Talk:De Brevitate Vitae
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Hi, could anybody tell me who this mysterious "Strada, bishop of Bologna" is? Strada is Italian and means "street". And that's what google says to me. No bishop of Bologna. No list of bishops of Bologna list any "Strada". Is this a fake? we are currently discussing this in the German Wikipedia because de:Gaudeamus igitur is candidating for the label "Lesenswert" (a kind of "featured article", second class). --Rabe! 15:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
See http://ingeb.org/Lieder/gaudeamu.html for a multilingual account of the history of this song which cites sources and is on a generally reliable site
(NOTE: there is a debate on the German discussion lists for this article about the above-mentioned site, on the grounds that it contains Nazi songs; it does, but merely in an effort to be comprehensive. It contains propaganda songs, both solemnly official and, well, rather ribald, from both sides of WWII - if you're easily offended, don't read them).
The author of the note on ingeb.org is James J. Fuld, and I suspect that the text is an excerpt of his 'The Book of World Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk' (718 pages, Copyright 1995, Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN: 048628445X), which is a book describing the history and sources of popular music. Apart from that, I know nothing of his scholastic credentials.
Unfortunately, there is no information about "Strada", and the _melody_ is unlikely to be 13th century. Unless someone knows otherwise, I suggest that the sentence "The melody is inspired by a medieval hymn by Strada, bishop of Bologna in 1267." is inaccurate and should be changed.
This song is apparently much more popular in Germany, and the German article and discussion board are much better: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudeamus_igitur
Leider keiner Info ueber "Strada", und wahrscheinlich stammt die _Melodie_ nicht aus dem 13. Jahrhunderet - falls Sie nicht anderer Infos daruber haben, sollt die Statz "The melody is inspired by a medieval hymn by Strada, bishop of Bologna in 1267." veranderet sein.
HLHJ 18:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
