Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree

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Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree (also: Kookaburra-Song ) is the most popular children's song in Australia . The text alludes to a species of bird known in Australia, the Kookaburra ( Jägerliest , also "Laughing Hans"), which sounds as if it was laughing because of its peculiar call.

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Australian children learn this canon in kindergartens and elementary schools.

Text and music were composed in the early 1930s by the Australian music teacher Marion Sinclair (October 9, 1896 - February 15, 1988). Sinclair released the song in 1934 as a contribution to a competition of Victoria - Girl Guides . The canon was first performed in 1934 as part of a major jamboree of the Girl Scouts near Melbourne ; in the 20th century the song became popular worldwide.

An Australian court ruled on July 30, 2009 that the flute melody in the song Down Under by the Australian band Men at Work was a plagiarism of Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree and thus found the plaintiff and owner of the copyright , the Australian music publisher Larrikin, right .

Remarks

  1. ↑ originally with indirect article Kookaburra Sits in an Old Gum Tree , cf. on this and for the dates of life PA Howell: Sinclair, Marion (1896–1988) . In: Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Center of Biography, Australian National University (first published in writing in 2012); Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ For more details on the history of origin, cf. Federal Court of Australia: Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited (2009) FCA 799 (30 July 2009) , point 39 ff; Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ Sarah Legge: Kookaburra. King of the Bush. CSIRO Publishing 2004, p. 11 f (with full text quotation); Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ Federal Court of Australia: Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited (2009) FCA 799 (July 30, 2009) ; Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ feb / dpa / AFP / AP: World hit "Down Under" is partly a plagiarism , Spiegel Online , July 6, 2010; Retrieved August 26, 2017.