The German nation anthem is set to whose music?
"a world-renowned composer. Exceptions include Germany, whose anthem ""Das Lied der Deutschen"" uses a melody written by Joseph Haydn, and Austria, whose national anthem ""Land der Berge, Land am Strome"" is sometimes credited to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The ""Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic"" was composed by Aram Khachaturian. The music of the ""Pontifical Anthem"", anthem of the Vatican City, was composed in 1869 by Charles Gounod, for the golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX's priestly ordination. The committee charged with choosing a national anthem for Malaysia at independence decided to invite selected composers of international repute to submit"
"Germania (Beethoven) Germania is a patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven written in order to celebrate the victory against Napoleon. During and after the defeat of Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation, German patriotism flourished and spurred the production of poems, plays, and songs exalting the nation. Among these German artists who contributed to the glorification of their country was Friedrich Treitschke. In 1814, he wrote a patriotic opera, ""Die gute Nachricht"", to which several Viennese composers contributed music. Beethoven composed the music for the closing song celebrating Germania, the allegory of Germany. Beethoven's own patriotic motivation is illustrated in"
"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser """" (, ) is a personal anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of the Austrian Empire. The lyrics were by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749–1827), and the melody by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes called the ""Kaiserhymne"" (Emperor's Hymn). Haydn's tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in works of classical music, in Christian hymns, in alma maters, and as the tune of the ""Deutschlandlied"", the national anthem of Germany. The sound file given to the right (played on a piano) uses the harmony Haydn employed for the"
"was not explicit in their regard. In November 1991, President Richard von Weizsäcker and Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed in an exchange of letters to declare the third stanza alone to be the national anthem of the reunified republic. Hence, effective since then, the national anthem of Germany is unmistakably the third stanza of the Deutschlandlied, and only this stanza, with Haydn's music. The opening line of the third stanza, """" (""Unity and Justice and Freedom""), is widely considered to be the national motto of Germany, although it was never officially proclaimed as such. It appears on Bundeswehr soldiers' belt buckles"
"Sei gesegnet ohne Ende ""Sei gesegnet ohne Ende"" (; English translation: ""Be Blessed Without End""), also known as the ″Kernstock-Hymne″, is a German language song that was the national anthem of Austria from 1929 until 1938. Written by Ottokar Kernstock, it was sung to the famous tune of ""Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"" by Joseph Haydn that is also used for the ""Deutschlandlied"", since 1922 the national anthem of Germany. The first but unofficial anthem of the First Austrian Republic was ""Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land"" (""German-Austria, you Glorious Land""). Written in 1920 by Karl Renner and set to music by"
"Ende, because the hymn was set to the same tune. The same Haydn melody is employed in the German national anthem formerly known, popularly, as ""Deutschland über alles"" — properly titled ""Das Lied der Deutschen"" or the ""Deutschlandlied"", the third verse of which is the national anthem of present-day Germany. For some people, using this particular tune for the hymn (often named in various hymnals as ""Austria"") is often controversial as, despite the fact that it dates back to the 18th century, it raises reminders of Nazi Germany. Cyril Vincent Taylor's ""Abbot's Leigh"" tune was written in response to complaints"
"Deutschlandlied The ""'"" (English: ""Song of Germany"", ; officially titled ""'"", or ""The Song of the Germans""), or part of it, has been the national anthem of Germany since 1922. In East Germany, the national anthem was ""Auferstanden aus Ruinen"" (""Risen from Ruins"") between 1949 and 1990. Since World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany, only the third stanza has been used as the national anthem. The stanza's beginning, """" (""Unity and Justice and Freedom"") is considered the unofficial national motto of Germany, and is inscribed on modern German Army belt buckles and the rims of some German"
"the following letter he wrote about his participation in a charity concert for the soldiers of the preceding war: Besides ""Germania"", Beethoven also set other patriotic songs to music, for example ""Des Kriegers Abschied"" and ""Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger"". Germania (Beethoven) Germania is a patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven written in order to celebrate the victory against Napoleon. During and after the defeat of Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation, German patriotism flourished and spurred the production of poems, plays, and songs exalting the nation. Among these German artists who contributed to the glorification of their country was Friedrich"
"in the second movement of one of his string quartets, the ""Kaiserquartett"". It was adopted as the music for the German national anthem, ""Das Deutschlandlied"", in 1922 during the time of the Weimar Republic and is still used as the German national anthem today. The tune is also used in the English-speaking world as a hymn tune, often used for the hymn ""Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken"" by John Newton. In this context, the tune is called ""Austria"", ""Austrian Hymn"", or ""Emperor's Hymn"" The tune is also used for the hymn ""Not Alone for Mighty Empire"" by William P."
