![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kelly, the author of The Trumpeter of Krakow, around the time the books was published in the 1920ies. The Heynal is a simple melody, and though the legend tells about the young trumpter from several hundred yeras ago, the melody played today was made by the authoress Aniela Pruszynska for Eric P. Every time the Heynal stops abruptly, a reminder of the dead trumpeter who saved his city.Ĭan you see the trumpet, high, high up in the tower? Wish I could give you the sounds as well, but this is a quiet blog :-) From the high tower of the highest twin tower of St.Mary's church. Always four times, to every corner of the world. Today day the trumpeter's old tune, Heynal, is played, every hour of the day. An old Krakow legend tells this story, and the American writer Eric P. He saved Krakow but himself was shot by an arrow and died in the middle of his playing. When the Tartars came to fight the city he blew his trumpet to warn the inhabitants, to defend his beloved city. There was a young boy in Krakow around 1240. I swear on my honor as a Pole, as a servant of the King of the Polish people, that I will faithfully and unto the death, if there be need, sound upon the trumpet the Heynal in honor of Our Lady each hour in the tower of the church which bears her name. ![]()
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