Talk:St. Mary's Trumpet Call
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Accuracy of tradition
editThe web page [1] claims that it is an invented tradition, coming from a childrens' book. He also gives sources. -- ZZ 21:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Added to External links
editThe web page cited above is, in my opinion, of sufficient quality to add as an External link. It includes the musical notation, which a reader of the main article may wish to locate easily. Oaklandguy (talk) 20:11, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Throat or breast?
editIt would appear from the external link that, as stated in the article, the trumpeter was shot through the throat in the version of the legend which is now current. However, I am presently reading The Trumpeter of Krakow, and in that book the trumpeter was shot in the "breast":
The dark shaft flew like a swift bird straight for the mark. It pierced the breast of the young trumpeter when he was near the end of his song—it quivered there a moment and the song ceased.[1]
Gildir (talk) 15:35, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
- ^ Kelly, Eric P. (1992). The Trumpeter of Krakow. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks. p. 6. ISBN 0-689-71571-4.
Complementary legend in Uzbekistan
editI hope one day to find a reliable source for this. I've read that during World War II, Polish soldiers who had been held prisoner in Stalin's regime found themselves in Uzbekistan. The local people there were excited to meet soldiers from this ancient land they knew as Lechistan. The asked if the Poles had a city where a trumpet is played from one of their places of worship. They asked if the Poles had a trumpeter among them, and would that trumpeter play the tune in their own city square.
It turned out that the Uzbeks had a legend of their own. They had been part of the Mongol invasion, and it was one of their own who shot and killed the trumpeter. Since they had killed a man in an act of prayer, they believed they would never be free until a trumpeter of Lechistan came and played the tune in their own city.
My father, a Pole in Warsaw through the war, tells me he heard the story when it came back AT THAT TIME. That certainly suggests that there's more to the legend than Eric Kelly's invention, or conflation of two traditions. 140.147.160.78 18:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza
Wrong picture subtitle
editThe picture definitely doesn't show one of the bugler playing the Hejnal for two reasons: 1. A polish bugler probably wouldn't wear a stars and stripes top for work. 2. The depicted woman does obviously not know how to hold a trumpet. Therefore I would suggest to replace the picture with this one: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Hejnalista.jpg&filetimestamp=20041128203406 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.54.36.134 (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
I changed the picture due to the before mentioned reasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.30.39.205 (talk) 07:51, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
pronunciation
editwtf is this pronunciation /heinaow ma:riats'ki/ XDDDDDDDDDDDDD is this even IPA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.35.148 (talk) 23:42, 18 October 2018 (UTC)