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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.
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 ...
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]
Das fällt ein Blitz in unsre Brust, Zu heil’ger Flamme wird die Lust! Dem Vaterland! Dem Vaterland! Das Wort gibt Flügel dir, o Herz! Flieg auf, flieg auf, schau niederwärts. Die Wälder, Ströme, Tal und Höh’n: O deutsches Land, wie bist du schön! Und überall klingt Liederschall.
Lyrics. [] German original. English translation. I Ich hab mich ergeben mit Herz und mit Hand, 𝄆 Dir Land voll Lieb' und Leben, mein deutsches Vaterland! 𝄇 II Mein Herz ist entglommen, dir treu zugewandt, 𝄆 Du Land der Frei'n und Frommen, du herrlich Hermannsland! 𝄇 III Will halten und glauben an Gott fromm und frei; 𝄆 Will ...
The " Festgesang ", also known as the " Gutenberg Cantata ", was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in the first half of 1840 for performance in Leipzig at the celebrations to mark the putative 400th anniversary of the invention of printing with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg. The full title is Festgesang zur Eröffnung der am ersten Tage der ...
Niederösterreichischer Sängerbund. Published. 1902. ( 1902) : Vienna. Vocal. TTBB choir, tenor and baritone soloists. Vaterlandslied (Patriotic song), WAB 92, is a patriotic song composed by Anton Bruckner during his stay in Linz .
" O Deutschland hoch in Ehren" is a patriotic German song written by Ludwig Bauer (1832–1910) in 1859 and set to music by Henry Hugh Pierson. The song was, besides the "Deutschlandlied", "Die Wacht am Rhein" and "Des Deutschen Vaterland", the most popular patriotic anthem in the 19th century.