In July 1880, our great Renaissance women Elena Gjika made a working visit to the United States of America. On July 31, she wrote from Boston to Arbëreshës Jeronim De Rada, for the meeting with the American national poet. Longfellou, she writes, “Invited me lunch late and promised me that soon, will create a poem on Scanderbeg.” Thus from the oral stories of Elena, the poem “The Return of Scanderbeg in Kruja” was born, brought in by Fan Noli in Albanian. Years later, the latter, on the basis of this poem, composed one of the first symphonies of Albanian music.
You may also like
-
18 June 1785, Karamahmut Pasha Bushatlliu with the Shkodra’s army attacked Montenegro
-
18 June 1878, the Albanian League of Prizren passed a series of decisions that were included in what was called the “Book of Decisions”
-
18 June 1880, “Istanbul Albanian Committee” sent a protest to the Berlin Conference
-
18 June 1914, in the ports of Durres and Shengjin, anchored English and French warships
-
18 June 1922, the Shkodra Teachers’ League was formed