"a republic, this version never had official standing. Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser """" (, ) is a personal anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of the Austrian Empire. The lyrics were by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749–1827), and the melody by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes called the ""Kaiserhymne"" (Emperor's Hymn). Haydn's tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in works of classical music, in Christian hymns, in alma maters, and as the tune of the ""Deutschlandlied"", the national anthem of Germany. The sound file given to the right (played on a"
"to a war-ravaged, bankrupt and geographically smaller Germany at the end of World War II and set to music by Hanns Eisler in the same year. It gained some currency after the 1990 unification of Germany, with a number of prominent Germans opting for his ""antihymn"" to be made official: Max Reger quotes the tune in the final section of his organ pieces ""Sieben Stücke"", Op. 145, composed in 1915/16 when it was a patriotic song but not yet a national anthem. The German musician Nico sometimes performed the national anthem at concerts and dedicated it to militant Andreas Baader,"
"compositions were discussed or used, such as the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which is a musical setting of Friedrich Schiller's poem ""An die Freude"" (""Ode to Joy""). Though the black, red and gold colours of the national flag had been incorporated into Article 22 of the (West) German constitution, a national anthem was not specified. On 29 April 1952, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer asked President Theodor Heuss in a letter to accept """" as the national anthem, with only the third stanza being sung on official occasions. President Heuss agreed to this on 2 May 1952. This"
"official German national anthem. In 1919 the black, red and gold tricolour, the colours of the 19th century liberal revolutionaries advocated by the political left and centre, was adopted (rather than the previous black, white and red of Imperial Germany). Thus, in a political trade-off, the conservative right was granted a nationalistic composition – though Ebert advocated using only the lyrics' third stanza (which was done after World War II). During the Nazi era, only the first stanza was used, followed by the SA song ""Horst-Wessel-Lied"". It was played at occasions of great national significance such as the opening of"
"coins. The music is the hymn ""Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"", written in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn as an anthem for the birthday of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of """" as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time. Along with the flag of Germany, which first appeared in its essentially ""modern"" form in 1778; it"
"11 February 2009, it was announced that the film would star German actress Julia Dietze, while the Slovenian industrial music group Laibach would be recording the soundtrack. Appropriately enough for a film about Nazism, the orchestral soundtrack incorporates leitmotifs from the operatic cycle ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"" and other operas by Richard Wagner, a composer whose music was favoured by the Nazi leaders. The national anthem of the Nazis from the Moon (""Kameraden, wir kehren Heim!"") has the tune of ""Die Wacht am Rhein"". During the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, ""Iron Sky"" signed a co-production agreement with the Australian production"
"Deutsche Nationalhymne ""Deutsche Nationalhymne"" is a single released by the German hard rock band Bonfire that had not appeared on a previously released album. It was released in 2010 by the imprint LZ Records and the first release by the band under their new contract with Universal Music. The single was only available in Germany and was recorded in support for the 2010 World Cup event in South Africa for the German football team. It was a recording of the German National Anthem in a hard rock arrangement. The song managed to enter the Top 50 Songs listing in Germany"
"the Allies during both World Wars for propaganda purposes. German president Theodor Heuss, upon request from chancellor Konrad Adenauer, declared the ""Lied der Deutschen"" the national anthem of the German Federal Republic in May 1952, along with the provision that only the third verse was to be sung at official occasions. The declaration was a compromise between Heuss, who wanted to retain only the third verse, and the Cabinet's wish to keep the first two verses. As a result, the ""Lied"" (implicitly in its entirety) was declared the national anthem, with the provision that the third verse would have precedence."
