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"Fight Fiercely, Harvard" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University.〔() Fight Fiercely, Harvard〕 The song was written in 1945 while Lehrer was in his second year of study at Harvard College〔() Tom Lehrer: The Elements〕 and "eventually made him a local hero".〔() Tom Lehrer the Man, His Myth and his Music?〕 ==History== The song was Lehrer's earliest—and for a while his only—musical work and was included on ''Songs by Tom Lehrer'', a debut album recorded at Trans Radio Studios, Boston, on January 22, 1953.〔() DMDdetails for Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Tom Lehrer〕 Starting with a press run of 400 copies of the then-novel 10" LP record format produced by Lehrer at his own expense, these records were sold in stores around Harvard Square.〔() A Conversation with Tom Lehrer〕 In speaking about "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" and the rest of his satirical repertoire that brought him a certain level of fame as an undergraduate, Lehrer says he did not write to gain popularity but rather:
Lehrer has also said of his undergraduate songwriting: The only one of those songs that eventually made it into my repertoire was 'Fight Fiercely, Harvard,' which was written in 1945 and shows it. I started singing these songs at parties, but never with the intention of their becoming commercial.〔() Tom Lehrer: The Political Musician That Wasn't〕 An urban legend of sorts sprung up which says that Lehrer, who eventually became a mathematician and later served as Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz,〔() National Curve Bank〕 stopped performing because the displeasure of Harvard University's administration over the satirical lyrics of "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" threatened to ruin his career. In response, Lehrer has said:
Today "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" lives on in the repertoire of the Harvard University Band〔() Harvard University Band〕 and was included on their 75th anniversary album released in 1995.〔() Harvard University Band 75th Anniversary Album〕 The song remains fairly well known in the Harvard community.〔〔〔() Be openly accessible or be obscure〕〔() Harvard Fight Songs〕〔() Fass fiercely Bouvie〕 On visiting Harvard for the first time in decades, Lehrer was delighted to discover that his song had been performed at every home football game for many years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fight Fiercely, Harvard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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