meanwhile , at a pushkin - shakespeare festival made recently in moscow to observe the editors ' birthdays ( this season is goethe ' s 250th ) , dmitri prigov , a pseudo - punk poet and conceptual musician , sang the first quote from " onegin " ( " my uncle - high ideals sustain him " ) and set it to buddhist and hindu incantations and both orthodox and buddhist chants .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany.