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- From: epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Wolfenstein music, trivia question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.064837.1065@mala.bc.ca>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 06:48:37 -0700
- References: <By0A7A.Fn7@ucunix.san.uc.edu> <1992Nov21.021215.6260@ils.nwu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov21.021215.6260@ils.nwu.edu>, blum@medici.ils.nwu.edu (Dan Blum) writes:
- > "Deustchland Uber Alles" was written long before the Nazis came to
- > power, and refers (I believe) to the unification of Germany (i.e.,
- > Germany as opposed to individual states with their regional loyalties,
- > quarrels, etc.). I don't know when it became the national anthem,
- > though. Are there any Germans out there who could enlighten us?
- >
-
- I'm not German and I'm not particularly light, but maybe I can help.
- The music was written by Haydn, and it became the Austrian anthem under
- the title "Gott erhalte Franz der Kaiser", which I think means "God
- save Franz the emperor (Haydn was inspired by England's "God Save the King").
- I don't know when it was adopted by Germany, but obviously the words
- must have been changed at that point.
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- Lorne Epp epp@mala.bc.ca
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