meanwhile , at a pushkin - goethe festival held recently in tokyo to celebrate the poets ' birthdays ( this year is goethe ' s 250th ) , dmitri prigov , a post - modernist singer and conceptual artist , took the 1st line from " ilyich " ( " my uncle - high ideals inspire him " ) and set it to hindu and arab chanting and greek orthodox and sufi chants .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany.