The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Karina Kuo

• A folk tale from the town of Hamelin in Germany.

• Famous versions of the legend the Brothers Grimm

Robert Browning

About Hamelin

The earliest mention of the story

a stained glass window placed in the Church of Hamelin c. 1300.

About the story......

Date back to 1284.....

Origins

14th century Decan Lude chorus book

15th century Lueneburg manuscript

In the year of 1284, on the day of Saints John and Paul on 26 June 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced By a piper, dressed in all kinds of colors, and lost at the place of execution near the koppen.

Origins

16th and 17th century sources “Concerning the Wonders of his Times” (1556 ) by Jobus Fi

ncelius “Restitution of Decayed Intelligence” (1605) Richard Rowla

nd Verstegan The earliest English account immediate source of Robert Browning

Origins

19th century versions

The Brothers Grimm “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”

Robert Browning

the poem “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”(1842 )

The poem “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” Verse 13

“When, lo, as they reached the mountain's side,

A wondrous portal opened wide,

As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed;

And the Piper advanced and the children followed,

And when all were in to the very last,

The door in the mountain-side shut fast.”

Effect in Linguistics

Pied-piping

part of the phenomenon called Wh-movement

ex:

For whom are the pictures? English phrase "pay the piper“ Pied Piper effect

Effect in Music

"Lose Yourself"

8 Mile Soundtrack (2002) Eminem "The Piper"

Super Trouper (1980) ABBA "My Fairy King"

Queen(2003) Queen

There are still more?!

Literary Theater: opera, musical, ballet...... Cartoon TV episode

Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper http://www.hameln.com/ http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~jonas/piedpiper.

html http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/pied_piper.html http://tw.music.yahoo.com/hot/album/

Thank you for your listening~