The Bremen Town Musicians are one of the most famous fairy tales not only in Russia, but all over the world. In Russia, this story has become especially popular thanks to the animated film adaptation. The fairy tale was written by the Brothers Grimm, world-famous authors of children's books, who have other achievements.
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The Grimm brothers are Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm who lived in Germany in the 18-19 centuries. Jacob Grimm was born on January 4, 1785 and lived until September 20, 1863. William Grimm was born on February 24, 1786, and died on December 16, 1859. The birthplace of the Grimm brothers was established as the city of Hanau, but then they moved to the city of Kassel and lived there for a long time.
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The brothers were almost the same age. The weather, they were very friendly since childhood. Jacob and Wilhelm were keenly interested in folklore and linguistics, they collected fairy tales throughout the country. Among their most famous stories are processed folk tales, but most of what the brothers wrote is their own composition, including a fairy tale about the Bremen Town Musicians.
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As soon as Jacob and William accumulated decently stories, they published a collection, each time calling it "Tales of the Brothers Grimm." It is under this name that collections of their fairy tales are published even now, books have such a name throughout the world. The brothers were interested not only in fairy tales, but also in linguistics. Together with two other major German philologists of their time, they were the founders of German studies and philology of the German language.
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Closer to advanced years, Jacob and Wilhelm began compiling the German dictionary: at that time, no one else had done anything like this in Germany. The brothers worked on the dictionary until his death. Wilhelm managed to finish the letter D, and Jacob, who lived 4 years longer than him, completed a few more letters. He worked until his death, which overtook him, sitting at his desk and describing the word Frucht, which means fruit.
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The contribution of the Grimm brothers to the development of German philology is so significant that they decided to depict them on a bill of 1000 marks that existed in Germany in the past. And in honor of the heroine of the fairy tale "About the Fisherman and His Wife", whose name is Ilsebill, in 1919 an asteroid was named.
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The fairy tale "Bremen Town Musicians" itself tells about animals that, during the adventure, found a home. The main characters are a few animals that were offended and kicked out by their previous owners. This is a donkey, a dog, a rooster and a cat. They decided to try their luck in the city of Bremen, hoping to become musicians there. But the road was long, and they stopped for an overnight stay in the forest. Then a company of animals stumbles upon a house of robbers. The animals climbed each other, and each performed his own music. The donkey roared, the dog barked, the cat meowed, and the rooster began to crow. The robbers were taken aback by such a howl and fled in fear.
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A little later, the robbers sent their scout to check what a terrible gang drove them out of their beloved house. But animals together attack the representative of the gang, and he says that terrible bandits captured the house. The robbers abandoned their attempts to return their house, and the Bremen musicians themselves did not reach Bremen, following the results of the tale, but successfully arranged their future life.
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