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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 ...
Vaterlandslied. Vaterlandslied is the name of several patriotic German poems. The most famous one is "Ich bin ein deutsches Mädchen" written by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock in 1770 and dedicated to Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem.
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]
Buddhism portal. v. t. e. Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō[a] (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, they mean "Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra" or "Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra". [2][3] The words 'Myōhō Renge Kyō' refer to the Japanese title of the Lotus Sūtra.
Furusato (Japanese: 故郷, 'old home' or 'hometown') is a well-known 1914 Japanese children's song, with music by Teiichi Okano and lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano [ja]. Although Takano's hometown was Nakano, Nagano, his lyrics do not seem to refer to a particular place. [1] Instead, they describe a person who is working in a distant land ...
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 .
Akatombo. " Red Dragonfly " (Japanese: 赤とんぼ, Hepburn: Akatonbo) (also transliterated as Akatombo, Aka Tombo, Aka Tonbo, or Aka Tomba) is a famous Japanese children's song (dōyō) composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki. It is a nostalgic depiction of a Japanese red dragonfly seen at sunset by an ...
Kimigayo" (君が代, Japanese pronunciation:; "His Imperial Majesty's Reign") is the national anthem of Japan. The lyrics are from a waka poem written by an unnamed author in the Heian period (794–1185), [1] and the current melody was chosen in 1880, [2] replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton in 1869. While the title ...