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Percy Addleshaw
Percy Addleshaw (1866 in Bowdon, Cheshire – 1916) was an English barrister and writer. A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, Addleshaw was called to the bar in 1893. He was an admirer and friend of Roden Noel Roden is a name of Germanic origin, originally meaning "red valley" or an anglicization of the Gaelic name "O'Rodain". It may refer to: Places *Roden, Bavaria, a town in the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria, Germany * Roden, Netherlands, a town .... He wrote articles, poems and reviews for various publications and, under the pseudonym of Percy Hemingway published ''Out of Egypt'', a volume of short stories (1894) and ''The Happy Wanderer and other Poems'' (1895). References Further reading * ''A Victorian Anthology'', Houghton, Mifflin and Company (1895) External links * * English male journalists 1866 births 1916 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford English male short story writers English short story writers English male poets {{england-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Wanderer
"The Happy Wanderer" ("''Der fröhliche Wanderer''" or "''Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann''") is a popular song. The original text was written by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund (1791–1877)."Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann," on Volksliederarchiv (+score) The present tune was composed by Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller shortly after World War II. The work is often mistaken for a German folk song, but it is an original composition. Möller's sister Edith conducted a small amateur children's and youth choir in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany, internationally named Obernkirchen Children's Choir, in Germany named Schaumburger Märchensänger. She adapted Sigismund's words for her choir. In 1953, a BBC radio broadcast of the choir's winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |