Des Deutschen Vaterland
Des Deutschen Vaterland is a German patriotic song by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1813) which was popular in the 19th century.
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] This new tune made the song very popular among the German population that desired the transformation of the German Confederation into a united empire.
Joachim Raff used Reichhardt′s tune as a leitmotif in his symphony An das Vaterland.[3]
Text
Arndt enumerates German states and regions and asks whether these particular areas are the fatherland of all Germans. He immediately replies with ″no″ and finally concludes that no particular state is the German′s fatherland. The entire, united Germany is.
German | English[4] |
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1. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
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2. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
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3. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
3. What is the German’s fatherland? |
4. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
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5. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
5. What is the German’s fatherland? |
6. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? |
6. What is the German’s fatherland? |
7. Das ist des Deutschen Vaterland, |
7. That is the German’s fatherland, |
8. Das ist des Deutschen Vaterland, |
8. That is the German’s fatherland, |
9. Das ganze Deutschland soll es sein! |
9. The whole Germany shall it be, |
References
- ^ Bock, Gustav (ed.). Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, Bd. 17, 1st issue of the 17th year of the paper: 1 January 1863. Page 187.
- ^ Koch, Arnde (ed.). Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860). Max Niemeyer Verlag: Tübingen, 2007. Page 125.
- ^ Eichner, Barbara. History in Mighty Sounds: Musical Constructions of German National Identity. 1848–1914. The Boydell Press: Woolbridge, 2012. Page 233.
- ^ Feurzeig, Lisa (ed.). Deutsche Lieder für Jung und Alt. Middleton (Wisconsin): 2002. Page 69/70.
External links
- Des Deutschen Vaterland on YouTube