Tune Add: La Espero (Esperanto movement anthem)

Subject: Tune Add: La Espero (Esperanto movement anthem)
From: Haruo
Date: 11 Nov 02 - 09:08 PM

"La Espero" is the nonnational anthem of the Esperanto movement, formally played at our world congresses etc. If Esperantism had its own Olympic laureates, it would be played at the medal ceremonies. The tune normally used, which I think has been virtually universal since maybe 1920, is by Félicien Menu de Ménil:

MIDI file: LaEspero.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Espero3
Text: Generated by NoteWorthy Composer
Tempo: 104 (576923 microsec/crotchet)
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
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End

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Espero3
M:4/4
Q:1/4=104
K:C
G15/2G/2|G2E2c3/2G/2e3/2c/2|g4e2G3/2c/2|e2c2g3/2e/2e3/2d/2|
d4c2G3/2G/2|G2E2c3/2G/2e3/2c/2|g4e2B3/2e/2|
g2e2g3/2^f/2e3/2^d/2|^f4e2e3/2e/2|f2A2BBcd|
G4A2A3/2A/2|B2c2d3/2d/2^d3/2^d/2|e4f2G3/2G/2|
G2E2c3/2G/2e3/2c/2|g4f2f3/2f/2|e2G2e3/2d/2f3/2B/2|
d4c2G3/2G/2|G2E2c3/2G/2e3/2c/2|g4e2G3/2c/2|
e2c2g3/2e/2e3/2d/2|d4c7/4||

Prior to the universal adoption of this rather jauntily militaristic-sounding tune, however, there were other tunes in use, of which I think the best and earliest (1891, I think) was by a Swede named Cl. Adelsköld ("La Espero"):

MIDI file: EsperoAd.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: EsperoAd-mel
Text: By Cl. Adelsköld
Copyright: midiigita de Liland Brajant Ros' 2002
Tempo: 090 (666666 microsec/crotchet)
Key: D
TimeSig: 6/8 24 8
Start
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End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:EsperoAd-mel
M:6/8
Q:1/4=90
K:D
F2Ad2c|e2dA2F|G2FE3|-E3B2B|c2B,D2D|C2B,F3|
F3G2C|c2BA2G|F2ED3|d3c2B|B2CB2D|A2CD3|D3d2c|
c2FF^G^A|d2cc3|B3c2B|A2DF2A|B2cd3|d21/8||

It is to this latter tune that Baghy and Eroshenko refer in their Siberian reminiscences from the Revolutionary era.

Haruo

Subject: Tune Add: Pregxo
From: Haruo
Date: 11 Nov 02 - 09:14 PM

Another "patriotic" or "religious" Esperanto hymn tune is "Preĝo", composed for Zamenhof's "Prayer beneath the green banner": (Esperanto | English)

MIDI file: Pregho.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Pregxo3
Text: By
Copyright: Bazita sur la Partituro en Himnaro Esperanta
Key: F
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0336 0 65 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0336 0 65 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0720 0 67 000 0048 1 69 110 0352 0 69 000 0032 1 65 110 0736 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 69 110 0352 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0384 0 67 000 0000 1 64 110 0352 0 64 000 0032 1 65 110 0528 0 65 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Pregxo3
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:F
F2F4F2|G2A4A2|B2c4d2|c2B4A2|G2A4A2|B2c4B2|
A2G4F2|F2F4F2|G2A4A2|B2c4d2|c2B4A2|G2A4A2|
B2c4B2|A2G4F2|A2G4G2|A2B4B2|G2A4A2|B2c4c2|
A2G4G2|A2B4B2|G2A4A2|=B2c4c2|c2d4c2|B2A4A2|
B2c4B2|A2G4G2|-G6A2|-A2F6|-F2G4A2|-A2G4E2|
-E2F11/2||

I'd be interested in hearing of other tunes to the same meter.

Haruo

Subject: RE: Tune Add: La Espero (Esperanto movement anthem)
From: Warsaw Ed
Date: 11 Nov 02 - 11:57 PM

The "La Espero" link has the lyrics. Is there an English translation?

Subject: RE: Tune Add: La Espero (Esperanto movement anthem)
From: Haruo
Date: 12 Nov 02 - 12:12 AM

I've never seen a singable English version of La Espero. Somewhere on the Web there's a version posted by a Spaniard with an insufficient command of English to make it work. Can't find it now, though I did just locate by Google this unsingable (and well-nigh incomprehensible, if you ask me) version of the first stanza from a Dutch source:

A new feeling entered the world
Through the world a loud cry sounds
May it now with wings on an easy wind
Fly from place to place
Not towards a bloodthirsty sword
It drags the human family
Nevertheless, it promises a sacred harmony
To the eternally war-waging world

Haruo

Subject: RE: Tune Add: La Espero (Esperanto movement anthem)
From: Haruo
Date: 22 Sep 04 - 01:24 PM

I just added a third tune for La Espero, this one by Achille Motteau (whom I had previously known mainly as the author of an early version of Auld Lang Syne (beginning Malnovajn gekonatojn or Pasintajn gekonatojn); the best such version is Reto Rossetti's La Iamo Longe For (in the left column; Motteau's is on the right).

Haruo