anthem of the country hosting the Olympics and the national anthem of Greece...
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    the IOC established the Olympic Refuge Foundation to supporting refugees over the long term. The Olympic flag and the Olympic Hymn are used as team symbols...
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    and small branches of olive and laurel. There was a band playing an Olympic Hymn, specially composed for the occasion. The judges were professors of the...
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  • in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their national flags, and the Olympic Flag and Olympic Hymn were used at medal ceremonies when...
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    January] 1859 – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s...
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    in the Opening Ceremony with the Olympic Flag instead of their national flags, and the Olympic Flag and Olympic Hymn were used at medal ceremonies when...
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  • Baltsa sang "Romiossini" as the Olympic flag was paraded around the stadium. Alfredo Kraus later sang the Olympic Hymn in Catalan, Spanish and French,...
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    Chorus and Orchestra (1976). See 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical). Olympic Hymn, for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1981) Missa Brevis, for Mixed Chorus...
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    she did, first in French, then in English. Accompanied by the Olympic Hymn, the Olympic flag was carried into the stadium and hoisted at the west end...
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  • association FIFA Anthem 1994 N/A Franz Lambert International Olympic Committee Olympic Hymn 1958 Kostis Palamas Spyridon Samaras International Paralympic...
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    of the Olympic Hymn: "That's a hymn for you, right there," and laughed. She performed an arrangement of the English sung version of the hymn in English...
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    well known for singing the Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; for...
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  • Michael Wenden and Nick Green. During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese...
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    horse and carried another, folded Olympic flag on foot to a mast at the Trocadéro, surrounded by athletes. The Olympic Hymn was performed by the Radio France...
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  • the most important composer of the Ionian School. He also composed the Olympic Hymn, for which lyrics were written by National Poet Kostis Palamas. Among...
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    Peter Ueberroth agreed to use the Los Angeles city flag instead. The Olympic hymn was played in place of the United States national anthem. The Antwerp...
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  • "Hellenism" as the Olympic flag was taken around the stadium. Alfredo Kraus sang the Olympic Hymn as the flag was hoisted. The Olympic flame cauldron was...
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  • eight sailors of the Hellenic Navy and the Olympic flag was hoist and raised while singing of the Olympic Hymn which the Greek choirs of men and children...
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    "Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte. A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death...
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  • Dance Suite (1989) Choral Hashkiveinu (1945) Chichester Psalms (1965) "Olympic Hymn" (1981) Missa Brevis (1988) Vocal Psalm 148 (art song, 1935) I Hate Music...
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    birthplace of the Olympic Games is played first; and, second, the flag of the country hosting the next Summer or Winter Olympic Games. "Hymn to Liberty", the...
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    attention with its rendition of the Olympic Hymn during the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in the Olympic Stadium, accompanied by the London Symphony...
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    The Peanuts, was used in the 1961 movie Mothra. "Olympic March" in 1964. He also arranged "Olympic Hymn" for Orchestra. Music for films: Momotaro's Divine...
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    ceremony in Torino, then sang the Olympic Hymn, mixing English and French, while the RCMP honour guards lowered the Olympic flag. This flag was raised again...
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