Songs in different languages:

[NiceBlue]

German – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

From Mozart’s 1791 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), this aria sung by Natalie Dessay, is one of my two favorite parts of the opera. It is entitled "Der Hölle Rache" ("Hell's Revenge"). The Queen of the Night, the meanest mother in opera, is demanding that her daughter, Pamina, use the sword to kill the high priest, Sarastro. I particularly like the vocalizations.

Tom,

 

[NiceBlue]

Yiddish – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

Belz, Mayn Shtetele Belz translate as “Belz, My Little Town of Belz”

“With immigration from Europe largely cut off in 1924 and visits to the old country prohibitively expensive for most, a wave of nostalgia for Eastern Europe spread among Yiddish-speaking Jews in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.” This song was written in the US in 1937, and the “Little Town of Belz” could refer to a small community called Belz in Western Ukraine.

See here: https://forward.com/culture/419171/yiddish-song-on-belz-moldova-jewish-american-immigrant-anthem/

Tom,

 

[NiceBlue]

Danish – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

This part of the 1989 film The Little Mermaid came before Arial ever sees Eric and shows that she is willing to give up her legs and voice not for a man, but to be Part of That World.

Tom,

 

[NiceBlue]

Norwegian – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

Elsa (Lisa Stokke) sings la den gå

Tom,

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Irony. In an expansion pack entitled Warlords, the song is actually a Lebanese love song entitled Al Nadda.

And here's Baba Yetu from the original. Special Bonus track.

The most iconic video game music of all time.

The Lord's prayer in Swahili.

And finally, an encore presentation.

Civ 7 Live Gloriously, Actually a contemporary composition containing 4 languages. Can you identify them?

Spoiler
Ancient Greek,
Old English.
K'ichi'
Sanscript

 

[NiceBlue]

The most iconic video game music of all time.

Thank you Cannot Wait, for the videos. I guess they are in multiple languages.

Now for something completely different.

Pig Latin – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

The story goes that while practicing the song “We’re in the Money” for the film, Gold Diggers of 1933, Ginger Rogers started singing it in Pig Latin. A studio boss heard her and decided to put it in the movie. What was ironic about the plot of the film is that right after the Sheriff arrives and closes the play for failure to pay rent, and the actors are all put out of work. Also, 1933 was the worst part of the Depression with almost a quarter of the labor force out of work. And what is more, the lyrics are a concise description of Keynesian theory.

We're in the money
Come on, my honey
Let's spend it, lend it
Send it rolling around!

Tom,