Story | Ludwig van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte and friedrich vin Schiller were very good and close friends of Goethe. For his 250th birthday they are singing birthday-song, "Alles Goethe zum Geburstag" translated "Everything Goethe to the birthday" and reffering to the many occasion. The idiomatic meaning of the lyrics is: In German you say "alles Gute zum..." to a birthday child. We say "alles Goethe zum..." in our lyrics and enrich the message with all that characteristic for Goethe like writing, traveling, science, joie de vivre etc... |