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May 24, 2023
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Schwanengesang (Swan Song)
14 songs, written by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) before he died at the age of 31, published posthumously Image: Alpha Classics
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with Anu Gargswan song or swansong
PRONUNCIATION:
(SWAN song)
MEANING:
noun: A farewell or final performance, appearance, or accomplishment.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the ancient belief that swans sang before dying. From Old English
swan. Ultimately from the Indo-European root swen- (to sound), which also
gave us sound, sonic, sonnet, sonata, and unison. Earliest documented use:
1596.
USAGE:
“Although Gadsby meant ‘Nanette’ to be a kind of swan song, she was so
jazzed by its success that she came out of her brief retirement.” Hilton Als; Only Disconnect; The New Yorker; Jul 29, 2019. See more usage examples of swan song in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who seem
to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view. -Rosanne Cash,
singer-songwriter and author (b. 24 May 1955)
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