GERMAN SOLDIERS' SONGS & PATRIOTIC HYMNS  

Updated February 27, 2008

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DEUTSCHE NATIONAL HYMNEN – Sixteen majestic patriotic hymns from the last four centuries of German history, presented in a classically-flavored performance by a large symphony orchestra and choral ensemble. Includes: Wach auf, wach auf du deutsches Land, a Lutheran inspired piece from sixteenth century Germany; Wach auf du Deutsches Reich , a call to national defense by a German people ravaged by foreign armies in the Thirty Years War; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, the Austrian Imperial Hymn; Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland, Ernst Mortiz Arndt’s dramatic call for German unity which calls on the people of the fragmented German lands to realize that their "Fatherland must be greater" than the sum of its parts; Nichts kann uns rauben, a song of national defiance penned by a heavily wounded veteran of World War I during the French occupation of the Ruhr in 1923; Deutschland, heiliges Wort; Was dich auch bedrohe, a piece from the 1920’s that attained considerable popularity among the German minority in Poland and was also known as the Feuerspruch; Ich hab' mich ergeben, a hymn of national self-awareness written in 1820 by Hans Ferdinand Massmann, a veteran of the Wars of Liberation who joined Turnvater Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's national unity movement - its melody can be heard in Johannes Brahms' Academic Festival Overture; O Deutschland hoch in Ehren (set to music composed by a naturalized German, Henry Hugh Pearson, who was an Englishman by birth!); Das Deutschlandlied and several others. Includes detailed liner notes and complete lyrics. CD ONLY: FZ4442 $22.95 

DEUTSCHLAND, DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLES: GERMAN PATRIOTIC SONGS VOL. I – Definitive, modern performances by large mixed chorus featuring Germany’s most famous patriotic- and Heimat (or regional) songs, all beautifully done in traditional fashion. Includes: Flamme empor!  (a call for German unity originating at a patriotic student festival in 1814); Ich hab’mich ergeben; Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden (“I once had a Comrade”, traditionally sung to honor fallen German soldiers); Land der dunklen Wälder (the Heimatlied of East Prussia, with words describing the deep woods and crystalline lakes of that ancient German bastion and its sturdy, doughty stock that lived as one with the land ); Westpreussen, mein lieb’ Heimatland; Märkische Heide, märkischer Sand (the Song of the Mark Brandenburg); Riesengebirglers Heimatlied (Song of  Silesia's legend-shrouded "Giant Mountains", so named for the colossus Rubezahl of German folklore who dwells amidst their peaks and valleys ); Zu Mantua in Banden (the Andreas Hofer Lied, named for the martyred Tyrolean patriot who organized resistance against the occupying troops of the Emperor Napoleon); Freiheit, die ich meine (a beautiful hymn to liberty from 1813 by the poet Max von Schenckendorf); Wenn alle untreu werden, and, as a fitting finale, a COMPLETE, majestic version of Germany’s national anthem, the Deutschlandlied. With orchestral accompaniment. CD: FZ3663 $22.95  

SOLDATEN, HELDEN, VATERLAND:  DEUTSCHE NATIONALLIEDER, HYMNEN, TRADITIONSMÄRSCHE - Outstanding collection featuring COMPLETE versions of some of the most famous songs, hymns and marches from the past three hundred years of German history, presented in modern, sparkling renditions performed by male chorus, mixed chorus and/or brass band. Includes: Die Wacht am Rhein (the mighty German patriotic hymn that sent soldiers off to war in 1870 and, again, in 1914); Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter (celebrating Prince Eugene of Savoy’s victory over the Turks at Belgrade in 1717 and featuring a melody that has become THE musical trademark of Austrian soldiery down through the centuries); Preussens Gloria; Fridericus Rex, commemorating the campaigns of King Frederick the Great of Prussia and sung to the tune of the trio section of the Fridericus-Rex Grenadiermarsch (listen for the grandfatherly voice that portrays The Great King himself ordering his troops into battle); the well-known Wohlauf, Kameraden and Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd from the Wars of Liberation; the majestic National Hymn of the Second Reich (1871-1918), Heil Dir im Siegerkranz, or "Hail To Thee in Victor’s Laurels", which employs the same melody as My Country ‘tis of Thee and God Save the King and features lyrics singing the praises of a mighty, prosperous Reich guided by the strong hand of its wise, beneficent Kaiser; the well-known First World War trench song Argonnerwald; the Badenweiler Marsch; Wenn alle untreu werden; Rot scheint die Sonne, the World War II Fallschirmjäger song and, in conclusion, a resounding performance by mixed chorus of the Deutschlandlied. CD ONLY: FZ3911 $22.95 ON BACKORDER  

GRÜNE TEUFEL: LIEDER DER DEUTSCHEN FALLSCHIRMTRUPPE – The songs of Germany’s World War II paratroopers performed in authentic military “cadence” style (some with “marching feet” sound effects) by male chorus with no instrumental accompaniment. Contents include: Fallschirmschützen tretet an!; Die Fallschirm-MG Kompanie; Hinter den Bergen; Soldaten im grauen Kleid; Auf Kreta; Grüne Teufel; Uns gehört der blaue Himmel; Rot scheint die Sonne; Der Fliegende Adler; Es Donnern die Motoren; Komm mit, Kamerad; Hört Ihr unseren Schritt; Adlerleben; Himmel, Wolken und Sterne; Ein Sprung ins Nichts; Fallschirmjäger sind wilde Gesellen; Glück ab, Kamerad; Grün ist unser Fallschirm; Seht die roten Garben plus eight more tracks. Fantastic! CD ONLY: FZ4472 $21.95 SPECIAL PRICE!

AUF, AUF, ZUM FRÖHLICHEN JAGEN: SIGNALE, LIEDER UND MÄRSCHE ZUR JAGD - German hunting-marches, hunting-songs and hunting-horn calls performed in rousing military style by the Zentrales Orchester des MDI (with Plesshornzug) and the Berlin Radio Male Chorus under the overall direction of Wolfgang Arendt - one of the foremost march-music composers and arrangers of the former DDR. The TWENTY ONE tracks of this album include: Jagdsignal „Begrüssung”; Auf, auf zum fröhlichen Jagen; Es wollt’ ein Mägdlein früh aufstehn; Jagdsignal ‚Aufbruch zur Jagd“; Frühmorgens wenn das Jagdhorn schallt; Auf zur Jagd; Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz; Jagdsignal „Das hohe Wecken“;  Im grünen Wald; Jagdsignal „Sammeln der Jäger“;  Ich schiess den Hirsch im wilden Forst – Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd; Jagdsignal „Zum Essen“; Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn; Ein Tiroler wollte jagen; Alter Jägermarsch; Was gleicht wohl auf Erden; Jagdsignal „Das grosse Halali“and more. Printed German lyrics included. CD: BT6253-2  OUT OF STOCK 

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