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Polydor Harmonica Piece (Poridôru hȃmonika piisu) No. 14
ツエッペリン伯号行進曲
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March of the Ship Count Zeppelin (Chepperinhaku-gô kôshinkyoku)
Polydor Harmonica Piece (Poridôru hȃmonika piisu) No. 14
ツエッペリン伯号行進曲
Designer: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Lyricist: Uchiyama Sōjūrō (Japanese, 1897 – 1973)
Composer: Ichirō Ida (Japanese, 1894 – 1972)
Arranger: Matsuhara Chikashi (Japanese, born in 1905)
Publisher: Shinfoni gakufu shuppansha
Lyricist: Uchiyama Sōjūrō (Japanese, 1897 – 1973)
Composer: Ichirō Ida (Japanese, 1894 – 1972)
Arranger: Matsuhara Chikashi (Japanese, born in 1905)
Publisher: Shinfoni gakufu shuppansha
Japanese
Shôwa era
1930 (Shôwa 5), March 10
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.4 × 18.7 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1160
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"A thousand years since civilization developed
Unrivalled, in these historic times
The great flight, round-the-world in a week
Under the sun, the great sky
It conquered, and now has arrived
Zeppelin, Zeppelin, Zeppelin.
The great bird, to here ten thousand kilometers
Leaping into the skies of Europe and Asia
It came all the way to the rising sun
Fastening the friendship of Japan and Germany
The messenger of peace, the king of the sky
Zeppelin, Zeppelin, Zeppelin.
The miracle of science, the best of culture
Pour out the essence of intelligence
Now is the time to conquer nature
The pride of German spirit
Distinguished service should be praised."
"A thousand years since civilization developed
Unrivalled, in these historic times
The great flight, round-the-world in a week
Under the sun, the great sky
It conquered, and now has arrived
Zeppelin, Zeppelin, Zeppelin.
The great bird, to here ten thousand kilometers
Leaping into the skies of Europe and Asia
It came all the way to the rising sun
Fastening the friendship of Japan and Germany
The messenger of peace, the king of the sky
Zeppelin, Zeppelin, Zeppelin.
The miracle of science, the best of culture
Pour out the essence of intelligence
Now is the time to conquer nature
The pride of German spirit
Distinguished service should be praised."
Marks
“fumi” (?) at lower right
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)