"Hanns Eisler Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. The Hochschule für Musik ""Hanns Eisler"" is named after him. Johannes Eisler was born in Leipzig in Saxony, the son of Rudolf Eisler, a professor of philosophy, and Marie Ida Fischer. His father was Jewish and his mother was Lutheran. In 1901,"
"Nazi songs Nazi songs were songs and marches used in Nazi Germany. In modern Germany, the public singing or performing of songs exclusively associated with Nazi Germany is illegal. Some songs that are much older than the post-World War I National-Socialist movement, and which were used by the Nazi Party, are often confused with songs written for them. This observation applies above all to ""Das Lied der Deutschen, (""The song of the Germans"")"" written in 1841. It became the national anthem of the Weimar Republic in 1922, but during the Nazi era, only the first stanza was used, followed by"
"empire. Joachim Raff used Reichhardt′s tune as a leitmotif in his symphony ""An das Vaterland"". 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 as little as every more or less random build-up of only some of these can be the German′s fatherland. The entire, united Germany is and that this is to be understood as the entirety of predominantly German-speaking areas. Des Deutschen Vaterland Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland is a German patriotic song by Ernst Moritz Arndt"
"by Gerhard Tersteegen. After the founding of the German Reich in 1871, the emperor's hymn Heil Dir im Siegerkranz became part of the Zapfenstreich, but only when the emperor was present at the ceremony. Following the German Revolution the new national anthem, the ""Deutschlandlied"" by Hoffmann von Fallersleben, replaced the old imperial hymn in 1922. When foreign heads of state or military units are honored, their respective national anthems are played. The German Democratic Republic reinstated the Großer Zapfenstreich in 1962 in an updated version, supplementing the traditional German ceremony with music based on ""elements of the progressive military inheritance"""
"anthem of Austria until the Anschluss. The first stanza of the hymn's 1854 version was sung in 1989 during the funeral of Empress Zita of Austria and again in 2011 during the funeral of her son Otto von Habsburg as a tribute to the family. Long after Haydn's death, his melody was used as the tune for Hoffmann von Fallersleben's poem ""Das Lied der Deutschen"" (1841). The third stanza (""Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit""), sung to the melody, is the national anthem of Germany, the ""Deutschlandlied"". In the ordinary nomenclature of hymn tunes, the melody of ""Gott erhalte Franz den"
"tune. 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. In 1858, Henry Hugh Pierson, an English composer resident in Germany, had written a tune for the patriotic song ""Ye mariners of England"" by Thomas Campbell. One year later, he met Ludwig Bauer, who later married Pierson's stepdaughter Dorothea Lyser. Pierson asked Bauer to write a German text to the"
"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. In 1858, Henry Hugh Pierson, an English composer resident in Germany, had written a tune for the patriotic song ""Ye mariners of England"" by Thomas Campbell. One year later, he met Ludwig Bauer, who later married Pierson's stepdaughter Dorothea Lyser. Pierson asked Bauer to write a German text to the existing"
"Ich hab' mich ergeben ""Ich hab′ mich ergeben"" (, ), originally titled ""Gelübde"" (""Vow""), is a German patriotic song. The text was written in 1820 by Hans Ferdinand Maßmann. It was one of the unofficial national anthems of West Germany from 1949 to 1952, when the ""Deutschlandlied"" was officially reinstated. Its tune is now used in the Micronesian national anthem. The national anthem of the Federated States of Micronesia, ""Patriots of Micronesia"", uses the same tune, as does the Estonian song ""Mu Isamaa armas"" (""My beloved native land"" by Martin Körber) which used to be Estonia's official flag song until"
"but is immediately contested by Chorus's reply: ""Schweig, wahnwitzvoller Neid. Umsonst, dass Deutschlands Glück dein höhn'scher Scherz betrübet. Schweig! Deutschland wird vom Himmel selbst geliebet. Auf, Helden, auf zum Streit!"" This recitative ends in the aria ""Ihr Deutschen auf"", inciting the Germans to take arms against the enemies of the fatherland. Finally, Chorus chants a paean about Germany's glory and the necessity of unity amongst all Germans: ""Deutschlands Ruhm soll ewig stehen."" (""Germany's glory shall last forever."") Kapitänsmusik The Hamburgische Kapitänsmusik (Hamburg Captain’s Music) refers to a body of compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann. They comprise sacred oratorios and secular"
