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Vaterlandslied (Arndt) The Vaterlandslied (Song of the Fatherland) is a patriotic poem written by Ernst Moritz Arndt in 1812. It is also known by its first line Der Gott, der Eisen wachsen ließ (The God who made iron grow). The song was written to denounce the fact that several German states fought on the side of Napoleon to the detriment of ...
The Vaterlandslied as a paean of German patriotism joins this list of literature exalting the nation. It was originally written for Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem, Klopstock's stepdaughter, [ 2 ] who still was a child in 1770.
History. In the text, Arndt asks the German question and answers it by demanding a Greater German nation-state comprising all German -speaking areas in Europe. The song was performed for the first time in Berlin in 1814. [1] As the original tune did not become popular, Gustav Reichardt wrote a new melody in 1825. [2]
Signature. Ernst Moritz Arndt (26 December 1769 – 29 January 1860) was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German ...
Rodney Milnes notes several musical highlights in the score: the overture, with the calm 'barcarolle' contrasted with war-like music, Armgard's German: Vaterlandslied and Franz's entrance aria in act 1, Franz's 12/8 romance with horn plus a trio bouffe for three men in act 2, the ballet music and a duet for mother and daughter in act 3, and two ...
Vaterlandslied (Patriotic song), WAB 92, is a patriotic song composed by Anton Bruckner during his stay in Linz. History [ edit ] Bruckner composed this song on a text of August Silberstein in November 1866, during his stay in Linz .
Dedication. Hans Schläger. Published. 1932. ( 1932) : Regensburg. Vocal. TTBB choir. Das Lied vom deutschen Vaterland, WAB 78, is a patriotic song composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1845 during his stay in St. Florian .
Here, Hölderlin means the German Landesväter (Landesvater: father of the land), i.e. the princes, and criticizes the word and the concept as such positive terms were used in order to disguise their despotism and to keep their subjects unmündig.