Olympic Hymn (Bernstein)

The Olympic Hymn is a 1981 composition by Leonard Bernstein to a text by Günter Kunert.

[1] It was written for the International Olympic Congress of 1981 in Baden-Baden, West Germany.

[2] It was premiered by the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Baden-Baden Youth Choir under conductor David Shallon on 23 September 1981.

[3] The hymn bears some similarity to the song "To Make Us Proud" that formed the finale of Bernstein's 1976 musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[4][1] Lyrics to the piece were written by the German author and poet Günter Kunert.