"in the German reunification in 1990. ""Deutschlandlied"", composed in 1841, became the anthem of a united Germany again. East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière had proposed that Becher's lyrics be added to the united German national anthem, but this was rejected by his West German counterpart, chancellor Helmut Kohl. At the end of its last broadcast on 2 October 1990, the East German international radio broadcaster Radio Berlin International signed off with the vocal version of the anthem. Auferstanden aus Ruinen """" (German for ""Risen from Ruins"") is a patriotic German song that was the national anthem of the"
"around five minutes long. The piece provides for a bass, the part of which overwhelms that of the choir. In fact, the choir is limited to repeating, as in a responsory, the last words of the four strophes of the soloist, that is, always the same exclamation ""Es ist vollbracht"" (i.e. It is finished). Even the music is repetitive, varying from one verse to another only in the orchestration. Before concluding, Beethoven introduces, in correspondence with the final words ""Thank God and our Emperor"", the melody by Joseph Haydn which became the national anthem ""Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"" (God"
"Auferstanden aus Ruinen """" (German for ""Risen from Ruins"") is a patriotic German song that was the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), commonly known as East Germany, during its existence from 1949 to 1990. In 1949, the Soviet occupation zone of Allied-occupied Germany became a socialist state called the German Democratic Republic (GDR). For its anthem, the poet Johannes R. Becher, who later became Minister of Culture, wrote the lyrics. Two musicians proposed music to Becher's lyrics, and the version of Hanns Eisler was selected. Written in 1949, the East German national anthem reflects the early stages"
"Public performances of the song are currently forbidden in Germany (StGB §86a) and Austria (Verbotsgesetz 1947), a ban that includes both the lyrics and the melody, and is only permitted for educational purposes. The ""Battle Song of the National Sociaists"", also known by its opening line ""Herbei zum Kampf, ihr Knechte der Maschinen"" was an early Nazi hymn, its lyrics being written by Kleo Pleyer, while the melody being essentially based on that of the Russian ""Aviamarsh"", the official march of the Soviet Air Force, written in 1921 by Yuliy Abramovich Khayt. This melody was popular in Germany in the"
"Des Deutschen Vaterland Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland is a German patriotic song by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1813) which was popular in the 19th century. 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. As the original tune did not become popular, Gustav Reichardt wrote a new melody in 1825. This new tune made the song very popular among the German population that desired the transformation of the German Confederation into a united"
"and it was the first time that a National Anthem had ever entered the Top 50 of any music chart. Deutsche Nationalhymne ""Deutsche Nationalhymne"" is a single released by the German hard rock band Bonfire that had not appeared on a previously released album. It was released in 2010 by the imprint LZ Records and the first release by the band under their new contract with Universal Music. The single was only available in Germany and was recorded in support for the 2010 World Cup event in South Africa for the German football team. It was a recording of the"
"leader of the Red Army Faction. She included a version of """" on her 1974 album ""The End..."". In 2006, the Slovenian ""industrial"" band Laibach incorporated Hoffmann's lyrics in a song titled ""Germania"", on the album ""Volk"", which contains fourteen songs with adaptations of national anthems. Deutschlandlied The ""'"" (English: ""Song of Germany"", ; officially titled ""'"", or ""The Song of the Germans""), or part of it, has been the national anthem of Germany since 1922. In East Germany, the national anthem was ""Auferstanden aus Ruinen"" (""Risen from Ruins"") between 1949 and 1990. Since World War II and the fall"